Liver symptoms and conditions

My wife recently suffered nausea, muscle/joint pain, upset stomach, anxiety, insomnia and other symptoms after taking 250mg x 2 daily for 6 days of Cipro poison (thanks Bayer/FDA, burn in hell). She was always an athletic individual, and at 35 she is applying for disability now since she cannot work anymore (we hope it is temporary).

We all are suffering from it - let's find a remedy!
1. People must sue FDA/Bayer/Doctors who prescribe it. We live in Mass, javaman888@yahoo.com
2. Detoxify - I found a good advice from a sufferer, here is an excerpt:
"...I am glad to report that I am much, much better. I have taken what
most would consider very drastic approaches in my lifestyle. I eat a
pretty strict macrobiotic diet, with lots of grains, veggies, sea
veggies, soy products, and some fish. All organic. I took wheat
grass every morning for 2 months, to detox my liver, and also a few
herbs and some supplements. The diet thing has been a huge
challenge, but when I go off even a little, I start to feel a lot
worse. I also walk every day and do some yoga and swimming. I feel
like crap when I don't exercise. I stopped all medications,
including advil and tylenol, in Feb. I have used homeopathic
medicine to counter some of the ADR's, with some success. I took
Ignatia for anxiety, and that actually helped. Some of the others
not so much..."

I'm a 47 year old male, with no medical problems except high colersterol. I took lipitor for a few months. After the first month, I noticed the general weekness in my legs and stiffining of my achilies tendon. By the third month, these problems continued to worsen. My achilies tendon would be so tight, I had to stretch my foot for a few minutes before getting up in the morning. Then, after getting up, I'd walk like Frankinstein for awhile. My achillies tendon was sore all day, and my legs were weak. My legs felt like there wasn't any blood or strenght in them; I felt like an old man who's leg were atrophing.

Anyway, I was playing tennis one night, and a friend noticed I wasn't moving. My wife remarked that I was on Lipitor, and we think it's hurting my legs. This friend knew of several people, including his father, that had experience the exact same problem. I quit taking Lipitor that very day. Since then, I've talked with others, and many have had this same side affect.

Please note, two guys in my office are taking Lipitor with no problem, so, it not universal. However, I believe it more common that the medical establishment is reveling. From what I've briefly read, Lipitor block the production cholesterol, but also blocks the production of CoQ10, dolichols and other vital liver biochemicals needed for healthy muscels and tendons.

I've been off Lipitor for a couple months, and my legs and achilies tendon are good. Not a 100%, but good. I still experience moderate stiffness in my achilies tendon the morning after playing tennis and very stight stiffness otherwise. During the day, my achilies tendon feels fairly normal, and my leg strengh feels normal.

I'm not a hypochondriac; however, I have no doubt, this drug is dangerous and causes muscle and tendon stiffness and damage.

My major side effects include:

• Feeling ill.
• Vomiting
• Nausea
• Itching (When hot or cold) Tube travel unbearable and feel like tearing skin off.
• Urine fluctuating in colour.
• Exhaustion
• Pain in upper right hand quadrant of abdomen
• Severe pain in legs when walking/standing Can’t walk without crutches most of the time.
• Pain in joints – especially knees and hips. Exacerbated by standing for periods of time.
• Muscle cramps/spasms
• Severe Exhaustion/Sleeping 18 hours a day
• Spots/acne/pus filled lumps in intimate areas and behind ears increasing
• Peeing lots
• Hair loss – hair very thin now
• Cholestatic
• Sharp stabbing pain in liver and can’t breathe sometimes (usually once daily)
• Diarrhoea
• Feel very weak
• Skin comes off when scratching
• Memory loss/confused – forget whether I’ve eaten or taken medication.
• Problems focusing
• Emotional
• Paranoid/Depressed/Miserable

I'm going to be on it for the rest of my life.

can someone tell me the side effects of stoping Lipitor? I want to STOP....
w/o going into cardic arrest, been on it several months, 10 mg....
Chlos droped to 167......all other Blood work is great!!
so can I stop ?

