Hip joint pain symptoms and conditions

This is another update. I had the Mirena removed about 3 weeks ago and my hip joint pain has calmed down A LOT since then! My headaches are gone, my breasts don't feel like they're going to explode, and I am gaining some of my energy back. My hip pain is still there somewhat, but I am hoping in time it will disappear - in the meantime, Motrin helps immensely whereas it didn't touch it when I had the Mirena in. I will be having my regular doctor check out the hip just to be sure nothing else is going on, but I am CONVINCED that this device caused all of the above. I was really surprised that my gyno didn't fight me at all when I told her I wanted it removed. I told her that I felt the benefits no longer outweighed the side effects, and she told me if I felt that way it was best to get it removed. The removal was nothing compared to the insertion - she was done before I even realized she had started to remove it! I haven't had any cramping or bleeding since it was removed beyond the first day or two. I guess that makes sense since the Mirena was supposedly keeping the lining from building up in the first place - guess there's nothing to shed yet. All in all, I am glad I got it taken out, and I am here to tell anyone with similar symptoms to follow your gut and push for what you want - it's your body, not your doctor's!

I am a 45 year old woman (NOT a new mother) who had the Mirena inserted in January of 2009. I had gone off of the pill in 2003 after 16 years of being on it - told my hub I was DONE with hormonal birth control (weight gain, headaches, etc). After the pill, the weight fell off, headaches were gone, and my brain-fog and forgetfulness vanished. 6 years later I couldn't stand the heavy periods after so many years of light ones and decided to give Mirena a try since the hormones supposedly stayed in your uterus (YEAH RIGHT!). In my head, those 5 years of Mirena protection would buy me time until menopause and my doctor agreed it was a good choice. Fast forward 7 months. The weight came back (over 20 lbs) with NO change in diet. The headaches are back. The almost constant discharge is still there - and is not pleasant smelling by any stretch. I am not a new mom and am very in-tune with my body (thank you very much to the rude posters on here who have suggested it is all in our heads) - yes I did the research and expected some side effects, but the worst side effect I have and can't stand any longer however is hip joint pain. It is so bad that I feel like an 80 year old woman in the morning that can hardly move! It gets a little better during the day, but is constant. I can't lift my grandchildren without severe pain and this is NOT NORMAL! This did NOT happen before the IUD was inserted and I just now put 2 and 2 together that Mirena could be the cause. I also have virtually no energy - my house has fallen apart since January and my husband is beside himself. I just sent an email to my doctor asking her opinion on my suspicions and will more than likely have it removed SOON! Ladies, I want to say that this is NOT IN YOUR HEAD and the people who suggest otherwise should be ashamed of themselves. If you have Mirena and have no problems, good for you - just don't criticize those who do. It works differently on different people.

I've taken Actonel 35 mg for about 2 years. I've stopped taking it. I have developed severe hip joint pain and stiffness. It has gotten progressively worse. First the hip tendons seemed to hurt and weaken, severe sharp shooting pain upon some movements. I have times where I injured the hip from simple things, like digging in the garden with a shovel. I am 52, am/was very active. Had breast cancer so the doctors keep testing for cancer in the hip, it's not there. X-ray show arthritis-type changes. The pain is getting worse, so I'm looking for doctors/treatment to help, stop, or reverse this hip pain. Actonel mentions joint/hip pain in the side-effects, anyone else have these problems?

As MANY of you have posted, "I thought I was just getting 'old." Now I know it's the statins. I thought I was doing the right thing because I have family history of cholesterol problems. I was first on pravachol, then lipitor for a few years, now Vytorin - which dropped my numbers to the lowest ever - 190.

HOWEVER - I have never felt worse. I have all the 'symptoms' described in this blog. Reclusive, depressed, extreme shoulder/neck stiffness and pain. Low back, and hip joint pain (severe). I can't even workout because I don't have the stamina to go through my routine. LOSS OF MEMORY!! This is severe. I use to be able to memorize hundreds of numbers or addresses and now can't remember a number that I looked at 2 seconds ago! This is insane! They need to remove this drug from the market. I'm done with statins.

I was the one who had her Mirena put in in October and had a two-week period every two weeks afterwards, with some serious sexual side effects. (Couldn't reach O, had no desire...)

I am happy to report that even though I have some back and hip joint pain, the last two periods have been QUITE short.... 4 1/2 days and now 2 1/2 days. I am so relieved that this thing is finally doing what it's supposed to do.

I am a little disappointed in my lack of sex drive... When I was using the copper IUD, I was attacking my husband every other day, sometimes every single day, and I'm not like that anymore.. I WANT TO BE! But hormones affect everyone in different ways, so I'm going to try to make the best of it and see if the hormones continue to level off...

To anyone regretting their decision to have it put in, PLEASE wait a few cycles before you make any rash decisions... I'm so glad I did.. I wanted it out after a month! It affects everyone in a different way... but your body really does need time to adjust to it. I'm not saying it's for everyone, I KNOW it's not... but please let your body get used to it. :)

Good luck!

Severe hair breakage/loss. I've always had fairly thick hair - since starting Actonel 35 mg 1x/week, have noticed lots of hair breakage - The actonel is the only thing different in my life in the past 4 months, so I attribute the breakage to the drug - anyone else have severe breakage? This is in addition to severe left hip joint pain, jaw pain, and upset stomach. I'm not going to take any more Actonel.

In the past I had taken two separate three day courses for diverticulits, it worked right off, no problems. Last time I had diverticulitis, my doctor prescribed 10 day course of combo levaquin and flagl. After 7 days, I started to get hip joint pain, foot joint pain, and mild numbness in fingers on both hands and toes on one. I called doctor, and stopped the levaquin, and fortunately, the divertiltis was gone. However, the joint pain lessened after stopping but is taking weeks to fully go away.

