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>My MD attributes the issues to aging. I going for a second opinion and third if necessary. I am told by my MD that there are no studies showing these side affects for this medications.<
"Aging" is the oldest excuse in the book for not investigating a medical problem. That LAZINESS. Doctors can get lazy, like any other worker.
The reason there are "no studies showing these side effects" is that studies are rarely done once a drug is FDA approved. They wouldn't do the studies at all if the FDA didn't require it for approval. When they do the pre-approval studies, they are careful to select people who have few health problems; they are not studying a good cross-section of the general population. It's AFTER a drug is on the market that the REAL side effect profile shows up. Doctors don't like to blame drugs for symptoms because they are part of the system that pushes drugs on the public. They don't want to get caught up in a malpractice suit, but pushing drugs is their bread and butter. Sad, but true. Slowly, more of them are turning toward more natural approaches to disease management. However, YOU remain your own best advocate.
I am going back to taking natural supplements like Hawthorne leaves and flowers (stronger than berry.) I resisted the drugs for years, and after reading all this stuff, I remember why. My mother struggled for years with the side effects. I'd rather die slowly of hypertension!

I was raped by my then current boyfriend while on Seroquel. I would wake up and know that something was not right, he would not admit to anything..now three years later I am starting to remember things that I couldnt recall at the current time. Seroquel was his date rape drug.

I started Januvia 5 months back and have had fantastic fasting sugar level. I have dawn syndrome but Januvia put a stop to it. However, my hair is severe. My hair falls like leaves from a tree in autumn - all through the day. I am going to switch back to Amaryl instead of Januvia with my Metforming ER.

I have been on Levaquin for close to 4 weeks. 27 days at 500mg and the rest at 750. I have a severe open wound after a foot surgery. I started feeling like my shoulders had been hit by a bat. Slowly every single joint in my body is in pain. I cry with every move I make and dread going to sleep for fear of how painful and stiff my body will be in the morning. I begged the Dr. to remove me and he has agreed. i just pray it leaves quickly.

I have been taken Cephalexin for 4 days now, 500mg my pill is red. My side affects are loose bowels, stomach boiling like it maybe upset, and a very bad case of the burps .Although it is hot air that come up. It leaves a very nasty taste in the mouth and almost makes me want to vomit. I also feel as though I could go to sleep every time I sit down .

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I had NO problems and just wanted to post a positive comment for this drug.

I have not been diagnosed with MS yet but have had 3 bouts of Optic Neuritis and this is the second time they are putting me on 3 day iv 1g solumedrol. I had to taper with prednisone last time and it caused a lot of pain in my knees and alot of anger/crying. I'm on day two of the solumedrol and feel very anxious, strange, crying, leg pain, crazy? I wish I could find an effective way of lessoning these side effects...i'm trying Chamommile tea & vitamins B's at 3am hopefully it will help.

Oh, sorry I forgot the lack of sex drive, continual nausea, muscle aches like the flu, lithargia, paranoia and the red spots. I am so happy to find this website and to finally know after two weeks of hell that I am not going crazy! Like others, the symptoms came on slowly so I didn't put them together. And some things I thought were just life happening and age. I can't wait to tell my husband that I will be back as soon as this last dose leaves my system! I will not take this again and will research anything further. I had similar side effects to an anit-depressant, Lexapro 3 years ago and have sworn off EVER, NEVER taking another anti-depressant. Oddly though with the side effects of this medication I started thinking I needed an anti-depressant again. May God bless this website and its readers!

after using my nitrolingual spray underneath my tongue starts burning and it sometimes leaves a foul taste in my mouth is this normal

I had my mirena inserted back in May 2007. The insertion was the most painful experience of my life. The Dr. could not get in on the first 3 tries! She said, "well, one more try," and got it in. I almost passed out from the pain. I can count on one hand since then the days that I haven't bled or spotted. I get mystery "shooting pains" in my abdomen a few times a week, sex hurts because of cysts on my ovaries, I have acne on my entire face, scalp, hairline, chest and back. I used to get a couple of zits (maybe) before my period, before Mirena. Now I have full blown acne that leaves scars, and I am never without zits. And to top it off, now I am getting cysts on other parts of my body, too. I don't even want to get started in on my lack of sex drive, or being always tired. I tried to let the staff know that I wanted the copper IUD instead, but they told me it was too late to change my mind. Getting Mirena was a huge mistake, and I can't even afford to have it removed, so I am stuck with it until I get insurance again. My advice, DON'T get Mirena!!!

Took mostly for seizures, but have been informally diagnosed with Bipolar II.

Had tremors at night, almost immediately, marked anxiety, weight loss, strange heat flashes, severe headaches (already have a migraine problem), complete w olfactory hallucinations (could have been breakthrough simple seizures, or headache auras).

Felt detached from myself and others. But the most disturbing symptom of all was auditory hallucinations. I have no history of psychosis and this only happened after starting Lamictal. Basically I could hear a constant chirping sound, subtle, but loud enough at night to keep me from sleeping unless my radio was playing to distract me from the sound. Could it have been a new form of seizure? Maybe, but regardless, the sounds started at the time I started this drug. Plus, according to a psychiatrist, I had no signs of psychosis, just the unexplained phantom sounds. One last possibility: Maybe an inner ear problem. Still would like to look into that.

People are right when they say this is still an experimental drug. If I had known what I was getting myself into, I never would have tried this drug to begin with. If any of you have had auditory hallucinations on this drug, without a history of any sort of hallucination or psychosis, PLEASE respond here and let me know about your experience. Thanks!