Whilst taking Lipitor...Life wasn't worth living.....it felt like electric shocks zapping the muscles in my back and shoulder. I just couldnt live with the pain in my muscles and joints. Doctor changed me to Ezetrol to lower my cholesterol which only gave minimal pain in my shoulder and joints and this time even my fingers. I tried CQ10 but it never really stopped the pain. I read on the internet that TUMERIC (spice) helps clense the liver, and is a powerful antioxidant and anti inflammatory....AND IT WORKED for me....NOW I WONT MISS TAKING IT FOR FEAR OF PAIN RETURNING.
I take 1 teaspoon morning and 1 teaspoon evening in small amount of water to swallow {it tastes disgusting} Now I buy empty gel capsules from chemist size "000" and fill them with Tumeric, so taking 2 capsules morning and 2 capsules evening is more bearable.....I would recommend this to anyone, but first check with your chemist or healthfood store that it is safe for you.

I took prednisone for a month at a time every two years from 1999 to 2004 for cluster headaches. It was the only thing that would control the pain. Started with 60mg/day for 5 days and start the tapering process by reducing by 20mg per taper. If the headache pain returned I would up it again to 60 mg for 5 days. Once the pain stops I would taper by 20mg day for 5 days at a time and eventually taper down to nothing. Move ahead 4 years. I decided to get myself in shape and start distance running. Now as I am exercising consistently the side-effects of prednisone are manifesting themselves. These include severely increased appetite, abdominal bloating, mania, irritability, mood swings, weight gain, constipation, dizziness, muscle cramps, fatigue. All blood tests come back normal. This is what I think happened. Prednisone is very harsh on one's liver. What the liver can't process it traps in fat molecules and deposits it somewhere on the body. When I exercise, specifically if I run more than a 5K and go into fat burning mode, I release the predinose that was stored in the fat for years back into my system via the burned fat molecules for fuel and it throws me for a loop over the next few days. I also experience this when I do a fast. Once I reach ketosis, the side effects manifest themselves once again and a lot worse than from the running fat burn. Muscle cramps are the worst because they hinder me from running. The others are just uncomfortable. I took the prednisone to keep from blowing my brains out from the cluster headache pain. I never knew it could effect me years latter. Luckily I have had no more headaches since 2004. I did a 10 day master cleanse fast and I think that purged whatever was in my system that was causing them.

I got these ideas from my Prescription for Nutritional Healing book, these are suppose to help with detoxing and allergy/asthma reactions:

I'm trying all sorts of things to try to get this crap out of my system. I just started last night ... I have a book about supplements and herbals, so I'm trying to take things that will help flush my system..

to detox:
Alfalfa liquid or tablets ... detoxifies the liver and alkalizes the body. Chelates toxic substances from the body.

other detox combos:
apple pectin, fiber, rutin, selenium
calcium with magnesium chelate with potassium
chromium, garlic, pectin, and potassium

garlic - Kyolic a good chelating agent and detoxifier

Quercitin (needs bromelain) ... it says it has a antihistaminic effect

I am 16 years old and started Ocella in June 2009. At first, everything seemed fine except for the fact that I had really bad nausea for the first month on the pill. As the summer progressed, I noticed a lot of change in my body. I've always been super active and have been riding horses since I was 4. But whenever I rode over the summer, I would start feeling very faint or sick and I would have to stop. Soon I started getting dizzy just from standing up. Like I said, I'm 16 and have always been very healthy so this was unusual. I also began waking up in the middle of the night every night with very severe pains in my calves. It was the worst pain I have ever felt and I would wake up screaming bloody murder. At first my family and I thought it was just from pulling my muscles while jumping my horses, but the pain only happened in bed in the middle of the night and wasn't evident during the day.
I finally decided to go to the doctor when I would randomly start to black out simply from walking or getting up. It had also gotten so bad that I could barely drive anymore because every time I did I felt like the world was spinning and I couldn't focus on anything. I went to the doctor complaining of the pain in my legs, the head troubles I'd been experiencing, and other strange side effects such as heart palpitations and profuse shaking. As soon as I told my doctor my symptoms, she said that she was taking me off the pill right away because it had done extreme damage to my brain tissue, heart and leg muscles, and had caused liver and kidney damage. I was especially shocked when she told me that, had I ignored the side effects, the pill would have probably ended up killing me within a month.
Getting off of Ocella was no cake walk either. I got off in September or October and I am still experiencing horrible side effects. Although the have lessened significantly, I still experience random "episodes" including bad nose bleeds (I've never had nose bleeds before), dizziness, nausea, uncontrollable shaking and sweating, and passing out. Thankfully, my menstrual cycle is probably more normal than it was when I was on Ocella and my body's hormones are starting to equalize themselves out again. I'm told that these side effects will be gone for good by April.
I urge everybody to stand up against Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella, no matter how old you are.
Good luck!

