Density symptoms and conditions

I received my first shot of Gardasil in January 2007. It could have started sooner, but about a month later my hairdresser noticed a bald spot in the back of my head. I rushed back to my ObGyn and asked her if the Gardasil could be the cause as nothing else had recently changed. She said that she had not heard of this, but she referred me to a dermatologist. I asked him if my hair loss had anything to do with the Gardasil. He replied that I had Alopecia areata and one thing had nothing to do with the other. He advised that I continue with the Gardasil and that he would start treating me for the alopecia. I wish that I would not have listened. I don't know what would have happened if I had stopped then, but I didn't I proceeded with the treatment to the end now over half of my head is bald!!!
I don't know what to do. I keep going back to the dermatologist for treatments for the alopecia, but it just keeps getting worse.
If anyone has had a similar experience and would like to share or has found some other treatments that work, please post a reply.

Melissa

I was taking Lupron shot for severe endo and ando. The best 6 months of my life!! I was feeling so much better, no more Pepcid ac and Advil! I wasn't crutched over holding my stomach at work all the time....I no longer had to take off work for 7 days out the month, I wasn't in pain. I have hot flashes, but so what....it was worth it. I don't recall any mood swings, I'm more moody off the Lupron because I'm always in so much pain. Lupron worked for me. My options was the shot or a full hysterectomy. I will probably have the hysterectomy eventually, but right now, I'm trying to get my doctor to give me the shot again. I was reading and some of you have been on the shot for a year or longer....I was told I could only be on it for 6 months.

Hi, I've just had my Mirena taken out ( thank Heavens) and can now get my life back. The only good thing was no periods for five years. The hormones gradually ran through my system and all the side effects crept up on me.
My allergies got MUCH worse.
My skin thinned.
I felt three thousand years old , ALL the time.
It stripped a goodly amount of calcium from my body, my teeth started crumbling.
( after two months post removal, my bone and teeth density has improved out the site! WITHOUT supplements My dentist and doctor are now a lot happier)
I had NO sex drive at all.
My weight crept up with NO lifestyle change, 30 kilos! - I have lost on average half a kilo a week since removal. NO diet change, NO activity change.
I've always had slight hormonal acne on my face and nowhere else... with Mirena I had it all up my formerly crystal clear back and diarriere, bust and even scalp.
Lots of other minor crap.
Please, if you have sensitivities to the pill and other hormone treatments, DO NOT go here. I thought I was just aging rapidly- bull dust! I'm just glad that my husband gave me all the support I needed to bring this tragedy to my doctor and Gynie's attention. For so, long I thought it was just me.
Now I'm having my tubes clipped. Hormonal interference just doesn't work for me

I was a very healthy 59 yr old, who, as a result of a leg and ankle fracture and slight decrease in dine density, was placed on Fosamax Plus. I have been taking it for two and a half months and have certainly noticed many of the symptoms mentioned. I continue to experience extreme muscle stiffness- not unlike symptoms of the flu, dizziness, stomach nausea, bloating, loss of sleep (so much so that I was then prescribed sleeping pills!), bruising that won't fade, knee soreness, lower back and hip pain!
I tolerated all the symptoms because I thought many of them were associated with my injury. After the ABC 7.30 Report, I am very concerned and would like to know the long term implications. Thankfully I have only been taking Fosamax a short time but it is now in my system.
The pharmaceutical company has a lot to answer for.

Seven jears ago I had to have a total Historectomy. After that my live turnd upside down, including sever skinrashes.I was on Kenalog hipinjections for 5 years, having shots every 6 month. Then i had a bonedensity test done . The results were rather somber. My density on my hipps had lost 25% bonemass. The rest of my bodys bonemass was fine. This is criminal,becaus I was never told, that this Drug would do this to your body. All the Doctors that I confronted about this issue ,denied the fact that this Drug is very dangerous. I hope one day we can take all the Drugcompanies to Court.