Choke symptoms and conditions

I have been on 10mg prednisone, starting with 60 mg/day down to 20 mg/day for a month. At first I felt wonderful because my back was out and this took away the pain. However, now that I'm at the end of the regimen, I have started to experience the following: My entire mouth (lips, tongue, throat, inside of cheeks) feels almost numb--kind of like it's coated with wax. It's a VERY disturbing feeling. A few times I thought I was going to choke because it's also accompanied by extreme dry mouth. I am also developing a moon face, and have gained 5 pounds in the last 3 days. I am jittery and woozy feeling. I have finished taking it, and now I wonder how long it will be before I am "normal" again--or if there's anything I can take or do to help speed the recovery.

I have been taking Lisinopril for nearly a year and have experienced nearly all the bad side effects I have read about. I have had severe cough that does not respond to cough medications, copious amounts of clear slimy mucous that chokes me frequently. I even choke frequently when I am trying to speak because of the secretions. I have had severe bronchitis 4 times in 6 months. I am tired all the time and my anxiety is much worse. I now have insomnia which I've never had before. During one of the bronchitis rounds I had to take a very strong anitbiotic because it was trying to turn to pneumonia. The antibiotic made me very nauseated so I couldn't take my other meds. After two weeks without the Lisinopril, my symptoms cleared up completely. I resumed the lisinopril when I finished the antibiotic and all of my symptoms returned.

Both my wife and I were prescribed Vi-Q-Tuss. It stopped the cough when we both took it the first morning. I had no noticable side effects, my wife said she was nauseas and dizzy. We both took it before going to bed, and both of us woke with nausea, dizziness, headache, and sweating that lasted most of the morning. We're not going to take this anymore, I would rather choke with the cough. Instead I took, and recomend, Fishermans Friend cough drops to help with the cough..... if you can stand the taste.

I have just read all of your comments on the Yasmin birth control pill and would like to state a few of mine. I have been on Yasmin for about 2 1/2 years, the first side affect that I experienced is my heart rate felt out of control at times during the first 3 months or so that I started taking it that went away thank god! I also lost about 5 pounds instintly, can't complain there. The only side affect that I am a little conserned about is my horrible mood swings and depression about 4 days before I start my period. I will take a small problem amd make it into a huge deal and I feel like crying my eyes out. Unfortunatly the one that I take this out on is my husband poor guy! Do any of you girls feel your mood swings and depression only during certain times of the month? I am honestly starting to wonder if I should change.

OMFG they gave me this prednisone pack to help with my asthma (peakflowmeter was 250) and this bronchitus i cant seem to shake for a month now... anyway i been on it for 12 hours and i am about ready to choke the doctor .. i have fibromyalgia and let me tell you pain is a daily event . well if my everyday aches and pains arent enough here i sit at 5am no sleep, my pain level went from a mere 3 up past a 10 . this is really bad i can hear my heart pounding when i lie down, not to mention it feels like its pumping sludge instead of blood. everysingle joint and muscle in my body is hurting and or cramping at this point .
the headache is worse than a migraine at this point...... if i am still alive later in the day i will give you an up date.....if i am not alive midday . someone take this prednisone pack and shove it up the $&%#^%#^@^@^@%^#@ and then pour the refill down his throat!!! (I am sure i will live , just had to vent) . RJ

I took Lisinopril for one month. Within two days of taking the med, I began to cough violently all day. The children has colds and the pollen here was flying so I didn't think of it being the medicine. There was much mucous produced. I often vomited because of the coughing. I saw my doc's partner after 7 days of coughing and was diagnosed with bronchitis and given an inhaler and a z-pack. I had to have a cough drop in my mouth at all times even while sleeping to get somewhat of a break. I just thought I was going to start coughing one day and choke to death. Currently my right hip joint is so stiff and painful. My finger joints were mildly affected but are now fine. I have been off Lisinopril for 10 days now. The cough is not all day but still present and can be quite violent. The joint pain and stiffness are still present. I aches when at rest. My mobility is quite impacted. I am afraid that I am going to fall. Getting up from sitting is painful and often feels impossible. I'm a 44 year old woman with a 9 and 11 year old. I have plenty to do!!! This drug was toxic for me. I don't feel as if I'll ever be the same. I have got to get my hip back.