EVEN I WAS ON LOESTRIN FE FOR MONTHS, I STARTED TO GET UNBEARABLE CHEST PAIN, KILLING UPPER BACK ACHE, GAS VOMITING. I SWITCHED TO MY GYNEC AND SHE PRESCRIBED ME MICROGESTIN, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE, THE PAIN BECAME WORSE. I THEN WENT TO MY PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN, WHEN HE GOT ME SCANNED, FOUND GALL STONES AND ASKED ME TO GET MY GALL BLADDER REMOVED. IF ANYONE IS TAKING THIS MEDICINE STOP IMMEDIATELY, START TAKING VIT.C AND DO A LIVER CLEANSE.

Even I was on Loestrin Fe for months, I started to get unbearable chest pain, gas and vomiting. I switched my gynec and she prescribed me Microgestin, but it was too late, the pain became worse. I want to my primary care physician for checkup, after my scan he found gall stones. If anyone is taking this medicine, stop immediately and start taking Vit.C and do a liver cleanse.

I am going to add something here that I think is very important. Although the BRAND name Wellbutrin can have side affects, the GENERIC form has been creating a lot of problems. I was one of those.

I had started on the generic form of Wellbutrin, and I had side effects: kind of rush and hyper feeling, jittery, and agitation. Then came the extreme itching. My feet itched like you would not believe and then it spread to the palms of my hands - then everywhere.

The Brand Name Wellbutrin does not do this to me. I am on that now, and most of the side effects i had with the generic are gone. I found information on the generic about creating problems for those who had been on the Brand Name and swithched to the Generic and brought it up to a doctor. After allowing my body to wean off the generic and made sure I had no more hives - I started with Brand Name Wellbutrin. If you are on the generic and have these symptoms, please let the FDA know.

Also, some people actually go through some type of withdrawl symptoms when switching from one drug to another. I do know that they found that the generic actually releases the medication a lot quicker then the brand name perscription. Wellbutrin Brand Name has a slower and more gentle release from what I have been able to tell. If the bupropion (the base name for this drug) metabolises in your liver a lot more then some medication and it is being released too fast, perhaps this is causing the itching reaction? Just a thought.

Help me? I just found this site and would have never linked my flu like symptoms to this drug. I have now come off this drug twice because I thought I was getting sick for other reasons such as seasonal allergies and colds where my Doc said to come off because your liver is not as strong on the drug and could make the recovery process a little bit longer when a cold is developed. I never put a thought that it's the drug? I just came off a simvastatin a little more than 2 weeks ago and prior to that I was on it for 3 weeks on 80mgs with 2 niacins and I stopped because I thought I was getting sick again. Nasuau and headaches. I stopped taking the drug and after 2 weeks I honestly don't know how much better I am. I don't have as much shortness of breadth but I got so tired so quick I now have a little bit more energy and I'm thinking it's because I'm getting over a cold but i still am very tired, nasua at times and my left side of my stomach aches and my bowels are soft.

I forgot to mention that the 1st time I came off in August the dr. tested me for mono and some other blood things and all came back negative.

I thought I was a relatively healthy 39 year old male with high cholesterol. Is this the drug making me feel like this still after 2 weeks?

