February 23th
2009
12:34 PM
My daughter died on January 28, 2009 due to pulmonary embolism and dvt. She was only 20, just missed her 21st birthday on feb. 3rd. She had been taking YAZ less than one year. We had no idea of how dangerous the medication is. She had seen the commercials on tv promoting the decreased periods, acne, mood swings etc. I wish no one the tradegy that has stricken our family. Please tell everyone you know to STOP taking YAZ.
To make matter worse she was miss diagnosed. She was told she had bronchitis. My daughter did not have to die. Your daughters, sisters do not have to die.
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July 27th
2008
2:22 PM
I started using lipitor from my doctor, it lowered my cholesterol all around but I started to have lower back pains. At first I thought it might be prostate cancer, but after having to MRI's done they found no cancer, thank god. But I went to an orthopedic surgeon to see what the problem was. He looked at the mri's and saw lower dics hitting my nerve endings. He also thought that it might be muscle problems so he gave me 3 epidurals and that helped for a while took away about 50% of my pain, but I still have the pain, It is hard for me to get comfortable when I sit or even when I am sleeping. I don't want to think that it is the lipitor that is doing it to me but after talking with others I feel it is time to talk to my doctor about it. My doctor said that lipitor is the safest one that will do very little harm to my liver. I am not a doctor so I would not know.. My cholesterol level was 246 at one time now it is 175. I am now facing possible spine fusion to help correct my disc problem. But will also ask doctor to prescribe something else.
Alan
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September 28th
2006
11:07 AM
I cannot imagine that you would be able to sue the company.
With WARNINGS posted on the box and all the literature, it's
almost spelled out in black & white. I guess everyone is free to make up their mind..........which is the lesser of the two evils? Do you breathe, or...........do you use the medication?
That seems to be the choice. My Dr. did take me off the Advair, but I ask for it back because I could not get my breath. So I went back on it knowing what the outcome could be.
I believe it's true with MOST of the medications. I know a person with a heart transplant. The anti-rejection medication gave him cancer. He was told that before it was started, but he had to take the medication or his heart would reject.
Now, his kidneys are ruined from it too and it's a kidney transplant to dialysis. There were a lot of risks with all of it, and I believe that can be the case with all the medications.
It's a choice we all have to make personally.
PredniSONE (1) Advair HFA (1) Yasmin (1) Lantus (1) Prograf (1) Lipitor (1)
May 8th
2009
3:02 AM
I have been on prednisone for 11+ years due to having had a heart transplant. The prednisone keeps my heart from rejecting.
-- By arthurx | Reply | (7) replies | Private Message meI have not taken it for 2 days and I am in the process of passive suicide.
I am driving out west into the desserts to sit and die. I can no longer
be around people for I am afraid I may kill someone or at least significantly hurt them. I have been homicidal and suicidal for 11 years due to this med. I would enjoy killing everyone and everything. I hate myself and I want to die.
Prednisone made me become "Evil"; Hell incarnated. I don't want to live
in a mental institution and my doctor will only give me Seroquel thinking this will help me. I tell him it doesn't help me but he thinks it does. Stupid fucking doctor. My transplant docotrs won't even listen to me when I talk about "mental" issues. Everything pisses me off. It is raining outside and this makes me so mad and stressed.
I have been in this psychotically angry and agitated state of mind for 11 years. I have punched myself many times in the head and banged my
head against walls trying to get homicidal and suicidal thoughts out of my mind to no avail.
I would like to try ECT (electro-convulsive-therapy) but I won't even
mention this to my doctor because he will literally laugh at me and make me so god dam mad that I would enjoy killing him right then and there. I'm sick and tired of living in hell everyday.
Do not take prednisone no matter what, unless your life depends on it. And then what type of life will you have? Maybe a life full of hate, rage, anger, homicidal and suicidal thougts even when you dream.
Fuck life!
Arthur X 1968-2009