I have found that silica (usually found in horsetail or oceanic) is helpful against the joint pain. (I had also tried selenium, msm, but were of no help for this joint pain.) Most of the joint pain is gone after several doses of silica, but the numbness, though lessened, lingers on a bit.

i don't think I'll take levaquin again for diverticulitis unless I'm dying. I've found that garlic tablets (I like solary's) very helpful, as is vitamin-c, for fighting back my intenstial bugs, and if I use garlic & vit-c for 5 or more days, it seems to cure the problem. Also I've heard that bacteria do not build up immunity to garlic, that it is a broad-spectrum antiboitic and antiviral, and so even if I stop taking it too soon and the bug comes right back, I can just get back on the garlic for a longer time, no worries about mutant bacteria.

I am 50 years old and my bone density test showed beginning signs of moderate loss. I took the once a week fosomax for about 4 weeks. After the second week I developed hip joint pain. The next week my shoulder joints and knees started hurting. After the 4th week the joint pain lessened slightly. Because I was going on a business trip with lots of walking, I decided to stop taking it and experienced some relief immediately so ... I decided to stop altogether. My joint pain is nothing like it was while taking it, BUT I STILL AM EXPERIENCING some JOINT PAIN and it's been 5 months since I stopped. Before I started taking it, I was extremely active and experienced NO joint pain.

I had started taking Lamasil for toe nail fungus infection for about 20 days. I came down with fevers, chills and sweats about 20 days into 30 day doseage. My doctor prescribed Levaquinn for the fevers. I had a blood test and found my liver was very effected by the Lamasil. I was to take about 8 day of Levaquinn which I did. After 4 days of the Levaquinn my fever was gone but muscle pain developed for which I took Ibuprofen even after the levaquinn ran out. The pain became excrutiating. My calves felt as if they had been kicked and charle horsed. My shoulders felt as if they had drills drilling into the scapulas, My blood vessles felt as if they had gasoline running through them. My right hip started to get a deadened spot on top of the front of my hip joint, Pain flashed at various spots as if stuck with a knife. about two days fter stopping the Levaquinn, I had a period of three nights I could not sleep or lay down the pain was so great. Three weeks after stopping Levaquinn I am still in pain. My hip joint feels like it is being stabed by 40 Ice pics at time, it is sensitive to pressure and quick movement, my calves are still sore and make it hard to walk at times. Over the period I was tested for hepatitus A, B, C, HIV Lyme disease, Shingles Herpes, had Cat scans of my head and Abdomen, I developed Bells Palsy on my left face. After 7 weeks of pure hell and none of my local doctors culd think of any more test to give me, I went to a Nurologist on my own at the Lahey Clinic who identified the culprit the Levequinn. He tells me the pain will eventually go away in 1 to 3 months it has gotten more bearable after the many weeks but I still take Celebrex to sleep. No one thought to read the contra indications including me, least of all my doctors-except the last one at Lahey Clinic. Two medications suposed to cure damn near did me in!
Stay far away from this stuff unless you are dying- or want to.

Took Singulair for approx. two weeks due to ears "popping" and feeling full of fluid, even though ENT could detect nothing. First week seemed like miracle drug, ears cleared up and allergies greatly abated. Second week, developed constant pain in hip joints and lower back, and tingling in feet, and terrible acid reflux. Since it was the only new med I'd been taking, I took myself off to see if that was the cause. Within 24 hours, all hip joint pain, tingling in feet and reflux was gone. My son is 3 and has been on Singulair for a year for allergies/asthma and it has helped him tremendously, esp. since he uses a nebulizer in winter months. This past winter the nebulizer use was way down. He is a sweet layed back kid but has started becoming hyper and agressive and a lot of disobedience, which could be just his age. In any case, I've taken him off as well to see if Singulair has caused any adverse effects on his health or behavior.

I have been taking Lipitor for 4 years. About 2 years ago most of these side effects started. muscle cramps in legs, muscle pain and weakness , fatigue, stiff neck, hip joint pain and knee joint pain and stiffness. Been off for 3 days and will never take it again.

Very grateful to see I wasn't going crazy! I have had major hip joint pain and insomnia after a couple days of taking Levaquin. I luckily only have 2 days left and am looking forward to returning to normal after I am done. Granted, I was recently diagnosed with arthritis in my hip, but the stiffness and pain has gotten so bad at times I couldn't even stand up straight because of the pain and ended up having to take Celebrex to relieve the pain. Thanks for everyone posting.

Thanks for the info - this is the first time I have ever been prescribed a medication for a extended period of time. I'm 47 and have spent the last year on ADVAIR due to shortness of breath and breathing results during a physical exam. All other health factors were excellent before that. I have not had a followup with the doctor since, as I travel alot. I too have the weight gain, constant bloated feeling, hip joint pain, and hoarseness. I really thought I was just starting to fall apart due to age catching up to me, but now feel fairly certain that the drug is the problem. Will keep you posted.

Achy joint pain increasing the pain in my wrists, hands and feet. Ache in big toe does resemble gout. Cervical neck pain and hip joint pain come and go, but the pain in my wrists, and feet remain constant. Lower back muscle pain and deep muscle pain on my right chest area. Some loss of short term memory and confusion in daily routines that did not exist before. The severe anxiety when missing a dose is very disturbing and that is exactly what happens to me and I don't want to be "addicted" to a drug. My depression (which was under control for thirty years) has now returned. If this is the price I have to pay just to lower my BP for a bit, than NO THANKS. I am on 50 mgs of Toprol and I want my doctor to decrease my dose.