Leg spasms symptoms and conditions

have been taking 20mg for about two weeks. a couple days after i started taking the stuff i started experiencing chest pains at night that would wake me up, coupled with leg pain. it's getting worse; now, after two weeks i am having severe lower back pain that radiates down both legs, similar to sciatica, happens at night but continues throughout the day. also leg spasms at night. i am stopping zocor today. can't face this pain anymore. i have bad knees, and recently had to have a cortisone injection, but this new pain is worse than the knees. owing to the chest pains, i had a stress test today at the heart group, and had such difficulty walking that i could barely make it down the hall with my cane. three of the nurses there said they hear this all the time about the statins, and that the doctors don't want to listen to the complaints but the nurses all agreed that the statins are the culprits. results on stress test were fine.

I took Yasmin for the first time on Friday and for the last time on Sunday.

Developed a rash on my inner thigh, became unexplainably moody and depressed and then to top it all off became regally nauseous and blacked out on my bathroom floor - important to mention that I have NEVER passed out before which makes me think it has something to do with it.

I also had leg spasms - i'm not sure if these are the cause of Yasmin, but am going to go and see my doctor and check the side effects..

Has anyone else had similar side effects??

N.

I was taking 40mg of geodon twice a day. The doctor is weaning me off.
So, he said to stop taking my evening dose. Well, I did for two nights and couldn't sleep. I was really jumpy, leg spasms, couldn't sleep, hot and cold flashes, trembling,nausea. It was like having the flu really bad. I also had a couple brain zaps. I wish I never would have started geodon. It's awful.

My 14 year-old Daughter was prescribed YAZ for her acne. After the first 48 hours daughter began to have severe leg spasms, mood swings, anxiety attacks, numbness in hands and feet, heart palpitations, and migraines so severe that she had to miss school for 1 entire week. At first I didn''t put it all together but by day 5 I took her off the pills and waited....the symptoms went away but did leave her with a 3-week period.

This is a bad, BAD medication. When I was a teen girl I was on traditional b/c pills and I never, ever had any kind of reaction like this.

I contacted the FDA and filled out a complaint report.

I took 20mg of lipitor for about 4 years and slowly had symptoms of depression, fatigue, short term memory loss, "brain fog", as well as some added things in the last couple of months like severe neck muscle pain, shoulder pain, back pain, vision clouding in both eyes, unable to lift heavy things, stomach upset most of the time, and leg spasms at night.

I stopped taking lipitor over two years ago and all the symptoms have gone except for the shoulder pain sometimes. Also, taking 60mg of Q10 a day helped a lot with the muscle pain and energy level during the long recovery process of about a year or so, although I did feel better only a few days after stopping the Lipitor.

Pfizers own web site states "LIPITOR has NOT been shown to prevent heart disease or heart attacks".

Why take something that does not do what it was prescribed for and causes lots of really bad side effects?

See http://homodiet.netfirms.com/otherssay/chd/statin_cardiomyopathy.htm for Peter H. Langsjoen, MD comments "Statins kill people - lots of people - and they wound many, many more"

There are LOTS of web sites that say that we have it all wrong about cholesterol like the following links...
http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/cholesterol.htm

http://ezinearticles.com/?Cholesterol-Does-Not-Cause-Heart-Disease&id=35406

Also google Doctor Mercola's web site for some really good advice

Cutting Down sugar consumption, processed food, and taking maybe 1000mg of vitamin C a day does a lot more good for your arteries than lipitor.

I have been taking Lipitor for about 5 years now and have had numerous things happen to me. Just trying to find out if they relate to the Lipitor or not. Have developed extreme fatigue and depression over the years. Always seems like I am in a fog. Have tried numerous anti-depressants trying to conquer this. Nothing seems to work and the problems continue. I was thinking that I just have to live with it and then I thought about the Lipitor. Has anybody experienced any of these symptoms too? I am on 20mg.