I am 53, 114 lbs, and in good health. I eat healthy but exercise moderately, not regularly as I should. My cholesterol registered 280 with an increase in my LDLs and an decrease in my HDLs. I started taking fish oil omega 3, eating much healthier, no saturated fats in diet. The doctor prescribed 20 mg of Lipitor once at night. I just started to take it on day 2 with no side effects however, I have noticed insominia even when I took melatonin 10mg it didn't work. I am afraid to continue taking this drug after reading all the side effects. I thought about taking red yeast rice but the FDA has removed the lovastrin from the product so it is only good for maintaining healthy levels. It doesn't lower cholesterol wo the lovastrin included. I have also tried taking the new centrum that contains a natural product from a plant that lowers cholestrol.

I was going to try the lipitor for a month, at 10 mg, and then take it every other day once the cholesteral drops to a respectable level.

My question to those here who experience joint pain: do you take a Q10 enzyme supplement with the Lipitor? Merck has patented a Statin drug that now includes Q10 the enzme that Lipitor depletes which is said to contribute to joint pain. Also drink plenty of water to filter your liver and kidneys.

I had a bronchial infection and was put on Levaquin 250mg for 10 days. My side effects appeared about 12 days after taking this medication. The first effect was burning in one foot which lasted about 12 hours. As the burning subsided, my diaphram started giving me intense pain for 3 days and then severe diarrhea. Come to find out, Nexium patients can have severe reactions to Levaquin! In the past month I have had to take a stess test and be scoped to find out why I have intense acid reflux. I have lost over 10 pounds in just one month due to this intense pain and the doctors still don't know how to help me. My surgeon said that Levaquin can stay in the system for over 6 weeks with more side effects presenting as time goes on. My advise is to never, never take Levaquin if you want to remain healthy. This stuff is poison!!! I am drinking herbal detox teas for my liver and body in hopes of reversing the damage.

I take Levoxyl. I had Hoshimotos and Graves at the same time. Eventually, I had my thyroid surgically removed. Without the Levoxyl, I cannot see. My eyes puff over and under. Tear ducts clog. I freeze, am very disoriented and very tired. The Hoshimotos and Graves symptoms return. I learned the hard way.... you cannot do without your medication treatment. It is a toxic combination and also can shut down kidney and liver functioning. Coma is the extreme. I urge everyone to work with their doctors to find the correct combination of dosage and solution. If you do not agree, see another doctor. It can take some time after treatment to get the correct medication and dosage. Get second opinions. DO NOT stop taking your meds unless advised by a medical professional. It can be lethal and a slow painful death. Another note: the pharmacy gave me a generic and I did not pay attention. I learned it is not the same compound as regular Levoxyl so do not be conned into taking generics. The compound differences can throw you off and create even worse symptoms. I got very ill on the generic.

WHY??? Why do psychiatrists insist that if a medication is making you worse, it's your fault, unless of course it's a medication they think is "bad" like anything that works. Okay no, but benzodiazepines in particular. I took seroquel, I felt horrible, exactly as said above zombie outside, screaming inside, I felt like I was drowning, and had a sumo wrestler on my head, I couldn't think, my heart was racing..
I gave it a week, big mistake, I ended up taking more ativan to cope with the anxiety trying to be the good patient and give it a chance and my psychiatrist cut me off that cold turkey (dangerous!) because I was taking too much.

And now tells me to take more Seroquel. I have anxiety, I'm not stupid, now I think the only reason I need anxiety medication is because of the spider web of doctor's and psychiatrists, Oh of course this post won't change anything, None of this makes sense, how is this good for anyone persons mental health.
I really would like a chance to live a life, not be told "If you're having problems go to the ER"
and weight 5 hours, and having all that time to think about all the other times you've been in the ER
for a similar reason, and all the tears and frustration and ghoulish terror that you've been put through because your Dr Doesn't believe you.. or says you're acting out, or says you're a drug seeker
or says that side effect is impossible, or worse yet tells you to try to do some deep breathing.
Which is rather like being engulfed in flames soul and all and having someone suggest taking B12
to help calm you down. Meanwhile other people are getting promoted having babies, getting their hair done, window shopping... all those things that seemed so attainable at one time.

