Extreem symptoms and conditions

I did not know that there were web sites like this, I stumbled on another web site last night looking for some help for my husband and realized these are out here.

I was on Zocor last year, I took a total of 29 pills from June 16, 07 to October 20, 07. I took them when I remembered. During that time I had many problems and did not relate them to Zocor since I did not take it on a regular basis. I'm 58, both my parents were sick and baby sitting 3 little kids from 6 mos. 2, and 4. Side effects did not come into my thoughts.

Anyway I am right handed and I begin to have (pain in my right hand, pain in knuckle of middle finger, lost all strength in (R) hand, and my hand would be very stiff). I could not longer squat down to get into cabnets or get low for any reason, pain was so severe in the back of my knees. I had pain in my hip, pain down my leg between my calf and ankle that was so pain ful I could not move or scream it was worst that labor pains.

I was given xrays for hand, finger and my hip. Still I didn't relate it to taking zocor. Finally the pain was so severe in my leg I went to the Dr. I told her that I have had pain in my leg off and on since June and how bad it was she looked at my chart and ask was I taking the zocor, I told her not regularly but I would start.

Then she said not to take it for a month and come back because the pain in my legs was a side effect other patients had had.

Well after 5 months my hand has come back to normal, no pain in hip, from time to time a lttle discomfort in my lower leg, and now I can squat still a little pain getting up.
Before I could not lower my body.

Oh yeah, I wasn't sleeping, and extreme constipation. I am sleeping now and constipation is long gone. My Dr. assured me that all the symptoms would leave eventually.

Through this I have learned that medication effects us all differently and just because it is not a side effect the Dr. is familiar with doesn't mean it does not exist.

I began taking Doxycycline after hospitalization for MSRA. I am currently one week into Doxycycline after five days on IV Vincamycin in the hospital.

Since being home from the hospital I have had bouts of extreem dizziness with an overwhelming feeling of being disconnected from reality.

I am normally a motivated, high functioning person, now I feel overwhelmed, depressed and on verge of tears ( I am not a crier) almost constantly.

The MSRA responded well to the Vincamycin. I experienced extreem dizziness on the fourth day of Vincamycin, but it passed quickly. The dizziness I am experiencing now lasts for a long time.

I was placed on loestrin 24fe Feb. of this year, after taking it for a month and a half I got a terrible headache on a Tuesday and no matter how much advil or tylenol i took it wouldnt go away, well finally i went to the 24hr urgent care center at about 1a.m.thursday morning. after 3 shots of morphine that didnt work, a Dr trying to tell me that it was just a migraine (from birth control and i should switch to the depro shot) and i didnt treat it fast enough, so i had to stick it out, mind you they had given me three shots of morphine by this time and my head still felt like it was going to explode. needless to say he discharged me and the nurse that was caring for me said against her better judgment she was letting me go home but grabbed my hands looked me square in the eyes and made me promise if i didnt feel any better or my headache got worse by the morning i would go to the nearest E.R and make them scan my head because at this point she said you dont have to tell me that the medication isnt relieving the pain i can look at you and tell you it isnt working... long story short.. i kept my promise to her and ended up back at the E.R less then 12hrs later, they to put me in minor care and said it was just a migraine headache, gave me morphine again (Which didnt work this time either) until i gave the run down of being at the urgent care center just a few hours earlier and the nurse making me promise to make them scan my head because her concern was what was causing the headaches that wasnt responding to the morphine?? Finally the Dr. (Male) listened to me and ordered a catscan, said something looked abnormal the Dr. moved me to the real E.R. and then ordered an MRI then B4 they could wheel me back to my room in the regular hooked back up to my i.v. the wheeled me back and did MRV's with and with out contrast. A neurologist came and gave me my diagnosis and told me i was lucky to be alive that i was at extreem risk 4 seizures and strokes and that i needed to notify someone at home of what was going on. I was admitted from the e.r directly to ICU. My diagnosis was Superior sagittal venous thrombosis. I had a 90% (blood clot) blockage of the main vein that runs down the center of your brain (Dr. say its from the Birth control) feel free to write me with any questions, just be careful, with any birth control choice that involves hormones. theres more to this story I am not some crazy lady i am very lucky to be alive and would never want anyone else to go through the hell i have been going through since April of this year.my email address is ***** check this out below... i cut this from a posting on the internet about cerebral venous thrombosis which they also refer to the blood clots of the veins in ones brain. take care, hope to hear from you soon.

Headache is the most frequent symptom in patients with cerebral venous thrombosis. However, patients presenting with headache due to cerebral venous thrombosis are uncommon. The association between oral contraceptives and cerebral venous thrombosis is well known. We report the case of a young woman who was admitted to our department for sudden onset of headache. She had been taking oral contraceptives for 6 months. Early pharmacological approach with analgesics failed to alleviate symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed thrombosis of the posterior and middle thirds of the superior sagittal sinus (SSS). Because the patient was oligosymptomatic, medical treatment with high-dose heparin was started. A clinical follow-up showed headache regression after 2 weeks of therapy. Subsequent MRI showed partial recanalization of the SSS. The patient continued oral anticoagulants for 3 months. Eighteen months after discharge, the patient was symptom-free. We conclude that new, persistent or atypical headaches in patients taking oral contraceptives should be carefully evaluated for cerebral venous thrombosis.

I had been taking Lipitor for several years without side effects.

Then, after an operation for a blocked intestine, all hell broke loose:

I haveseverere neck pain 9 on scale of 1 to 10.

I have extreem fatigue.

I have a neuropathic numbness & tingling in the outer 1/8 inch of my skin from my forehead to my ankles.

My hands twitch to the point a cannont safely hold things.

I have low grade neusia

I have la oss of ballance while walking.

My physician had me stop taking Lipitor

This is third day off: I am experiencing severe itching on arms, back, legs, etc.

God help us all when adequate stuties for neuropathic damage and information have not been given our doctors or us!

muscle weakness-dry mouth-hands and feet tingle-fatigue. Have been on Topamax for over 1 year and sx have subsided, mostly. Definitly memory problem involved here. Dr dc'd med because of extreem muscle spasms around lower rib cage area. We'll see...

I was given Levaquin for a sinus infection 500 mg for 21 days have not been able to sleep -extreem pain in joints - bad dreams not been abel to eat. dizzy - no energy hard to walk -feel bad all the time -wish I wouold have read this site befor takeing all med. can not understand why the med profesion would give this type of med to people? could be $$$$$$$$$$$