Jaundice symptoms and conditions

took avelox for 5 days, and developed "drug induced hepatitis", which hospitalized me for several days, and been sick with severe jaundice for 9 weeks, unable to eat, or be around food.
this has been confirmed by many tests, including biopsy's, ultra sounds, and cat scans.
no "liver" side effects noted but they can be severe.........................and should be noted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In 1988 I had some complications with my pregnancy. I went into premature labor on June 5th. My due date was August 17th. My son was born premature on July 19th, with a good birth weight of 7.11 pounds. I received Yutopar drip while I was in the hospital for 5 days beginning on June 5th. When I returned home I continued Yutopar medication in a pill form up to July 19th when my son was born. Other than jaundice, he had no other apparent problems. While in pre-school at the age of 4 years, his teacher noticed he was having several problems. One of which was staring spells. We took him to a pediatric neurology clinic. His eeg was normal, but the doctor did notice he had problems with cognitive delays. Our next step was to take him for a neuropsychological evaluation. He was diagnosed with sensory motor integration deficits. From there we did everything that was offered to help him, including occupational therapy. Also, we thought he was born with lazy eye. It turned out to be exotropia. We took him to eye therapy to avoid surgery, but it did not help. At the age of 6 he had eye surgery to tighten his eye muscles. From the age of 4 to 6 years old, our son went through a lot with all the testings, therapies and surgery. He continued to struggle with some learning problems and low self-esteem throughout his school years. Currently, at the age of 21 he still has some small cognitive problems. In April, at the age of 17, his hair stated falling out in hugh clumps. He hid this from us by wearing a hat all the time. In June, he was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called alopecia areata. By the time his senior year of high school started, he had lost 45% of his hair in patchy baldness. With the help of steroid injections into his scalp his hair came back into growth. He came out of remission at the age of 18 and 19 and is currently in remission. To make things even worse, he started feeling like something was wrong with his heart. This was during the time his hair was falling out when he was 17 and 18, and he was receiving treatment for his hair loss. He also hid this from us. It was October by the time he told me and I brushed it off as stress. He finally told me again in December. He said he felt like he was going to die and his heart didn't beat all the time. I took him to the doctor. He was tested and 2 days after Christmas the doctor called and told us to take him to the hospital asap! His heart was pausing anywhere from 2 to 7 seconds. He was transferred out of the area to a pediatric icu. He was diagnosed with Ventricular Fibrillation and received a pace maker at the age of 18 years old. His pace maker currently does 40% of the work to help his heart beat. There was a team of doctors trying to figure out why this has happened to his heart, but couldn't come up with specific answers. They did every test they could think of. I asked them about Yutopar and they say no. I asked them about the short term amount of steriod injections he had to make his hair grow back and they say no. They say his heart may have had a virus or he may have been born with the defect. He had already started having behavioral problems when he was 15 right after his Dad and I split up. His problems became much worse after his heart and hair problems. We have done and still do try everything possible to try to help him, but our hands are tied because he is 21 years old. His self help is marajuana and doctor prescribed street drugs. He has what I would call severe anger problems, very low self-esteem and a very bad temper. His behavioral problems and mental status can't get any worse than it is right now. As far as a mental illness diagnosis, we don't have one. I know he has one though. I'm always left to wonder if the drug Yutopar I took while I was pregnant had anything to do with all of his many problems throughout the years; especially with his sensory motor integration disorder, ventricular fibrillation heart defect and autoimmune disease.

I took aviane a year or so ago for about 2 months and stopped. I was just recently put back on it due to pain in my lower abdomen ( suspected cyst). Although there were not too many horrible side effects from the last time i took aviane, this time I HATE IT! I eat everything in sight, i want to cry at every given moment, i want to punch everyone in the face, i am mean to my BF and don't want to have sex. I have never experienced such wackiness.

I have gained about 5-10 pounds in the past 3 weeks (im almost to the sugar pills) and i have gotten horribly depressed/mean. I don't like this. Luckily though im not nauseous or have jaundice or pain behind my eyes or anything, but i do sleep like ALL day. I will go to bed around 4 am, wake up at 2pm take a nap around 5pm until about 7 or 8pm and then be up til 4 am... eating...uncontrollably..while yelling at anyone insight. BEWARE OF SYNTHETIC HORMONES!

