Drink alcohol symptoms and conditions

I was started on Advair HFA about 35 days ago. A little background about me is that I'm 35 years old, in good physical shape. I'm a competitive cyclists doing road races anywhere from 45-100 miles, I work out 2-4 hours everyday. I've had lifelong chronic asthma, but have fought the disease with my healthy lifestyle. I also play the saxophone.

Since I've been on Advair I've developed a constant sore throat. Been coughing up stuff constantly when I'm out training on my bike. Can't seem to sleep for more than a few hours at a time. The worst side affect has been the leg cramps which are killing my training for up coming races. I have constant leg cramps that force me to get out of bed over and over to work them out. My energy levels have dropped to the point that I can't do even half a workout without being totally wiped out. This is coming from a guy that averages 60miles a day on the bike, the other day I couldn't even do 15 miles and had to stop from the constant cramps and tiredness. This stuff is a nightmare. I've gone back to using nothing but my albuterol inhaler. I'll continue to do lung exercises 4 times a day and completely clean up my diet and basically get this stuff out of my system. Let this be a warning that you can't get something positive without something negative as well.

TWO PIECES OF ADVICE:
DO NOT DRINK alcohol within 6 hrs and EAT right before taking Toprol. This should help with all mentioned side effects!
I have noticed that if I drink ANY alcohol within six hours of taking Toprol (before or after), my HR skyrockets to 190+BPM. I thought this might help others. Also, I MUST eat at least 2 slices of bread each time I take it. Otherwise, I will feel very dizzy, faint and have bad dreams.
If I eat, I have no side effects.
Also, there have been a couple times where I missed a dose or took it late and each time, I feel my heart starting to race and the PVC's coming back.

I have been on 25 mg of Toprol for 6months due to PVC's and rapid/ racing HR (160+)/ palps and BP spikes. My 24hr Holter (six months ago) showed 370 PVC's in one day, so I was put on Toprol. All other heart tests were normal. Anyway, it has worked wonders for me. I had another Holter done last week and there were NO PVC's and steady HR and BP. Since being on Toprol HR is 65, BP is 105/60 or so.

Taking Niaspan my cholesterol dropped from 414 to 186 in ONE MONTH. I get the flush and itching BAD if I eat FATTY FOODS or drink alcohol before bedtime. Other wise, I take 1500mg and nothing bad.

I started taking 80mg a day for a rash I developed after the Celestone didn't work. This has been the worst hell I have ever gone throught, I would much rather have given natural birth. 80mg a day for 5 days, 60mgs a day for 5 days, 40 mgs a day for 5 days, then 20, and 10 for 5 days. I am on the3rd day of 40 mg. My face is so swollen. I have had to cancel social events as I cannot even carry on a decent conversation. The nervousness is over whelming. I cannot work . I come home and drink alcohol to take the edge off, which the affects are greatly exaggerated, but no hangover in the morning, which I'm sure is putting my body through hell. The Dr. gave me 25mg of vistarill to help me sleep. Wonderful drug! If it wasn't for my dogs, I would be insane, as they are the only living creatures I can stand to be around. I am going to cut my dosage to 3 days instead of 5 to start weaning myself off. I read on another web site that the moon face should start to dissapear when I go down to 10 mg a day. Thank GOD!

I've been on trileptil for about 2 years now and am up to 600 MG and I'm 20 years old having all these side effects! But yet my mood is better then ever I'm doing great besides my frustrations with the side effects! I just need to weigh the pro and cons of if it's worth taking with all these sevre side effects!

My palms and feet are itching like crazy! I'm also very worried about the possibility of having a seizure. I don't like not ever being able to have a drink (alcohol).

I have been taking Yasmin for almost 2 weeks and already I'm noticing major side effects. Both good and bad. I have lost a little bit of weight and my breasts have gotten a little bigger. But those positives don't outweigh the negatives. I had one day of horrible naseua but that didn't last long. My skin has been a little pimple-prone but I'm not sure if that's due to the pill. I have had some spotting, but I know that that is normal and something I can live with temporarily. The MAJOR thing is I have never been prone to getting depressed or being emotionally unstable, but ever since I've been taking this pill I am constantly insecure and crying over absolutely nothing. I am sensitive to everything. I never used to be like this at all. I mean, I am human and I will have my downtimes, but this is too noticibly different. After googling the side effects and seeing depression as the first thing to pop up, I know that this must be the reason for my sudden mood changes. Even if they are temporary, I am not taking the chance. I am going off of this pill as soon as possible. Has anyone else experienced these problems after being on the pill for a short time? I'm wondering how long it takes to get back to 'normal'.