My son died, subsequently my partner had a heart attack and stroke which has left him a zerox copy of himself, he was a brilliant English professor, now he's a ghost. Pardon me for being a little anxious
I already had anxiety and depression. Now I'm being told that I'm using these traumas as an excuse to go from 3 ativan to 5. An EXCUSE...

Where do these people come from?

It shouldn't be up to us patients to find the cause of the pain we experience and we get into trouble for researching.... I was prescribed Lisinopril at the end of august to moderate fluctuating BP that had suddenly appeared after a Contrast CT scan in May. I am a competitive sportswoman very fit and healthy always 120/80 until after this scan. Crazy stuff stared happening. Yo yo BP permanent blinding head pressure pain, bulging soft veins and an uncharacteristic sloshing gut...stomach I think but may be intestines, eyesight change.... sense that connective tissue had suddenly gone too stretchy, sensation that my stomach no longer supported in the right place pulling on oesophagus, raw physical not functional abdominal pain.

I took one tablet of Lisinopril and within 15 mins as I got the expected BP drop my entire abdomen started to burn like I had a football of stinging nettles inside me! It lasted 24 hrs and I was beside myself. Saw GP following day who said as it was not listed it was not a drug reaction!! Bit of a bloody coincidence though I say. Leave it a day and try again. EXACTLY the same thing happening. I don't care what they say that is a drug reaction. I have not taken since.

The stinging stopped but I started to be unable to maintain body temperature, feel constantly faint, started getting prickly vein pain and sudden blanching in my hands unrelated to temperature. Seemed like blood was not going all the way round body.... GP says stress anxiety but that is not me and these are very real physical symptoms. Research Lisinopril and discover that ther are plenty of journal reports that this drug can, rarely, cause visceral angioedema, sudden swelling of the mucosal tissue. Rarely recorded because no one believes us when we say that is happening to ME!!

Need to understand the mechanism these drugs use to create their 'benificial' effect....

I have had same stinging reaction recently immediately following a further contrast ct scan ...an hour after scan and back home the stinging came again. I recognised it as the same. You don't forget that pain.... across chest this time too. Again I am told it is not a reaction !!! this time it lasts for over a week and I think has done some biochemical damage to my body as a consequence. Circulation in my arms completely screwed.... Arms started to scorch inside and pulse with my heart as the stinging stopped...and baffled medics. Hands by my side, they fill with blood under gravity and go deep red but the instant I elevate the hand for a few seconds it blanches completely and prickles. Pulse is normal even when hand above head but for some reason blood is not making it across the capillary bed and into the venules in the normal way. Lisinopril started this problem in August with just two doses...... I believe This drug has triggered an over production of Bradykinin which for some auto immune reason my body has not mediated.... brady kinin vasodilates by releasing by promting endothelial cells to excrete nitric oxside... un regualted this can damage the endothelial cells themselves. As capillaries are only one cell thick it doen't take much to damage the network. Bradykinin is also implicated in contrast reactions .... unregulated for many days in my case I believe has gone on to do some extensive damage to circulation.. we have capillary beds everywhere and I can feel my lungs are not happy.....
Getting anyone to take this serously is a real challenge. I know I have reacted. I am being told I have not as all usual blood tests are normal. I can demonstrate this bizarre reddening/blanching and it is happening on the inside too. I am sure the process of investigating using chemicals has screwed my body chemistry.
I also believe that physiochemitoxic changes in delayed reaction to contrast have resulted in seriously altered osmotic pressures in my body that have affected the tensile strength if collagen network. Suddenly my fingers are super flexible, my skin has suddenly lost significant spring back tone, my stomach feels as though it has stretched and distended deep into abdominal cavity and the connective tissue supporting it stretched or given way. It is not a very nice feeling. I cannot get it taken seriously at all and it has ruined my life.
This started In may when I had chest pain and burping and because I had a newly discovered left bundle branch block they suspected heart attack which angiogram ruled out. I think I reacted to contrast as early as then but didn't realize. I had prickly abdominal pain when I was discharged which I had never had before......