Daily episodes of pulmonary arrest, congestive heart failure leading to heart surgery, loss of motor control, curling of the right foot into a club foot that could not be uncurled, nerve damage, numbness in toes, loss of memory, depression, anxiety, dry eyes, elbow pain, intense neck pain and stiffness, backaches, leg spasms, loss of balance, hair loss, permanent "hissing" in the ears, inability to concentrate, inability to walk, nausea, elbow pain, jaw pain, debilitating exhaustion, impotence, flaking skin.

@perrythorobred:

You should try some Magnesium supplements.

Yasmin is causing a severe loss of elektrolytes and sometimes even vitamines. That's absolutely sure!! The diuretic in Yasmin diswaters your body daily and messes up your metabolism extremely!!

You should search google about the symptoms of a lack of magnesium!!. I'm sure you will find many of your symptoms there (such as headaches, nervousness, leg spasms, and many more)!!

All the best!!

Silke

I was put on high doses of prednisone for three months. It was to controll envoluntary leg spasms (pain was
severe) As soon as prednisone was stoped, the spasms were back, and muscle tone in both legs seem to be gone- my legs feel like rubber. I have asked the Drs. if it is due to the prednisone, but I dont get any strait answers.
Have seen three nurosurgeons-believing the problem is due to "disc problems" CAT scan was done while still ON prednisone, so only "stenosis" showed up. Wish I had a Dr. that knew more about effects of prednisone on leg muscles.l

ambien is great! after my last back surgery i was having trouble sleeping because of leg spasms (i am paraylzed from the stomach down) so my doc prescribed this drug, i get the greatest feeling about 20mins into taking the pill im all relaxed and calm, then i fall right to sleep. yes i experience memory loss (BIG TIME) i check my out-going calls in the morning and dont remember having even picked up the phone! its pretty amusing really, people always have funny things to tell about what i had done the night before. my mom was getting worried about me because i am only 18 so she wanted to switch me to the natrual stuff, i took three of those things the other night.. and it didnt do a thing, i couldnt sleep at all! i took 2 days off of ambien and im all gittery and anxious. i cant wait to take my pill tonight!! i may be addicted... but its not doing any harm to my body, so i dont see the problem, ive asked my mom (who is a nurse) if there are any long term effects of taking it and she said no, she even takes it herself. i am confindent in saying that if there were any long term side effects i would abruptly stop taking it. until then. LONG LIVE AMBIEN! :))

I WAS PUT ON NEURONTIN FOR LEG SPASMS & FOR PSYCHITRIC REASONS. MY LEGS & ANKLES SWELLED & I ALSO EXPERIENCED SLURRED SPEACH. I ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY BALANCE. I WAS TAKEN OFF THE MED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I GUESS IT DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYONE.

My mother-in-law was recently hospitalized for a kidney infection. She is 79 years old. She has had allergic reactions to a number of antibiotics in the past few years, including Cipro which is in the same "family" as Levaquin. Since her infection was severe (temperature went to 104.7), the doctors decided to try a half-dose of Levaquin because she had had an allergic reaction at least one in every "type" of antibiotic. The first 3 days, she had mild leg spasms resembling restless leg syndrome. Since that is common in elderly people, especially those who have been very ill with little movement, we were not concerned about it. On the 4th day, after she had come home from the hospital, she began to have leg pain. At first, it was more of a burning sensation under the skin, but, as the days went by, it became unbearable pain. What had been helped by 2 mg of Valium and some tylenol, became barely tolerable with Darvon every 4 hours, Valium every 6 hours and 600 mg of Ibuprofen every 4-6 hours. The pain became so severe that she could not walk, and within a week, she was hospitalized for 9 more days with pain so bad that she could not sleep or walk. They finally put her on Vicodin for pain, which made it tolerable. They tested for everything but, by process of elimination, the Doctor decided that it must have been the Levaquin. It took over a week after they discontinued the Levaquin for the pain to lessen enough to leave off the Vicodin at night. Even after she came home, she had to take the pain medication round the clock to be able to bear it. She is now learning to walk again and still taking Vicodin at night for pain (2 weeks after she stopped taking the Levaquin).