Lung problems symptoms and conditions

I am a 52 year young female with sudden onset of high blood pressure. Was seen by a Cardiologist and given the usual tests such as EKG, treadmill, and so on. My tests were fine and he put me on Lisinopril HCTZ 20-25mg. After taking this medication for one week my blood pressure was within normal limits however my pulse races at times and I must sit down until it passes. I have been experiencing pain in upper back when taking a deep breath and mild chest discomfort. Further tests are underway to determine if I am having lung problems such as pulmonary hypertension. Has anyone had similar symptoms? Thank you

I am a 30 year old nurse and know first hand how birth control pills are individual. I was on many before Yasmin. 6 months ago I started Yasmin because it was the new hype in birth control medicine since it reduces length of period, flow of period, and reduces acne.
I don't think the ingredient drospirenone that's included in Yasmin (a potassium sparing drug, and diuretic, another form of the same type is Spironolactone) works for me.
Ever since I had experienced these symptoms:
Anxiety-heart palpitations, suspiciousness, racing thoughts.
Headaches-tension, leading to muscle spasms in neck and shoulders.
Dizziness-Vertigo type spinning sensations
Ear fullness-popping and cracking without losing hearing.
Fatigue-no motivation, especially for an early riser and a person who works 12 hr shifts.
Chest tightness, lump in throat feeling, could be due to increase in stomach acid (HCl).
If anyone else has vertigo, or dizziness, I would love to know!
Thanks,
Good luck with trying a different form of birth control.

I took Avelox April 2008 and my life changed after taking the first dose. I had read on the bottle it could cause dizziness, so when I began to feel intoxicated and feel like I was walking sideways, I wasn't too concerned. After I took the first dose, I had a preop appointment in the afternoon. The doctor asked me if I had ever been told I had a heart irregularity. He said it was an occasional skip and he wasn't that concerned. I have physicals every year at which time an EKG is done, I just had my physical mid February and my heart rate was perfect. The surgery was scheduled 1 week later. That morning I took the last dose of Avelox, as I was being wheeled in for surgery, the nurse watched me go into A Fib. Surgery was not going to happen and I was admitted to the hospital for 9 days. I was on a 24 hour monitor and my heart rate was changing so fast they couldn't even tell me what was going on. After many different drugs to control my rate I was discharged and scheduled for a cardioversion, hoping that would get my heart rate back in a sinus rhythm. It worked for about 20 minutes and I was again admitted to the hospital for four days and put on a new medication. I went from being completely healthy to A Fib, kidney and lung problems. As of today I am still dealing with all the above. I had a cardiac ablation in October, hoping that would fix the problem. I was doing OK for about 3 weeks and since then I am still in A Fib. Currently I am wearing a 24 hour monitor to record any events. I'm not sure what the next step is . . . I believe with all my heart that Avelox is responsible. My life went form being completely healthy and exercising everyday to being exhausted most of the time and even going to the grocery store is a tremendous effort.

I was started on Topamax late 2007 after a week long migraine that did not respond to my usual migraine medication, Relpax 40mg and Xanax 1mg and I needed the second dose 2 hours later. I was given samples of Topamax 25 mg with a schedule to slowly increase the dose. The first 3 days I noticed an improvement in my migraine. By the 4th day, I started coughing. As I increased the dosage of Topamax, my coughing got worse and more frequently. I had to return to the doctor a week later for the cough. I thought I had been exposed to bronchitis because I had worked in the church nursery.
However, the doctor heard a wheeze with my cough and stated I had asthma. This came as quite a surprise because I have never had any lung problems or asthma problems and I am 52 years old. I was referred to a pulmonologist who put me on 2 inhalers (one steroid, one rescue inhaler, nebulizer treatments, chest x-ray, Oxygen to be used a night.
I was still having severe coughing spells every time I moved or tried to talk. I would have to run to the bathroom every time I started to cough because the coughing was so violent that I experienced severe urinary incontinence every time I coughed. I checked the internet and with my pharmacist, both stated that developing a cough was very common with Topamax. After learning this, I slowly reduced the Topamax until I could stop using it. As I was reducing the Topamax, my cough started to decrease. When I mentioned to my doctor about my problems with Topamax, he stated that Topamax did not have any respiratory side effects. I had a brochure from his office for Topamax that stated Topamax should be used with caution with people with lung or asthma problems.
I am now taking 800mg of Magnesium, CoEnzyme 100mg, and Vitamin B 2 100mg twice a day as a preventative. These supplements were prescribed by my neurologist. Since starting these supplements, my number of migraines has decreased.
Kay/redpoppies

My daughter is 8 and was prescribed Singular AND Zyrtec for asthma/allergy maintenance. She's been on both meds for 7 months. I have seen a steady decline in her ability to learn. Prior to these meds, she knew her addition math facts. Now, she forgets simple equations (3 + 4). Her mind wanders, she is unable to focus, and homework that should take minutes takes hours.

