April 18th
2009
11:22 AM
Female-18
About two weeks about I was running a fever and had a horrible cough. After my temperature hit 103f I decided to go to the ER. The doctor told me I have a sinus infection. There they didn't really have much interest in what was wrong with me and decided that a Z-Pak would magically solve all my problems. So the first couple days my fever stopped, I felt a little better. Soon after that I had the WORST stomach pains I've ever had before. They brought me to tears, not to mention the diarrhea was pure water with little fecal matter.. I felt better with a high temperature than going through the side effects of Z-Pak. I also had dime sized amounts of brown colored phlegm that appeared when I coughed. I couldn't taste anything. For 6 straight days I was stuck to the couch or bed. Every time I stood up I got the drunken spins and felt like I was going to black out. It's been about 8 days since I started the Z-Pak and the cough has virtually went away. I still spit up a tiny amount of phelgm. I can eat, which I am ecstatic about since the only liquid things I drank while taking the anti biotic gave me severe diarrhea. The only symptom I have now is diarrhea. Only at least now I don't have to 'go' every 5 minutes or whenever I put anything in my stomach. I think the worst part of being sick was taking the dreaded ZPAK. Everyday I was thinking I could feel well enough to go out and do something only to have to race home to lay down.
CONCLUSION-ZPAK TWO THUMBS DOWN!
April 1th
2008
10:00 PM
Hello, I am getting Mirena inserted tomorrow evening. I am 32, mother of 2. Now that I have come across this website I am a bit nervous about all of the side effects I am reading about. I have been having serious problems with the pill over that past several months- bleeding/clotting for 2 weeks at a time, extreme moodiness and no sex drive to name a few. I will definitely keep an eye out for all of these symptoms everyone is talking about. I appreciate everyone's posting on this website. Thanks and I will definitely keep up on the postings on this site.
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July 22th
2007
4:14 AM
I am a 32 year old that was diagnosed with Thyroid nodules. I have been on Prednisone for only three days. This drug has given me my life back. Before taking this, I could not swallow or eat solid foods and had a high temperature because of the swelling. Only 24 hours after taking it, I felt almost 95% better. I do have a racing heart & I lost weight...down 5 pounds today. I only have 2 more days to go, but after reading these stories, I plan on only taking it short term. My heart goes out to all of you.
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September 27th
2005
9:26 AM
Uncontrollable dizziness, worst nausea ever, high temperature, sleepiness, all the bad stuff. Even though it did make the sore throat better, I would never, ever take it again.
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June 23th
2004
2:36 PM
I've been taking doxycycline for about 11 days now, and starting on day 3, I had occassional severe headaches that have been one long permanent severe headache for the past 4 days. I also have a high temperature, particularly in the evening, light hurts my eyes and I'm quite dizzy. I was prescribed this drug because of an infection in my uterus, and the doctor has told me to try to finish the prescription.
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Doxycycline Hyclate (2) PredniSONE (1) Mirena (1) Zithromax Z-Pak (1) Vi-Q-Tuss (1)
June 1th
2009
10:24 AM
I just started taking Doxycycline for Lyme disease and feel worse than I did before I had it. After taking a couple of pills, I vomited. Now I feel nausea, still have a high temperature, and have no taste for food. I am going to my doctor to see if there is another antibiotic out there to take. This one is horrible!
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