Clueless symptoms and conditions

I can not believe what I'm reading. My 5 year old was also given Singulair to treat asthma/allergies. He began having night terrors that increased in intensity over the past year. I stopped the Singulair on July 1 and the night terrors have reduced greatly. I am concerned about his asthma though. He has a consistent cough at night and I feel like he needs some type of treatment. Any suggestions?

I am a 51 year old female who has been taking Advair 500/50 for a number of years now. About a year ago I got a severe sinus infection and have been battling recurring bouts ever since like clockwork. I've lost my sense of smell and my voice sounds like I am sick 24/7. The ENT I went to was absolutely clueless on asthma and allergy medications and their side effects. She told me my sinus problems were caused by my allergies. They may have caused the problem but I should be healthy enough to recover in a week or two not a year or two!!! I have NEVER have a sinus infection before taking Advair. I also now have been diagnoses with Osteopenia and a recent blood test showed elevated blood sugar and cholesterol. My GP says it is a side effect of Advair. I have also recently went thru a barage of tests because of an irregular heart beat and palpitations. I am a triathlete and marathon runner, eat a healthy balanced diet and work hard at trying to keep my weight in check. There is no doubt in my mind that Advair is the cause of these health problems.
I decided to come off Adbvair cold turkey. For about a week I felt exhausted (an understatement). I did experience a few episodes of tightness in my chest but using a puff or two of albuterol was all I needed. I take peak flow readings ever morning and actually had some of my highest readings in months, after stopping. Best part of all, I am starting to get my sense of smell back and have been without symptoms of sinusitus for the first time in over a year!!! My energy is coming back. But the big test will be when I start back training at full throttle.
When I was prescribed Advair the only thing I was told was to make sure that I rinse my mouth out after taking it. No reason and no education on the short and long term effects. This forum is AWESOME!!! This is the first site that I have encountered that gave me honest hard facts and information I can work with. THANKS TO ALL who have posted!!!

I am sorry to hear of the trouble and pain that you all are having!

The common thread is the the DOCTOR didn't tell of the dangers and side effects. This is not at all unusual. I am employed as a Certified Pharmacy Technician for one of the largest HMO's in the country and have also worked for retail pharmacies. If I have learned anything at all it is this; ALL QUESTIONS REGARDING MEDICATIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO A LICENSED PHARMACIST!! Day in an day out I see doctors, PA's and RN's who are all but clueless as to drug interactions, proper uses, side effects, even proper & safe dosing! Countless times the Pharmacist will catch and error and not only save the patient from a potentially fatal mistake but also save the doctor's license, yet they are not given the respect they deserve. These people go to college for 7 to 8 years and study every possible aspect of pharmacology. Our society puts such God-like faith in doctors and fails to realize, they have only studied pharmacology, if we are lucky, for a couple of classes for one semester. Graduates now, at least in my home state are earning the degree PharmD (Doctorate of Pharmacy).

Please, please, PLEASE, don't say "Oh, I have no questions, my doctor told me" or "If I have questions, I'll ask my doctor." ASK A PHARMACIST!!! Granted, even the best trained pharmacist can't predict ALL potential problems but their knowledge is far superior to the vast majority of doctors!

Another point to consider; doctors are greatly influence by "drug reps", salespeople from the pharmaceutical companies that tout a new "drug du jour" every week, bombarding the docs with free samples, promotional gimmicks while wining and dining them so they will push (prescribe) THEIR product over the competitors' or any older but just as effective medication that most likely costs less too!

Again I wish only the best to all of you and my heart goes out to you who are suffering.