Obviously every pill is going to have different side effects for different people. I'm sure this pill could work fine for some people. But I don't like the effect it has had on me.

I have been on this drug for years and have never had any of the described side effects except for the cough. I am a 40 year old female. I also drink alcohol with this drug on weekends, nothing different.

For the first two days, I was depressed and sluggish. I had no sex drive. My pulse was slow no matter what. On the third day, I forced myself to workout...a 2-hour bike ride followed by pull-ups and push-ups. Felt fine. Kind of strange at times, but my heart did not beat quite as fast as before. Have been working out everyday since. Can't drink alcohol now that I'm on this stuff. 1-3 beers knocks me right out! Felt dizzy when I got out a chair too quickly today. Curious to see what is in store for me.

HI I AM A 56 YEAR OLD WOMAN AND HAVE BEEN ON LIPITOR FOR 4 YEARS NOW,AT FIRST ALL SEEMED WELL THEN 2 YEARS AGO I WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL WITH BURNING PAIN IN MY GROIN AND STOMACH AREA,I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DIVERTICOLITAS,THEN IN JANUARY THIS YEAR I HAD TROUBLE BREATHING OUT AND AGAIN WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL, NOTHING WAS FOUND OTHER THAN AN ANGRY RED LUMP UNDER MY ARM WHICH TOOK MONTHS TO GO I SUFFER FROM SEVERE LEG CRAMPS AND PAINS IN THE LEFT SIDE OF MY RIBS,,MAKING SLEEPING DIFFICULTI WENT TO SEE MY DOCTOR ON FRIDAY AND TOLD HIM I SUSPECTED LIPITOR WAS TO BLAME AND HE DID SOME BLOOD TESTS, WELL YESTERDAY I WAS BACK WITH A SUSPECTED TRAPPED NERVE AND HIS FIRST WORDS TO ME WERE! HAVE YOU STOPPEDTHE LIPITOR THEN ,WHEN I SAID YES HE SAID !YOUR LEVELS ARE OK ANYWAY SO PLEASE THINK TWICE ABOUT STATINS I CLASS MYSELF AS GENERALLY HEALTHY DONT SMOKE HARDLY EVER DRINK ALCOHOL BUT LIPITOR HAS GIVE ME SOME BAD TIMES , BRENDA

I take 50mg daily. At first tingling in hands, and loss of taste of carbonates (like pop tasted flat all the time) that went away after a while. Lost weight, but gained it back within the year. When i drink alcohol I don't feel anything, even after several drinks, no hangovers. anyone else experience that? I can only guess its from the topamax, because I used to get terrible hangovers, and now I never do, and also I stopped taking it for a short while and while not on it I would get severe hangovers. NONE when on topamax. Has virtually changed my life on the otherhand, I used to get migrains DAILY! now I get them maybe once a month if that, and they are not nearly as bad.

I've had severe migraines for 2 years (they would occur 2x per month and last 7 days - Before that I've had almost daily headaches since childhood). I started Topamax in May of 2006. It's now Feb 2007. I take 100mg am, 100 mg pm. I consider the side effect of feet tingling minor to the migraines I had. In the last month I just started with the eye twitching which increases when I drink alcohol. I still get headaches with weather changes and the onset of my period (my triggers) but not the raging migraines I was getting.

First off, I can't believe I found this site. For once I don't feel alone about having side effects from the Nuva Ring.

I'd been on Nuva for over 2.5 yrs when I left it at school and thus accidentally went off of nuva for a month and a half. I was shocked at how much better I felt after a few hormone-free weeks:

-I could finally drink alcohol in normal amounts and not get crippling hangovers the next day - before even just a few drinks would send me over the edge the next morning.

-My sex drive doubled. I didn't know my sexual capacity until going off of this. (Anyone have a favorite non-pharmaceutical contraceptive they'd like to recommend???)

-I don't get mood swings anymore- when I was on Nuva I knew that I'd get at least one day a month where I'd sit in bed and cry for hours, fully aware that I was being irrational. I was emotionally unstable for a whole week every month.

These are just a few of the many things I've noticed. I'm very disappointed that it took a mistake 2.5 years later for me to realize that it was because of Nuva.

