Hamstrings symptoms and conditions

I took aciphex for 16 months, ran out of prescription Thursday, and haven't felt this good for long time. I thought my weight gain and constant headache was
due to getting older. I had such a energy burst today that makes me believe it was Aciphex that made me the couch potato day and night. tiredness was brutal and when I was at NY last week I could not go up to stairs at Subway without having to stop and get my breathing in order not to mention being able to hear your own heart beat is little scary. Also I had severe leg pains on both sides-kind of rotating cramps and pinching, especially on my hamstrings.

I just started taking Vytorin and my doc told me if I had any muscle aches to call him. I haven't yet. But my symptoms are very tired all the time, my hamstrings and calves ache all the time as if I have the flu. I have an ache in my left arm, my joints ache like the flu, also my right him feels like its going to slip out of socket sometime when I stand and turn. My back hurts a lot as if I have bee lift weights with my back.My appetite is almost gone, that part I like however I go all day sometimes without being hungry or eating. Some mornings I wake up very, very thirsty. The worst symptoms is the body and joint aches. I was attempting to have sex with my wife everything started out fine then all of a sudden whammo, it turtled-up. I've experienced this before but only after playing 3 hours of basketball or weight lifting. I've only taken Vytorin every other day.

I WAS a very healty 45 year old. I walked/ran 3.5 miles a day and did weight training 3 x a week. Ate healthy. No medicines at all, never sick. Had a mild sinus infection and hot flashes followed by freezing that we thought might be from the sinus infection. Dr. gave me Levaquin. Within a couple of days, I felt like both of my hamstrings were pulled and could barely walk. Bear in mind, that I had not been excercizing due to work circumstances. I had a shaky feeling inside that you could sort of see in my fingers. Anxiety. Depression. Mild nausea. Fatigue. A month later, still having the hot flashes and freezing and worse than ever (seems like constant), doctor thought the sinus infection hadn't cleared up so he prescribed cipro - 15 days 500 mg along with a steroid. Everything got even worse. Rash on my hand/arm the first or second day that I blew off as from an ant bite. Nightmares the first 3 nights. Hot flashes often accompanied by racing heartbeat, sometimes slight chest pain if the hot flashes came one right after the other. As I write this I am dripping in sweat. Headache. Also, all my joints started, and continue to hurt. Knees, ankles, even fingers and toes. I've never had arthritis, but I imagine this is what it would feel like if you had it in your entire body. Also, I feel STARVING right AFTER I eat. A relative emailed me a scanned copy of her pharmacy's warnings for levaquin and it mentions hypoglycemia and lists many of these symptoms. (not the muscle ones)
My dr. is attributing most of it to 'anxiety' but I didn't have the anxiety until after the meds and the symptoms.
He did a host of bloodwork to rule out infection, lupus, hormone problems, thyroid, etc and they all came back normal.

In the evenings, my legs become exceedingly heavy feeling as I try to walk around the house or whatever. Also, I feel a hyperactive presence although my pulse and heartbeat don't necessarily rise. I also experience some angina. I am mainly concerned with the heaviness in my hamstrings and the body rush.
I am also on plavix, ace inhibitors (metoprolol), beta blockers (enalapril) and prevacid.
I had a heart attack July 5 and have been on this medication since then.
Thank you for a response.
jerry tuckwin

I started Zocar 3 years ago. Since then I have had (on a 1-10 pain scale) pain in my upper hamstrings (deep muscle pain in the lower buttocks or upper hamstrings). The pain is throbbing at a 1-2 level all the time. Sometimes it goes up to a 6-7. Overtime it had slowly exhausted me. I have gained wait due to less activity. I have visited multiply doctors with no diagnosis. I just found out about the side effects of Zocar. I am getting off. I had an MRI and multiple blood test yesterday. I will update this site in 30 -60 days to see if I have improvement in reduction of muscle pain.

I was recently diagnosted with 2 bulging discs in my back after being in constant pain for 7 months. My doctor suggested tht I get a series (3 shots) of epidural steriod shots in my back to see if it would help. I had the first on 02APR05 and felt great after 3 days. I was basically pain free for 6 weeks and then the pain started again. I just had my second shot yesterday and I'm just waiting for the soreness at the injection site to go away. The only side effect that occurred is slight muscle cramps in my hamstrings occasionally. I've had two different doctors give the injection and neither talked about side effects of the steriod (Kenalog 40). They only generalized steriod side effects such as possible weight gain, fluid retention, increaded appetite, increased blood sugar and a few other symptoms. There was nothing about the actual medication itself.