I was put on Lisinopril for high blood pressure one month ago. I had previously been on Benicar but could not afford it to be quite honest as I am a single mom. Anyway I developed the dry hacking cough right away but thought it was allergy related as the pollen count around here is unbearable. Finally after taking all kinds of over the counter meds for allergies to try and ease the cough, I finally went back to the doc to be treated for the allergies ? only to be informed by the doc of the cough as a side effect of taking Lisinspril. I had no allergy at all ! He immediatley switched me to Diovan ( I think I have that spelling right as I don't have the bottle in front of me ) and so since I am still coughing some ( not as bad ) and since its just been 2 days I thought I would look into seeing how long this cough was supposed to last after discontinuing the medicine so hence I found my way to this web site listing side effects. Haven't found out how long I might still have the cough after discontinuing but hope its not much longer. Anyway just wanted to post and warn all about the cough. It is horrible and kept me up all night long for weeks and would choke you without warning. Awful stuff althought it did the trick where the blood pressure was concerned I can not justify the cough.

I was on Advair for a few years. Everytime I would use the diskus I would start to cough and choke. Finally, I just stopped using it. I know I should have weaned myself off but I got tired of feeling bad.

During the course of my asthma development, I have been diagnosed with allergies, asthma, high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes and accelerating arthritis.

Hello,My name's Kat,Just took my first dose of levaquin.Didn't know my aches and pains could get any worse,was I in for an awaking.I am sitting here so neauseated that water makes me want to vomit.Just to think I have six more days of meds to choke down is unthinkable. I'm taking the meds for an inflamed intestine.

I did not think I was having any problems with Advair until I read an article about side effects. I have many.....leg cramps, muscle aches, fungal infection in mouth, and more. The one I am curious about though I am not sure if it is related to Advair or not. I would really like some info. I quit smoking in March, 2005, after smoking for 39 years. Since I quit, I have noticed (more than before) that I still cough quite a lot. Most is very dry, hacking cough, but occasionally, I bring up some mucous from my lungs, and it is solid. If it was a very large piece of mucous, I would actually choke on it. Most are small but numerous. Any suggestions??
Thanks

I started taking Singulair for moderate to severe nasal allergies about 2 to 3 weeks ago. I found this site because I googled "Singulair" and "dreams." For the past week or so, I've been having some of the most bizaare dreams I've ever had. I wouldn't really call them nightmares, though. Also, last night, I felt odd all night, couldn't sleep well - atea half a bagel in the middle of the night, reminding myself to really chew and swallow (since I was half a sleep) so I wouldn't choke- felt like I'd taken Sudafed or a lot of caffeine or some amphetamine or other mind-altering drug...or like I was in the middle of a high fever and not myself....

So far, I haven't seen any effect with the allergies, but I've heard it could take a month. I take Zyrtec daily, but it makes me drowsy, so I was looking for something else. Did the shots for years and years...last time was probably 5 or 6 years ago. Probably helped, but now I need antihistamine every day again...The nasal steroid sprays make my nose bleed...

I think all these central nervous system affects mentioned on this site are really scary....Anything that messes with my head like that..I don't want...Thanks for posting, everyone.

Since I've taken my daughter off the singulair, she has almost stopped the bad habit of clearing her throat. I notice her getting better and better every day. She's been off them now for about a month. Sometimes she still says that if she dont clear her throat she will choke because she feels like theres a lump in her throat all the time. It is going to take a while. I guess its pretty scary what this drug seems to be doing to alot of people. Good luck to everyone.

My son is almost three and he started taking Singulair about a month ago. In the last week he has started complaining of stomach aches almost daily. He has pretty much stopped eating. He has also had severe behavior changes. Last night he tackled his four year old cousin and proceeded to wrap his hand around her neck and choke her!!!!!! He has started talking in his sleep (he sleeps with me so I know it has just suddenly started) and wakes often in the night. He has also started talking about 'monsters'.

The scariest thing of all is when I called the doctor today the doctor said "I have never heard of Singulair causing behavior problems but go ahead and take him off of it and we will see what happens". Either he is seriously mis-informed or all of us who are expericiening problems are crazy!!!!!! you decide.

I have been taking Geodon for 3 weeks now. two capsals of 40mgs every night (80mgs altogether). I am taking it to control hallusinations that is trigered and attatched with me also being BioPolar 1. It used to make me extremly tired, restless, and I would fall dead asleep within 2 hours of taking it. Now I have noticed that it makes me stay awake longer to the point where my body is dead tired but my mind is still runing at 100 miles an hour. Sweating a lot. Last night I spent the night at my friends house and ended up going to the hospital. I thought I was going to choke on my tounge. Literilly I could not put it back in my mouth with the feeling comming back. I was put in minor care unit. I was expirencing masive full body tremours. I was shaking so bad I would make myself nausous. The docotor gave me a shot of some injection and it knocked me out. I am now expirencing chalk mouth, but I am no longer feeling as if I will shallow my tounge. This is a word of advice to any of those who have been expirencing these side effects, the docotor told me to take Benydril and it really works. Try it. I am no longer on Geodon.

extra amount of saliva in mouth and sometimes choke in the night from it