Susan

I was diagnosed with asthma after 34 years of a very athletic life. My dr. prescribed me predisone, proventil, singular and ADVAIR!! Although the predisone was for a 7 day period, the other three meds. I was to take indefinetly. For someone who has never been on any medication, this was a very hard adjustment!! I took all meds. for about 6 wks. but my gut feeling was just telling me to stop, so after blurriness of vision, weight gain, shakiness, loss of sleep,mood swings,loss of concentration, severe heart burn(especially at night), breast tenderness, back pain and the need to clear my throat all the time I took it upon myself to get off the drugs!! I stopped about a week ago and am feeling a slight shortness of breath but I'm going to stay on top of it and work out on building up my lungs and flushing all these medications out of my system. Sometimes doctors are to quick to diagnose a person and put them on unnecessary medications. I believe on our bodies having the capability of healing themselves with natural elements. I'm on my way to a natural product store to find a healthier way to heal my body. Thank you all for the comments!! I'm relieved to know that I made the right choice on stopping ADVAIR!!!!

My husband was prescribed Avelox 3 weeks ago when he was diagnosed with pneumonia for the 2nd time in 2 years. It seemed to work quickly on the pneumonia, but he has large bumps under the skin, like cysts and the skin above the bumps is red. They seem to be popping up randomly on his arms and legs and some will fade away. The 2nd dr that he saw at the clinic said it wasn't aside effect of the Avelox, but was a bacterial skin infection. She just kind of jumped around from one diagnosis to the next, which leads me to believe that she is clueless! My husband can barely walk now and I fear at least tendonitis or at worst, tendon damage. He has an appointment with another dr tomorrow for a 2nd opinion. After reading some of the horror stories connected with this drug, I have to wonder why this was prescribed when they could have given him the same antibiotic that he responded so well with the last time he had pneumonia. I will post the new doctor's diagnosis tomorrow.
JReynaud

I tried Fosamax twice ...... the second try was two months after the first. Each time I developed a choking sensation, knee and back pain. My bite is much different, my kneecaps have drifted laterally and it is difficult to go up and down stairs or get in a pickup truck. I also am experiencing extreme fatigue, racing heart and sweating which has never occurred before. This happened each time by the second week. This time months later the symptoms are still with me. My doctor is clueless. I'm in the process of seeking another doctor. This is the result of taking a total of four tablets.

I also had the injection on jan 10 2006 .I"ve been having my period for 18 days now . When I asked my Doctor about it she pretty much said I was crazy for thinking it was due to the injection. I have not gotton any divits yet. But I have gained 8 pounds since I have gotton the shot. Has anyone been able to find out how to stop you period yet????? My obgyn is clueless. If anyone has any info PLEASE let me know

I was given 20mg tablets of prednisone for 5 days due to a strange alleregic reaction to cold medicine. I ve been taking it for 3 days and since Ive had break thru bleeding and my vision is so blurred I cant make out the speedlimit signs on the road. Beacause of the upper resperitory bug and 2 allergic reactions and now feeling the side effects of the steroid I am clueless on what is going on and what I should do. If any one out there has had blurred vision and bleeding while takin this medicine please let me know I will be okay.

Has anyone out there experienced blood pressure problems, and heart pain/ pressure since takine actonel?????

For those of you mothers that think that "drugging" your children is wrong, I wish to God that my parents would have when I was a child. They thought the same as you and I suffered because of it. They were both school teachers and didn't want to admit that their child had a problem. I have been diagnosed wt ADHD and now take medication. I only wish I could have stopped the heartache I experienced throughout my childhood. Spending those "10" extra minutes a day didn't work for me. I remember many nights when I sat down to do my homework and I just cried. My only memories of school were those of me throwing my books across the room, tired from looking at a wall for hours, clueless. I suffered and there was simply no reason. For this, I never forgave my parents. Later on, my mom told me that she had the choice to put me on medicine and she didn't think that I needed it. Now she admits she was wrong. Don't be selfish Mothers.............

I had major stomach problems that started with gas, bloating etc... I went to the emergency room for abdominal pain (because that's what my doctors office told me to do when I asked for an appointment regarding abdominal pain), and they found nothing and suggested IBS (Iritible Bowel Syndrom). The side effects continued developing and turned into a burning sensation deep in the abdomin. I had to stop eating all spicy foods and also stop taking my usual 500mg/day vit-c supplement. The burning sensation was physical but really hurt and made me anxious and agitated. Problems kept getting worse, doctor said all was psychological problems, prescribed paxil, later zoloft; I tried the paxil for two days, didn't like it (they said it would take two weeks to help, but I felt it the first time); never took the zoloft. Took many tests; all came up negative. All the doctors I went to were absolutely no help (made things worse in fact). It turned out to all be the lisinopril. I figured it out as the side effects kept mounting.