In addition, her emotions are all over the place. My little girl who once loved nature and held wiggly earth worms in her hand now runs in terror from any bug. She is frightened of everything.A tiny scratch makes her emotionally distraught for hours. She obsesses over slights from friends and withdraws to her plush toys.

She's also created imaginary monster friends: werewolves, vampires, and other ghoulish creates. She tells me of the living dead who cut off part of your skull and eat your brain and so you become part of the living dead. This is from a child who has never seen, watched or been allowed to view a horror film of any kind, who still watches Noggin and PBS on TV, and who, 10 months ago, wanted to be a marine biologist when she grew up.

Like others, the first symptoms were nightmares and night terrors. She also experienced itching, which I thought was due to her ballet leotard and tights (why do we look at everything but the meds?--because we trust the doctors!!!). Then, toward the end of school, came the stomach and headaches, so frequent, in fact, her teacher emailed me that my daughter was going to the school nurse too much and wanted to know if something was wrong. Her teacher also said my daughter seemed very spacey in class. No behavior problems. Just drifting. Very inattentive.

Like others, my daughter had her tonsils removed prior to going on these meds. Like others, my daughter was seeing a specialist--a pediatric allergist--for treatment. I discussed adverse effects for all medications with the allergist.

Like others, Dr. Allergist said there were none for either Singulair OR Zyrtec. My daughter had been prescribed childrens' Claratin (Rx for liquid form) by a pediatrician when she was 5 and exhibited the same behavioral and learning problems she now has for Singulair and Zyrtec. Again, Dr. Allergist said there were no side effects, that Claratin had a different active ingredient (I don't recall the name, something like lurderine) and to keep away from online Web sites, as they will only scare me. Ha! She also said ignoring my daughter's asthma posed greater harm than treating it. This is for a child whose asthma was non-existant until she began Claratin.

From my research, I'm wondering if the meds used to treat allergies and asthma actually contribute to lung ailments. Since starting these "meds," my daughter has had pneumonia and bronchitis. She did not have any lung ailments prior to Claratin. In fact, she was perfectly healthy.

Has your child experienced the same? Have you?

As another alternative for action, I am contacting my PTA and am pushing from that direction. These meds affect our children's abilities to learn. Teachers care. I urge all parents to discuss your situation with your child's teacher and push an agenda with your PTA. Collectively, the PTA can be an influence (it already has a nationally recognized presence with solid reputation). Forget the medical community (for now--drug reps "buy" doctors). I am telling friends whose kids have asthma about Web sites. I am writing to my Senators and the FDA as well.

Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to post. We can collectively push forward to get action soon for our children. Please, do not just sit and read. Take action. Your kids need you to.

I have long standing lung problems and after recent infection have just had 6 day course of 40mg prednisalone, which ended 3 days ago. since stopping the steroids i feel terrible my face is swollen i am in pain everywhere i have the runs i feel sick im dizzy by breathing isn't good. I telephoned the doctor to ask if he could leave me a prescription tili get to see him tomorrow and he refused as he says my symptoms are not due to prednisalone which i know are. ive been prescribed steroids for my lung condition for 30 years on and off so i know exactly what they do to me. i am so angry and depressed that i cannot get help.

In Oct. 2006 I too became one of Yasmin's victims. I ended up in ICU with multiple bilateral pulmonary embolism's. I spent a week in the hospital and a year on Coumadin/Lovenox. Even though I survived the PE's I continue to have nerve damage in the leg that was affected, along with lung problems as a result from the PE's. I was amazed when I searched the internet for information regarding PE's/DVT's how many were on Yasmin compared to any other birth control on the market.

hi all. thanks for writing your comments here. it has helped me today, another HORRIBLE day of prednisone hell. i have been seriously ill for 8 months been told ever other week I'm likely going to die from lung disease (i'm 35) and after a painful lung biopsy have been told my lung problems are almost all reversible... after a year on high dose prednisone. i was on 40mg a day for a month a while back and was so out of control from rage and crying and insomnia and panic/suicidality, ravenous appetite, that they lowered me to 30. then after biopsy they said i should be on 100mg to cure me, we settled at 60mg. it's been 24 days. The moon face started about one week in. i've gained 8 lbs. i am an emotional wreck. i have at least one rage filled attack per day where i am screaming and want to kill somebody or destroy something. some days i am so filled with hopelessness and worry i just want to die. my body changes (after just losing 30 lbs and being a work out fanatic my shortness of breath makes it impossible to walk up 2 flights of stairs without resting) face changes, acne, excess body hair (oh my god please make it stop i'm like a chia pet and i'm so afraid it is going to get worse) double chin, puffy eyes and cheeks, absolutely uncontrollable emotions and mood swings, inability to be logical or reasonable. i don't want to leave the house, i'm panicked and scared all the time. i never sleep. ambian gives me minimal relief (just started taking it) i feel like i'm losing everything, except my lung functioning is returning and i'm not going to die from this illness (they assure me THIS week) i understand light at the end of the tunnel, but living like this is unbearable most days, almost impossible the rest of the time. am i alone with the severity of this? or are all the others like me too busy hiding the sharps and crying in a corner to write on this board? thanks for listening :)

