Irregardless symptoms and conditions

An update to my husband's experience after taking Lipitor 10 mgm/day for 4 yrs. He developed Parkinson's disease and stopped taking Lipitor at that time--summer 04. He is taking anti Parkinson's drugs as well as many vitamins and suplements in an attempt to correct some of the damage done by Lipitor. He is fairly stable. My niece's husband who was diagnosed with Parkinson's at the same time as my husband and had been taking Lipitor also, continued on Lipitor for another 1 1/2 yrs. He had a progressive neurodegenerative disease course and died 2 yrs ago. 3 other individuals with whom I am acquainted who have been diagnosed with neurodegenerative diseases have not stopped their Lipitor--one individual's diagnosis has progressed from Parkinson's to Parkinson's with Lewy Body dementia to Multiple Systems Atrophy. this is the same progression my niece's husband experienced. The other 2 individuals are currently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Husband started taking 1200 mgm of coenzyme Q10/day upon diagnosis of Parkinosn's. This amt has been shown to be beneficial to those with early stage Parkinson's--irregardless of their statin status. Seem all parkinson's patients have abnormally low levels of CoQ10 in their blood--and statins DEPLETE CoQ10. What a set up!!!!!

My 13 yr old daughter was given yasmin because irregular periods. Bleeding all the time. she got regulated but after reading this site i realize why she has had the awful side effects that she has had. She started taking y around october of last year. She plays competetive soccer and she was not able to keep up ..Shortness of breath tiredness looked as though she was out of shape. We never thought it could be those y pills. never crossed our mind. march she was diagnosed with mono so we just decided to take her off because she had mono. she has not had y since march and she is still tired all the time. back hurts hot flashed heat intolerant. will this y leave her system soon?

As a Registered Nurse who works in Women's Health, I am empathetic toward the many of you who have had such negative side effects from Yasmin. I, too, just started Yasmin a couple of weeks ago, but fortunately, I am not seeing the same effects as many of you. All I have really noticed so far is a pretty constant headache, which is a very common side effect from any type of oral contraceptive.

It is our right and responsibility as women to ask questions when we are prescribed a medication - irregardless of the type of medication being prescribed. Your health care provider must provide you with that information when you request it. Ask specific questions, demand answers. Be very proactive!

Pharmacists are also a great resource of information. Get the info on your meds in writing - manufacturers are required to provide this information for patients. If your health care provider won't give it to you, your pharmacist will. When I got my Yasmin prescription filled the first time, I read the whole information packet because I wanted to know all the risks and possible side effects. We should all pay attention to what our bodies are telling us. If you don't feel right, don't let anyone (including a physician) convince you that you are OK or dismiss your concerns. Get a 2nd or 3rd opinion. Listen to your body and do what you feel is right, like stopping a medication like Yasmin.

I know of several women who have taken this OC without difficulty. I know others who have problems with other types of OC's. Everyone is different and everyone's body reacts differently to the exact same medication. While most of the posts here refer only to the negative side effects, I am confident that many women out there are taking Yasmin without difficulty.

Unfortunately, some women are being prescribed OC's when they shouldn't, including those who smoke and any woman over 35. Many studies prove the increases in serious health risks for these groups in particular where OC's are concerned. Again, it is our responsibility to request information and ask questions of our health care provider before taking any type of medication.

To all of you having such a negative experience with Yasmin - good luck to you. Please seek another opinion if you are dismissed by your doctor. Request a change in OC's if that's what you want. If you can't get it changed, make an appointment with someone who cares what you have to say and will listen to your concerns. That is your right as a patient. Best of luck to you all.

I cannot help but be amazed at some of the post. It is obvious that these folks have NO CLUE as to the damge these drugs can and will do and I find such idiotic posts quite insulting. There is no question that some people do quite well on the fluoroquinolones without having any adverse reaction. To make fun of those who have suffered severe and even life threatening reactions is insane. Having suffered such a reaction three years ago that now requires the intervention of at least a dozen specialist I find no humor in this. I have lost the majority of my vision, I have damage to my liver, kidneys, pancreas and joints. I am a virtual cripple as a result of such scripting abuse and damned near died as a result. If these morons would read some of the older post they will find several such post that refer to a FATAL reaction. If you have taken these drugs without such reactions you should be on your knees thanking all mighty God and not ridiculing those who have, for the next time you could very well be in my shoes. The tens of thousands of others that I have spoken to over the past three years who have suffered such damage and even worse, would gladly trade places with any of you who posted in this manner, irregardless of your obivous brain damage and warped sense of humor.

There have been numerous aditional post since I brought the following to your attention, therfore I am sending this information once agian:

Those who continue to suffer the adverse side effects of this drug may find the following to be of some help:

The following is the link to the quinolone adverse drug reaction discussion forum:

groups.yahoo.com/group/quinolones

The following is the link to the fluoroquinolone research forum:

groups.yahoo.com/group/fq_research

The following is the link to the homepage of the fluoroquinolone toxicity research foundation where you will find over 4000 articles documenting the damage these drugs can and will do.

www.fqresearch.org

I do hope that you will find some answers to all of your questions by using these links. You are far from being alone for your name is "Legions". These sites are independent of medications.com and have no relationship what so ever with medications.com I would not of even of dignified the idiotic posts I was reffering to earlier with this response had it not truly been a matter of life or death.
Such a response one could very well be expect from the ignorant physician, for they know not what they do, but these people know exactly what they are doing and deserve the scorn of everybody, whether they be a victim of these drugs or one of the luckier ones who escaped such injuries.
I find them to be a cross between a horse and a mule.

David T Fuller
Director
Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Research Foundation

Those who wish to contact me directly feel free to do so at
davidtfull@aol.com