I am so relieved to have found this site, I seriously thought that I was really sick or jsut going crazy. I started Yasmin about 3 months ago and my GYN, made it sound like this mirical pill because I had been on over 10 different pills. At first I thought it was but after 2 weeks and got the following symptoms;

1. Nausea, Nausea, Nausea
2. Headaches
3. Cramping in my Hamstrings
4. Never wanted to sleep with my husband
5. Constipation
6. Bloating
7. Gas
8. Diarehea
10. Vomitting
11. Vaginal dryness
12. fatigue
13. ANXIETY and Panick attacks
14. Always thirsty and dehydriated
15. Constantly peeing

On the third month of the pill I started getting really dizzy and passed out at work and was rushed to the ER, where after numerous tests there was nothing wrong. I even had them test my potassium levels...NORMAL. So after being dehydrated from all the vomitting and Diarehea and excessive peeing. My husband and I decided to stop taking Yasmin. It is now day 4. And let me tell all of you that are thinking about quiting do so.

I am no longer nausous, no constipation, or bloating, no longer tired, and I want my husband. YEAH! The only thing that is still there is I am still a little anxious, but no panic attacks yet. I will keep everyone posted as all the side effects wear off.

There may be light at the end of the tunnel
I am a 65 yr. old male taking 10 mg. Lipitor for 5 1/2 yrs. In early June,2004
the pain was so intense in my hamstrings, that when I stood up, I would freeze
for seconds in acute pain. On June 26, 2004, I hobbled into my GP's
office telling him of the severe pain in my hamstrings.
At my suggestion, due to reading this website, he pulled me off Lipitor.
On July 4, I started using a cane because of the unsteady gait in my walk.

EMG tests determined that I was 50% weaker in my lower extremities and 10%
weaker in my upper extremities. Started taking 200 mg. COenzymeQ10 ( daily
recommended 100 mg. ) and Cholesterol Essentials ( for my Cholesterol ).
The COQ10 ( a vitamin ) is leached out by statin products and is essential to muscle
building. Went for 5 sessions of rehab to strengthen lower extremities.
Released today Oct. 14, 2004 because they did all they could for me.
Suggested followup with gym program or aqua program for more strengthening.
Today, I walk with no pain and no cane, much stronger than before, still not perfect.
Half my doctors suggest a herniated disc and the other half believe
Lipitor is the culprit. No numbers on Cholesterol level , yet. I will never use
a statin product again. It appears that being off Lipitor for 4 months, and introducing
COQ10 plus some rehab, that my muscle myopathy has lessened considerably.

I have been on Lipitor for 5 1/2 years. About 7 weeks ago I got severe pains in both hamstrings. I could hardly walk. I had my G.P take me off the 10 mg. that I was on June 24,2004 because of this website. Started taking 200 mg of COQ10 and I have had some relief, in that there is no longer the shooting pains. I am walking with a cane for the last 2 weeks because I wobble a lot when getting up from a seated position. The G.P. sent me for nephrology after testing for CP or CPK which was elevated at 280,to see if he could understand the problem or hasten the solution.So far urine test shows elevated proteins. Next up 24 hr urine and ultrasound of kidneys. Suspects not Lipitor, but not completely ruled out, but maybe Celebrex or Diovan.

used for 4 weeks
- thrush
- joint pain that i never knew was attributed to this until reading this board
- back spasms from playing basketball after playing for years with no problem
- weight gain ~7lbs
- muscle cramps in calves, hamstrings that were not exercise related
- jaw tightening up
- stomach aches

I am 63 and taking 10 mg of Monopril for mild high blood pressure / under complete control. Just put on Lipitor 20 two weeks ago and for two night straight I had muscle cramps. Hamstrings (both legs), and upper legs the next night. Cramps lasted about 5 minutes. No other noted side effects. The fact that both legs were involved tends to indicated it was not just a fluke... Watching very carefully.