figures, forgot to mention what HELPS. no eating after 8 (7pm is better) no salt, no sugar, exercise, even just a walk every day, anything physical, i walk like a grandma on the treadmill but i still do it, sometimes it is the only thing that stops my crying. no alcohol, support and understanding from loved ones, it's not you, its the drugs. good luck.
figures, forgot to mention what HELPS. no eating after 8 (7pm is better) no salt, no sugar, exercise, even just a walk every day, anything physical, i walk like a grandma on the treadmill but i still do it, sometimes it is the only thing that stops my crying. no alcohol, support and understanding from loved ones, it's not you, its the drugs. good luck.

i have been taking femcon for 3 months now and for the first month was smooth sailing. for the past 2 months i have been experiencing severe mood swings, extreme anger issues, depression, and the worst of all i feel like i cant breathe and my lungs aren't filling up with enough air which causes me to go into these crazy panic attacks. the breathing issues seem to be coming on more frequent now and worsening. it has caused problems with my job because i have to take long breaks to catch my breath. i have made an appointment with my general practicioner thinking that i am having lung problems, but after reading everyones comments it makes me second guess myself and my problem could actually be femcon. hopefully by stopping femcon, i will be able to get my life back to normal again. i never want to suffer again from the feeling that i cant breathe.

I have been crying for almost 24 hours now. I cannot believe what I am reading and hearing about Singulair. My son has been to hell and back again and again. I cannot say for sure the Singulair is the culprit. But after reading all of the other stories on this website, I am convinced it is a strong possibility.

My son is 11 years old. He has severe allergies and asthma. He takes many, many medications for this including Singulair. He as been on Singulair for about 8 years now (my best guess because he has been on it for sooooo long.)

My son was diagnosed with ADHD in pre-school. He has taken many medications for the ADHD, but none have ever done any good at all. We thought some of the medications even made things worse. Now, I'm not so sure.

After exhausting all the ADHD medications, our pediatrician sent my son to a psychiatrist and a counselor. The psychiatrist put him on 2 different antipsychotic medications. Again, neither one did any good and seemed to make matters worse. The psychiatrist sent my son to a psychologist to be tested for Asperger's. For those of you who don't know Asperger's is a high functioning form of autism. The psychologist ruled out Asperger's by diagnosed ADHD and Anxiety Disorder. He did not prescribe any medication.

For some unknown reason, I've only given my son the Singulair off and on for the last year. My son had the best year in school ever. However, his pediatrician was still not satisfied. He sent him to see another psychiatrist at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh. We were told he is believed to have more than one disability. He is believed to have ADHD, Aspergers, Teurettes and a possible 4th medical problem that has not yet come to light.

We are scheduled to see a neurologist at Children's Hospital on the 15th of April to rule out any medical reasons for his tics. We see the psychiatrist again on the 18th of April.

I am so tormented by this recent news. Has all of these problems been caused from him taking the Singulair for so long? Although he has had his best year in school yet, he still has a lot of problems. Are the side effects of the Singulair permanent.

The other side of the coin is this: It is also very scary to watch my son not be able to breath. Asthma can also be life threatening. What is a parent supposed to do.

Also, I now don't know whether to keep these appointments that are coming up. I hate so much to put him through more. He has endured enough doctors and tests to last him a lifetime. However, what if it is not the Singulair and there is help out there for him that I am not aware of.

Please if anyone else has had a similar experiences e-mail me. I would love to hear from you.

God Bless everyone who has been through this kind of hell.