Until May i had never been to the doctor with anything..I am 51, sensible intelligent and articulate. I know my body really well through years of training for events and competitions. I know when I say something is not normal that I am not being oversensitive, and yet through out this as new things started to emerge and I felt my body reacting to be told you are not reacting is unbelievable. I did not know for sure that I was reacting to contrast til after the last scan in October. Unfortunately I think that it is too late..

Liver Transplant due to this medication but before the transplant I was extremely tired, nausea and I had really dark orange colored urine.
Stay away from this medicine!!!

I am so glad for everyone's post. I have read so many of your posts and had a lot of a ha moments. I was prescribed Avelox 400 in July 2009. After I took my last dose (10 days), I experienced severe joint pain in my knees, hips, neck, back, shoulders and elbow. Then it went to my fingers. I hurt so bad I couldn't open the door for my dog to go outside. The pain is not so bad anymore, but it is still there. When I get up from writing this I will have a hard time walking. I started loosing brushfuls of hair daily. I now have shortness of breathe. I cry at the weirdest times. I get upset, mad at the littlest things. I have a patch of skin on my back that is constantly irritated, like your shirt tag is rubbing against it but it is not near where my shirt tag is. My husband thinks I am crazy, he says there is nothing there. I started getting stabbing pains in my chest and back, for no reason at all. My mind is like Swiss cheese. I am tired a lot, I want to take several naps a day.
I took all of these things as a sign of getting older...before taking Avelox I felt and acted like a 30 something person now I feel and act like my dad and he is 75.....
I hope we all get to feeling the way we felt before Avelox!!!

Ok, caseybo if I were you I would have my bloods checked. It's not a joke since Yasmin may cause a vit B deficiency. Sounds like vit B12 or B6, actually. Get yourself checked up. You can top up your vit b6 easy by introducing some vit. supplements and meaty and eggy diet but b12 as being stored in a liver has to be injected if lacked.I have just come off Yasmin because I had a decreased sex drive up to the point there was no purpose to take a pill.Also bad skin and getting erratically moody. I have been off for just over a week now after being on for 8 months. Blime!I soo bloated, have PMS-like symptoms including aching ovaries, back pain, muscle pain, tiredness, overall fatigue and the strangest one: tingling sensation all over my upper body, like something is creeping on me.anybody experienced that?Cannot wait to get back to my old normal. I only hope I won't put any wt on!I do not have an appetite at all as for now.Also want my boobs to get back smaller as DD seems to be to heavy.

2 genetic mutations in the gene that encodes for the transporter protein responsible for moving anti cholesterol statin drugs into the liver to be detoxified. have been identified. This gene is "SLCO1B1" (also referred to in the scientific lit as "OATP1B1"). Drugs must be "detoxified" by organs within the body and then eliminated, otherwise the drug stays in the blood stream, building up to toxic levels. With either of the 2 mutations, statins have been found to be (from various studies) anywhere from 122% to 400% ABOVE NORMAL plasma statin levels. How many people have either of these mutations? (Population genetic studies were done in Finland on Caucasian pop--so all the #'s refer to Caucasian population) 25 % to 38% of ALL Caucasian possess one of these 2 mutations. Thus, for however many yrs someone with one of these mutations has taken a statin, the level of the statin in their blood stream conceiveably could have been 400% ABOVE normal statin levels. ALll those pharmacologic effects of statins--decreased coenzyme q10, depressed manufacture of dolichols, depressed manufacture of selnproteins and thus glutathione, interrupted production of GTPases and glycoprotein function, decreased brain cholesterol levels--neuron synapses and new growth of neurons depend upon brain choelsterol--are intensified unrelentingly for the length of time the drug is taken.