By the way, for those with the cough (get off this horrible medication and) take extra zinc around 4 times the RDA/DV seems to help a lot with helping the lungs clear that sticky stuff out. (I like country-life target-mins 50mg zinc - effective and easy on my stomach; tried several others before finding this one; I take a quarter of one 50mg tablet 4 times a day, and a good multivitiamin at dinner.) Also, calcium seems to help with the some of the other side effects (there are many side effects, pains, discomforts, etc... from this so-called medication).

This is one crappy medication, and, the worst of it is that doctors are just clueless about its numerous side effects.

Guest0222

You all need to read what has been written...those of you who have inflamed painful joints and memory loss need to go off the drug to see if they improve and ten return to the drug if you find the drug was not the cause. I can't believe so many of you aren't reading these side effects 80% of you all have the same ones (are you clueless)

I'm amazed that it's prescribed for acne since I broke out worse than I have in a long time after taking it. Using it to treat vaginal infection, extreme bleeding (12 weeks) and now that the bleeding has stopped I have a yeast infection. Also skin sensitive to light, vomiting and severe nausea within 20 minutes if taken on an empty stomache and mild headaches and dizziness that last all day. I'm not generally prone to headaches so this was a noticeable side effect. I wish my RN had told me some of these side effects before hand so I didn't have to wonder what was happening to me and be totally clueless until after 10 days of taking it, coming online and finding that what I'm experiencing is actually "normal" for this drug.

YASMIN IS EVIL!!!!!!!

Hi Girls,

I posted my Yasmin experience a few weeks ago and i urge you all to listen to your bodies! I lost some of my hearing, had a severe migrain for three weeks, dizziness, blurred vision, chest pains that would go into the left hand side of my body, cramps in my legs and toes and i thought i was going crazy! Not one doctor suggested that Yasmin might be causing all my pain.

I had to fork out $1000 for a bloodtest, catscan, five prescribed medications including pain killers and to see an Ear Nose and Throat specialist who charges $250 for 15 minutes!

I had a gut feeling that Yasmin was causing all my problems and when all my tests came back fine, i was truly convinced. I stoppped taking it immediatley, but when i fronted my doctor with all my symptoms she looked at me as if i was crazy and was adamant that Yasmin or any other B/C would not cause such severe side effects.

She then went and got her big medical book and looked up YASMIN and sure enough all of my symptoms were there in black and white. I knew more about this pill than she did, and she then said that i did the right thing coming off YASMIN as she was concerned that blood clots might be forming!!!!

I am furiuous that not one doctor questioned YASMIN, they truly believe that it is harmless and that severe side-effects are uncommon. But judging from this site we all know that YASMIN is doing more harm than good. I have been off YASMIN for two weeks now and all of my symptoms have gone. The first few days were so painful, it was as though YASMIN was slowly making its way out of m body.

I am so glad that i listened to my body, i knew that YASMIN was to blame and trust me I'm not crazy when i say that YASMIN IS EVIL!!! This pill has only been around for three years, not enough research has gone into it and the doctors are clueless! Please trust your instincts, not the doctors!

Feel free to e-mail me ****** if you need any advice or want to have a good bitch about YASMIN.

Thanks for your stories

started it about the same time as thyroid meds. I started getting muscle weekness and joint pains mostly in legs when cold air blew on either. Also during PMS week. I dont know which med it is or if related at all. I am getting a 2nd opinion on somethings and possibly never needed the thyroid med to begin with since my hormone symtums sound and look on labwork more like low estrogen. My thyroid labs were always normal till 6 mo. after begining thyroid med then my labs were hyper. My dr. is clueless so I go somewhere else for this. He showed me how to use Advair wrong. Lucky for the internet I figured it out on my own. I am never going to try two meds together at the same time again cause then you dont know which is causing side effects or helping fatigue.