I started taking Tricor (145mg) in Dec 07 to help lower my triglycerides. I experienced some low grade nausea and stomach upset periodically. At the beginning of Feb 08 (about six weeks after starting the drug) I had a severe gallbladder attack. I NEVER had an issue with my gallbladder before taking this drug. I checked another website and found out that this drug can cause gallstones and liver malfunction. I ended up having to have my gallbladder removed in mid February due to multiple gallstones and persistent pain in the liver. There was still a stone caught in my liver even after the gallbladder was removed. This caused jaundice and resulted in a five day hospital stay before the stone was found and removed.
I would advise SEVERE CAUTION before taking this drug.

I'm a 40 year old mother of three children, my first child was a full term delivery, my second I was losing weight and went into premature labor at roughly 24 weeks, I started using Yutopar to put the labor on hold, I've never experienced anything like Yutopar, the side effects were awful, I was nausea's, very weak, unable to really even move, could not talk, did not want to be touched, headaches, made me think what it was doing to my unborn child, I did deliver a premiate baby girl at 29 weeks 5 pounds 2 oz 18 inches long, was born with jaundice other then that we didn't notice anything odd or not right with our baby until we got her home from the hospital, she cried for hours never seemed content, she had a few issues with ear infections so we were in and out of the Dr. office, as my child became older she was very withdrawn and would rather be alone, she was placed in a learning disability class due to learning difficulties, she is very high strung emotionally, and was diagnostic bipolar at the age of 14, she is now 18, my third birth was preterm born at 32 week, but didn't use Yutopar for this pregnancy, the side effects that I experienced were overwhelming to me and I choose to go it alone and she was healthy baby girl at 5'14 19 inches long

I have chronic sinusitis and last year I came down with a really bad infection. My Ear Throat Nose Specialist was on vacation so I had to see a "Family Medicine" doctor and he gave me ketek. I had to rush to the emergency room and the doctor there took me off the ketek immediately. I had an EXTREME reaction to it, the scariest effect being the pain in my liver and sudden jaundice (which are the beginning signs of acute liver failure.) There have also been lasting effects, the worst of which being on my heart. My heart rate has always been below average, and ever since the reaction my heart rate has been recorded as abnormally fast.

My brother in law has been taken off his warfarin due to jaundice/liver cancer but is due for surgery this week for a liver shunt, what are his risks at surgery without warfarin for him.

What are the possible side effects of Yasmin?
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat. Stop using Yasmin and call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:
sudden numbness or weakness, especially on one side of the body;

sudden headache, confusion, pain behind the eyes, problems with vision, speech, or balance;

chest pain or heavy feeling, pain spreading to the arm or shoulder, nausea, sweating, general ill feeling;

a change in the pattern or severity of migraine headaches;

nausea, stomach pain, low fever, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes);

a breast lump; or

symptoms of depression (sleep problems, weakness, mood changes).

Continue using the medication and talk with your doctor if you have any of these less serious side effects:

mild nausea, vomiting, bloating, stomach cramps;

breast pain, tenderness, or swelling;

freckles or darkening of facial skin, increased hair growth, or loss of scalp hair;

changes in weight or appetite, swelling of your hands or feet;

problems with contact lenses;

vaginal itching or discharge;

changes in your menstrual periods; or

headache, nervousness, dizziness.

Side effects other than those listed here may also occur. Talk to your doctor about any side effect that seems unusual or that is especially bothersome.

Just thought I would throw this out there for everyone..just found it on a Yasmin website.

I had abdominal surgery without knoweledge of a clotting disorder and ended up with portal vein thrombosis. Ive been on coumadin for 2 months and despite the fact that I eat healthy and consistently, and am extremely fitness-oriented, this medicine has been just awful. I'm making my way down the list of side-effects!
nausea, abdominal cramping, fever, chills, spontaneous numbness in fingers and toes, purple discoloration in skin, fatigue and weakness, reflux, vomiting blood which landed me in the hospital for 3 days, a red rash all over the face, blurred vision and horribly dry eyes, slight jaundice, memory lapse, difficulty focusing.....and hair loss.
i really though I was making this all up in my mind so I am so relieved to see I'm not imagining these symptoms!