After taking the first dose of levauin, I couldn't sleep and was very dizzy- thought it was from my sinus infection. After the second dose, I developed severe feelings of anxiety amnd had panic attacks! I stopped the medication, contacted my doctor who said it was an unusual side effect from the levaquin ( yeah right). Unfortuanetly for me- I am now allergic to every antibiotic out there which leaves me with nothign to take if I get sick!!!

I get really depressed and moody. I've had muscle pain in neck, shoulders. Kinda nervous and restless at time.
I've had a small area in the middle of my vision that's noticable when something moves quickly in front. It sometimes leaves an after image.
Anybody else get that?

I have been taking Levoxyl 50 mcg for 7 weeks now. I experience tingling down my left arm and hand one day, but it hasn't returned. I did notice I wasn't as tired around the 4th week. But then started having a hard time falling asleep and it became a pattern. I was up to 2 to 4am everynight. I have kids to get up for school at 6:45am. So this was not good! My Dr. prescribed Temazepam to help me go to sleep at night. It works, but leaves me feeling tired most of the next day. I would really like to find a natural solution.

I was given Levaquin in August 2004 for a sinus infection. I have had joint pain, muscle pain, headaches, and other strange, unexplainable aching. I have had severe aching in my lower back, knees and legs, causing extreme pain to walk or bend. Sometimes it is almost impossible to get out of bed. The pain seems to move around my body. The doctor could not give me any explanation for this. It has been over two years now and I'm not any better, in fact, it is worse. If I try to exercise, walk for any distance, or do any small project, it leaves me in agony the next several days.

hi everyone. I was put on yasmin in june for cramps. It works great on my cramps and my cycle. The only problem is my cycle is so light that i cant use tampons but i hate pads

The problem i am having is ever since i have been put on it i have no sex drive at all. I dont like it if my boyfriend touches me in a sexual way, but the minute he leaves for work i am all over him. Everytime we try to have sex it burns and is really painful for me. It got worse after i had kidney stones and surgerys. My boyfriend and i havent had sex in 4 months. I love my boyfriend and he is patient but i know he misses sex.

I get more sad for no reason and a medicine i was put on for paying attention in college it would only make me sleep 3 hours. My doctor is putting me on a medicine to control my anixous feelings.

My boyfriend wouldnt believe me until he read this site about yasmin and sex drive. I feel really bad that i dont like to be touched and all i want to do is sleep.

I have had a whole range of side-effects with this drug, some of which have gone away over time (mouth sores) and sometimes I can get hit all of a sudden with a total body meltdown, like right at the moment. Every muscle aches, with stabbing pains in some places. I can hardly lift my arms, my head aches and I imagine myself having some deadly neurological disease. The first time it happened it took me a while to relate it to Advair but then the symptoms went away in 3 days. Seven months ago I was hit and was able to 'detox" during a seaside vacation - that time it took 405 days.

This is my 6th day and I'm as miserable as at the beginning. I feel sick and debilitated. Some messages have said Advair leaves your system in 12 hours. So why am I still having all these side effects after 6 days? This is very scary.

Hello guest 22409. Your doctor is wrong. This poison goes into your system, does it's damage and then leaves your body after the damage is done. Your doctor should read all the information on this drug before giving it out. This drug shouldn't even be on the market. It's crippling hundreds of people and they don't even make the connection for months and sometimes years later. God help us all.

I am 26 and I have been taking Singulair for 7 years. Like all of you, it was a miracle at first. I didn't use an inhaler for 8 months!!! Now however, I use it 10 times a day and it is as if the Singulair does nothing now. (Except for all the things it may be doing that I know not of yet) But here is the big deal...If I miss a dose or try not to take it, I have an uncontrollable attack that leaves me miserable for days. Somtimes the inhaler won't stop it. I have to take a pill and wait....I won't to stop now that I know about Churg Strauss...Does anyone know of another way to help my asthma?

I was put on prednisone 1/1/06 for low platelets/cll. I started at 80mg for 5 days. It didn't work so they had me drop 10mg/week. When I was down to 50mg I was given a mild chem and for that they increased my predisone to 80mg for 5 days. Then I dropped to 30mg/week and today I drop to 10mg/day. The side effects from dropping from 80 to 30mg was awful. My stomach has pupped out and puts pressure on my waist area. I didn't gain weight but I now have lost 2 pounds. I'm very uncomfortable and can't wait until this drug leaves my body. Has anyone experienced this?

two weeks on Advair for bronchitis, leaves me with loss of voice, cough, general feeling of malaise. will it end eventually. Do I have to visit my doctor.?

I just took one because my doc said that i have a virus that is going around. I wasted my money because i am not going to take again. I would rather drink some tea or do a steam treatment to relieve congestion than deal with the side affects. I have only had one and i am very nervous, It is almost 3:30 a.m. right now and I cant sleep, that is why i am writing this, i cant sleep. I feel like getting mad at my doc or someone but that wouldnt help anything. I just hope this crap leaves my body FAST!!! Feels like poison in my body. Should have asked the doc for a homeopathic alternative. My bad.

Became dehyrated, had to be admitted to Emergency room.
sick to my stomach, burning in chest, muscles ached; swollen abdomen;short of breath; NO energy. Very lithargic;10 mg; I am off now; after 4 days all symptoms left except, NO ENERGY at shortness of breath now and than, with a little heaviness on chest. Hope this all leaves soon. It's horrible. Mixed 4 days of work, still not right.