I have been on Yasmin for about a year now, and I will agree with most when they say it works great at first. I noticed an extreme decrease in cramps, and I just stopped getting pimples all together. However, in the last 5 months I have noticed an INCREASE in many things. I have noticed that I am losing a lot of hair, cramps are starting to return, and I have been getting migraines, which I never had a problem with before. I get very nauseous when I drink alcohol, which never happened to me before either, and when I eat certain foods I get really sick to my stomach. Well, after reading all of these comments I am seriously considering a switch!

what will happen if i drink alcohol with my antibotics?

Have been on Toprol 25 mg for almost a year, and prior to that was at 50mg for about two years, prescribed for fast heart rate/benign palpitations and also for boderline high BP. Worked fine for BP and palpitations, but six months ago, BP went high again, so now on Diovan low dose and still Toprol 25 mg. Anyway, Diovan has fixed the BP. The most major side effect with TOPROL I believe is the cause for my shortness of breath. I have now began weaning myself off of the Toprol (with ok from Cardiologist) and hope to see an improvement with the SOB....it's been terrible. I get short of breath just talking on the phone, and I do not smoke. I'm hopeful that the symptoms will improve one my body is clear of the Toprol. Anybody else experience SOB from Toprol?

I have been on T-Max for a little over 3 weeks. Started at 25 mg per day and am up to 75. Have experienced all of the general side effects but the one I have been experiencing in the past few days has been a feeling of insects crawling on my head and neck and in and out of my ears and on my feet and lower legs. (hallucinations) I should mention that I am taking the medication for a closed head injury I suffered in April. And NO I am not on any other meds I don't even drink alcohol or caffeine for that matter. Am I losing my mind or has anyone else experienced this side effect too?

I've been on Wellbutrin XL for about 9 weeks now and I originally started out on 150mg a day and now my dose has been upped to 300mg a day. I was put on wellbutrin to see if it would help me quit smoking and also for depression. Previously I was on Zoloft and Buspar together. (I won't even get into the side effects with those two)

1. After about a week on 150 mg I experienced sharp and short headache pains in different places but that has since gone away.

2. I am on a computer at work for 8 hours a day and sometimes it seems to take me a few seconds to catch up with the words/numbers I'm typing and at times It seems like I'm re-arranging letters or numbers around backwards without really noticing it unless I check it as I type. Hopefully this will go away it seems to be slowly disappearing.

3. I've also noticed an increased sensitivity to light.

4. I've also felt very energetic, pulse racing and keep thinking my heart is going to jump out of my chest and sometimes there is some slight discomfort.

5. The oddest thing to happen and this only started happening 4 days ago is that I've started having heart burn symptoms and I've never really even had heartburn before maybe once or twice in my life. I think it has to be the wellbutrin but I'm not sure if thats a HUGE side effect or happens to most people but I did see a couple of people mention that in the previous posts. It's really starting to make me nervous and I've been taking tums etc. like crazy and I hope this side effect goes away as soon as possible.

6. An additional note to line 5 I've also experienced constipation.

7. I did experience a decrease in appetite for a couple of weeks but that seems to have stopped. I haven't noticed any weight loss or weight gain at all. My weight has stayed the same for the most part give or take a couple of pounds.

8. Sex Drive: orgasms are more intense

9. Dry mouth: that has stopped completely

10. I do drink alcohol and smoke regularly and due to the risks I was told not to suddenly stop drinking etc. due to reverse side effects of the wellbutrin and what could happen and I'm still drinking here and there so maybe thats causing the heart burn along with the wellbutrin; I'm not completely sure.

I have not experienced any joint pain, loss of hearing or ringing in the ears, hives, increase in acne or seizures since I've been on wellbutrin. The only side effect I'm having trouble dealing with is the Heart Burn and it has to be the Wellbutrin since I've never experienced it really before or I could just be getting older. (27) Either way it is has been almost intolerable at times.

All in all it's not a bad drug so far and hopefully as time goes on the side effects will lesson.

If you have experienced heart burn as a side effect feel free to respond I'm very curious to see how common it is.

This site has really given me some insight about this medication.

Best Regards

On day 2, I started crying uncontrollably. Feelings of depression. I have never felt mentally unstable before, and the feeling is alarming. I am stopping this medication now! Sleepwalking. The metallic taste in my mouth is awful. Do not drink alcohol with this medication, I believe the makes the nightmares and depression worse.