My significant other took Doxycylene, 100 mg, twice a day for two weeks to treat a swollen lymph node under his arm. During the treatment he experienced nausea, stomach pain, rash and cold sweats, nothing too bad. 3 days after the last dose everything got significantly worse. It started with sever chest pain, so bad we went to the emergency room thinking it was a heart attack or blood clot. They found nothing and discharged him. Over the next 3 weeks he started vomitting, diahrea and developed jaundice. Constant queeziness and chest pain. After numerous tests, ultra sounds, MRCP, the doctor has ruled out various hepatitas's and every other disease he could think of. He's also rulled out any kind of bile duct blockage after the MRCP. Its now been 7 weeks since all this started, my friend has dropped 40 lb's (190 down to 152) and still dropping. Our doctor (gastro interologist) has admitted he's stumped and is currently contacting a professor in Miami as a last hope. The only thing our doctor keeps comming back to is the Doxycyclene and that my friend may have had that one rare acute reaction. We're frazzled and don't know what to do next.

I haven't seen this side effect listed but on the second day of taking Levaquin for an upper respiratory infection I had a yellow streak from the inside corner of my eye down my cheek. I was speaking with a co-worker when she said, "What's wrong with your face?" Knowing this to be a jaundice sign from my liver, I discontinued the Levaquin immediately and called my Dr. I also experience fogginess to the point I shouldn't have been working or driving.

my 21 year old sister who was taking the kenalog injection to prevent the growth of keloid which she had just cut died oct 9. before she died she had jaundice, swellinn of the face and feet, problems breathing, severe headaches and she went into a coma 34 hrs before she died. she got the injection in june her liver was totally damaged by october. this drug should be withdrawn from the market.

I'm a 44 year old male. I was on Lipitor for four years and recently started having severe cramps in my thighs and calf muscles, severe dirrhea, severe fatigue and bloody urine. I asked my doctor if it was the Lipitor, and he said it wasn't. Probably a virus he said because the Liver tests came back okay even though had some jaundice.

Like a fool, I continued with the prescription and the cramps got worse in my legs and feet. I ended up stopping the Lipitor on my own in February 2005, nearly a year later, as the symptoms had not gone away, and I developed muscle twitches and tremors. My doctor then sent me for more blood work that showed my muscle enzyme levels were over 350% above my normal range, and a subsequent EMG/NC&VT showed the muscles had been weakend on my left side! He then had me discontinue the Lipitor and all statins indefinitely.

As it turns out I am not the only one in my family with adverse reactions to statin drugs. My cousin and his father, both on my dad's side both have the same total cholesteral level I have at 268, and both are statin sensitve. My grandmother (same side) and her sister had very high cholesteral and both died from congestive heart failure at 87 and 92 respectively.

I went from a fairly active person to someone who became really old fast. I now have to push myself out of a chair like my 93 year old uncle did.

I am no longer taking any statin drugs and will control my cholesteral through diet and exercise. If I live to 92 like my great aunt did with no problems until she became that age, I should be so lucky.

John

Straight from the Yasmin booklet that comes with the pack of pills:
Warning signals:
Sharp chest pain, coughing of blood, sudden shortness of breath, pain in the calf, crushing chest pain or heaviness in cheast, sudden severe headache - vomiting - dizziness - or fainting, disturbances of vision or speech, weakness, or numbness in an arm or leg, sudden partial or complete loss of vision, breast lumps, severe pain or tenderness in the stomach area, difficulty in sleeping, weakness, lack of energy, fatigue, change in mood, jaundice of skin or eyeballs, irregular bleeding, fluid retention, Melasma (spotty darkening of the skin - particularly in the face) and other side effects may inclue change in appetite, headache, nervousness, depression, dizziness, loss of scalp hair, rash and faginal infections.

It makes me furious that some of you have told your doctors outright that you've been experiencing some of the above effects from this pill and yet they tell you to your face that it's not the pill.....(fuming)

The other poster is right - call Berlex and tell them what's happened to you and that Yasmin sucks!!