The CDC/FDA has announced that Tylenol Kills LIVERS ( Acetaminophen is it’s fancy name). Tylenol is one of the safest medicines ever created IF taken as directed on the package for TEMPORARY uses. It’s safer than aspirin. BUT, BUT, BUT, it is used in many medicines. If ANY medicines you are using have the strength written as XX / XXX Example: 50/500 or 25/1000 stop taking them.
Check the Food and drug administration or the Center for Disease Control web sites. Then ask your doctor to change you to a drug that doesn’t have any Tylenol in it. The second number, the one after the slash, is the amount of Tylenol added to each pill.
Many drug manufactures use Tylenol with their medications as a buffer. It is safe to the stomach so combined with their medication it also becomes easier on the stomach.

A very bad scenario.. say you are prescribed 50/1000 of a anti-inflammatory drug, three times a day. Take an adult dose of Nyquil every 12 hours-- that's 2000mg more Tylenol from the Nyquil. Then take a couple extra strength Tylenol for some pain. That could be another 1000Mg up to 4 times a day.
OTHER THINGS with Acetaminophen (Tylenol).Excedrin, Midol, Pamprin, Vicodin, Percocet, and many more.
Also, Liquor and Alcohol hurt your liver.
Don’t kill yourself be careful with this stuff.

J. H.
P.S. Copy and pass this around.

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 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a 15-yr old. She's been taking singulair since she was 7. These are a few of the things that I have noticed over the last year but ignored because I too, as many of you have, thought it was because she a teenager.

1. Stomachache .. she complained all the time. Thought it was nerves because it was usually before she went to a training session or game.
2. Restlessness.
3. Headaches.
4. Moodiness.
5. Tired. Fatigue. Weak. Even after she gets hours and hours of sleep. Figured it was because her schedule is whacked. We've had fights over her not going to bed at a certain time.
6. Menstrual cycle changed last fall followed by acne when as before she was perfectly normal with clear skin. Recently put her on BC because of her hormonal change. Blood tests showed she was normal. We tried it anyway to regulate her periods. Took her off of it after she had her period for 3 weeks straight. Probably won't put her back on BC since taking Singulair might be the problem.
7. Tired all the time. Falls asleep in class.
8. Lost interest in her favorite sport which she rocks at. Thought it was because of a 2-month down time due to an injury.
9. Several times, have seen signs of depression but when confronted she says no she's fine. Depression is probably from being unhappy with her appearance. Being on the pill made this worse.
10. Doesn't want to go to school. Whereas before not a big deal. Most kids don't like school, but lately, she talks about how much she hates it. Usually excited to start the new school year, this year not so much, more like dreading it and her attitude hasn't change about it.
11. We argued last week and it was the first time she screamed at me and told me she hated me. She's never done this before. Her thoughts and moods have been horrible but they come in spurts.

After reading everyone's experiences, I am taking her off Singulair. I know it's not an overnight cure and will take some time, but I just want my little girl back. I find it strange that this all occurred within the last year even though she's been taking Singulair since 7. Do you suppose it's in teenagers and puberty?

Hi
I am in the UK - where any knowledge of side effects related to Yasmin appear to be non-existent. I was prescribed this to treat my endo after having problems with another pill (constant bleeding and mood swings).
Initially it was like a magic pill - immediately improving the mood swings and stopping the constant bleeding. Then after about 4 days I felt so nauseous I wanted to go home from work - this lasted a few days.
A week and half into my first pack, I suffered continuous asthma attacks - with no obvious cause, this developed in hours to spontaneous vomiting along with a hacking cough.nI was prescribed antibiotics for "infections". The symptoms continued until it was unbearable and I was put on anti-vomiting tablets. and changed onto a different antibiotic.
A week later back at the doctors surgery I had a series of tests - awaiting results as I type, as I have very dark urine, stools that are not "normal" (clay or yellow), pain in my stomach, pins and needles, continue to vomit if don't take the anti vomiting tablets. Have now stopped taking Yasmin and await results...
HOw long does everyone appear to improve after stopping taking Yasmin? Also does this sound like I may have a case of hyperkalemia? (I am awaiting results).
Many thank