I was experiencing all the side affects and more PRIOR to taking this medication. What brought it all to light was having a menstrual flow since Jan. 10th and ending early March. I realize there will be side effects I have to deal with - also we must remember there are other factors involved - do we smoke, drink alcohol, eat processed foods, eat too much refined sugars, caffeine? Given the opportunity as I slept way too much prior to this drug, if one of the side effects is that I can't sleep - I'll have a valerian root tea at 8:30 p.m to be in bed by 9:00. Cut out alcohols, caffeine, etc. Should nauseau arise - eat smaller portions through out the day. Should constipation arise - increase water and a less fiber intake. We as individuals must try to find that fine medium to a balanced lifestyle and not depend on the doctors for all of our answers. Our bodies and chemical equations are extremely complex and will be for quite some time.

So far has totally destroyed my libido. If I drink alcohol I seem to be able to overcome this side-effect

I began taking the Japanese version of Norvasc because nothing else was available where I was (in Japan). When I came home after 5 years, my doctor switched me to lisinopril 10 mg,then 20 mg and finally 40 mg. My BP is under control now at an average of 130/70.
My side effects are itchy eyes (chronic), occasional chest pain (like a hammer from the inside, scary), inability to lose weight (not a big issue) , a probable small stomach ulcer but no acid reflux etc (I do not eat beef or many saturated fatty foods).
A possible key to resolving some of the stomach problems may be in diet control. Alcohol and sugar should be off the menu entirely ( it has helped ne immensely). Also, plenty of fresh fruit, almonds and walnuts, edamame (japanese soybeans found in the frozen food section) as a snack, and don't cook your vegetables to death (steam or lightly saute them). In addition, eat mushrooms. I eat a lot of shiitake, enoki and sometimes maitake mushrooms, which seems to have made a difference.
Anyway balance and moderation in food intake are key, and if you drink alcohol or consume a lot of sugar while taking any medication, you may be negating many of the potential positive effects.

I'm a female, 23 years old. I have OCD, attention deficit disorder, and general anxiety disorder.

On zoloft, I feel less anxious on the plus side. I feel comfortable with approaching people and in making new friends. However, even with 25 miligrams, which is next to nothing, I feel troubled by a foggy headed feeling. I want to always put the cart before the horse, or do the final thing before all the steps leading to it, or I simply look like I lack common sense, which is embarassing (at work, my new job). I feel dumb when I am not.

Also on the negative side, I notice I'm more depressed on zoloft. And when I drink alcohol such as vodka in long island ice teas with that shit, the next day I have the shakes like a crack addict going through withdrawal and I feel so depressed and anxious that I almost think I need to check in to a mental hospital because I might, if a gun were close by, do myself in.

This is not the medication for me. Also, I recently started wellbutrin and notice the zoloft/wellbutrin combination makes me feel even more in a fog, but in a different way, as if I were on a cloud and can't think of the right things to say or do. This isn't me. I just feel really fucked up.

I know everyone's experience and problem is different. I'm currently looking for another medication that won't make me feel like I'm in a fog and won't increase my ADD, but will decrease my anxiety and my OCD.

I am male, 54 years old, do not drink alcohol in any amount or use any form of tobacco, and WAS in very good health until taking doxycycline hyclate on June 13th, 2004. I have used doxycycline hyclate four times since 1979. On June 13, I was prescribed doxycycline hyclate for two small boil-like infections on my forehead. I was not warned about avoiding taking the pill before going to bed and it burned my esophagus terribly. On the 14th I took the second dose and in addition to terrible esophageal spasms and cramps I developed a terrible headache that hurt so bad I could not move, followed a few hours later with the addition to the esophageal spasms, cramps, and violent throbbing headache a case of nausea and vomiting so bad I was regurgitating duodenal contents for hours. This lasted over 24 hours. I knew it was the medicine causing the trouble and did not take another pill. Today is June 16th and my stomach, chest, right lobe of my liver are so sore I can't take a deep breath. My urine is brown but I don't have juandice, yet. All this from two pills. I never had a reaction to this medicine before anything like this, just a little acceptable heartburn. The first time I took it I was 29 years old, I am now 54. With violent reactions like this there should be some kind of pre-screening test developed to prevent doxycycline hyclate sensitive people from going through the pure hell I did for over 24 hours. I hope I don't get exposed to anthrax because I don't want to go through this again! Oh yeah, the two little boils are starting to get better.

My boyfriend is taking Risperdal only for 5 days now. He is very weak and tired. Complains of headach's daily now. He has a mood disorder and the Dr.'s say he should only be on this for a year. Does anyone know if this will help him? Seems like he is getting worse so far. What happens if you drink alcohol on this? Anyone know?