I have been on Lisinopril since the first of November. I had a dry cough at first but nothing really bad. After about three weeks I got a fever and sick for about a day and 1/2. The fever went away but I had shoulder and back pain (between my shoulder blades) The doctor listened to my lungs and told me I had pleurisy!!!! Treated me with antibiotics - got a little better. The soreness still there in my lungs up into my neck - some chest pain. Went to the ER - took chest x-rays.. found everything normal. Still coughing - congested all the time - I am 41 years old and I WAS on 5mg of this drug 1time a day. Not a lot at all but the ER doctor took me off the drug. He said after about three days the drug should be out of my system and then I can evaluate whether it was the lisinopril causing my lung problems. Also I have noticed that I have been having anxiety and worrying about things to excess lately, which is not like me. The anxiety started about a month after starting the drug. Maybe it is from the physical problems that I have been having. I was very healthy before all of this - I am very active and a non-smoker. Since these things starting happening I feel like I have aged 10 years!!! I also have some troubling getting air sometimes - like I feel as if I have to take a deep breath. Anyway - this is the only drug I am on so it only makes sense that it is causing all of this. The first night I stopped taking it I had terrible dreams - anyone else had this after stopping the drug?

I have been on lisiipril for 3 months and have a retching cough many times each day that produces clear phlegm. Cough subsides after expelling phlegm, but reccurs in a short while. I do not seem to have any sinus condition, and it doesn't appear to be connedcted to any lung problems. It wakes me up at night 2-3 times. HELP.

i think this website is fake. you guys didnt have these side-effects! i mean, i took it 30 minutes to an hour ago all it did was make my legs give out and i feel A LITTLE dizzy. that's it. don't be dramatic people! i think the same guy wrote ALL these entries

2 weeks ago went to doctor for lung problems. Labeled an asthmatic and was put on Advair and singulair. Now my vision is going bad. Blurry smokey vision...similar to the vision effects of putting in eye ointment in.

I was on Lisinopril for little over a month in 2005. My doctor changed my prescription to Cozaar and I have been much better on it--my blood pressure even responded better. Yes, the Cozaar is much more expensive because it is name brand, but quality of life is of value.

It has taken a year for most of the Lisinopril caused problems to subside. I can walk without feeling like I am going to pass out and I don't cough and wheeze like I did. I do still have some lung problems--I cough more than I used to but it is minor and I can live with it compared to what I was like with the full blown Lisinopril cough (TB Ward, anyone?).

I still get leg cramps and have to get up at night to walk around a bit to ease them. I find if I drink milk the cramps are less often and much less intense. Possibly calcium tablets and/or Vitamin D would have the same effect.

I am not depressed any more. I was terribly down when I was on the Lisinopril. I recommend talking and talking and talking to your doctor about the depression and when it started rather than letting them put you on an anti-depressant which just masks the problem. And if a PCP puts you on an anti-depressant, make sure you see a licensed therapist. Anti-depressants need to be used in conjunction with therapy.

I still have the aching joints but they are controllable with heat and, once in a while, Tylenol.

My eyesight was affected to an extent but even that has gotten better. I got to the point that I couldn't thread a needle. But I can see to thread a needle!

I just wanted to let those of you still on Lisinopril or who have been switched from Lisinopril and are still experiencing the side effects that they do get better. I still remember the morning I got up to get ready for bed and wondered what was wrong with me--I had energy and was actually looking forward to the day. It was (and is) a wonderful feeling after a year of existing and just trying to get through the day so I could go home and go to bed.

This drug will lower your blood pressure, and steal your health and happiness in return. Is it worth it? It's hard to imagine when there are alternatives.

From both personal experience as well as reading this website, lisinopril is linked to depression and anxiety. It boils my blood to find doctors adding Zoloft for this, when there are other blood pressure medication that don't have 57 pages of complaints against them.

In my case, I became extemely agitated, having the feeling that something was wrong in my abdomen and getting worse every day. My doctor prescribed Paxil, which calmed me down, but I felt didn't address the root of my (abdominal) dysfunction and I didn't need the extra complications of Paxil added to my situation. I decided instead to quit the lisinopril, though by the time I figured that out, it had already done long term damage.

Lisinopril is also linked to weight gain and energy/metabolism and fat burning problems. Poor fat metabolism is closely linked with diabetes.

It seems to me that after loosing control of fat burning, your glucose control mechanisms will get overloaded and be the next to fail. The next thing you know your doctor will be telling you about concern over diabetes. Mine did, and as another poster noted in a similar occurance, there is no diabetes in my family history. Further, I don't have a sweet tooth, and don't eat any refined starches either.

Lisinopril is linked with lung troubles; the cough is known by most doctors. Of course, lung problems make it even more difficult to burn fat. (In my case, I had the cough for 1 and 1/2 years after I quit lisinopril, which I only took for 3 months for borderline hypertension.)

Basically, if you catch the side effects of this medicine, you will be several steps closer to diabetes.

People who catch the side effects seem to take varying amounts of time to succumb to lisinopril. From reading this website, it can take anywhere from immediately to 2 years before the first side effect is noticed. (In my case it took only 2 months, but my doctors refused to suspect the lisinopril, so I stayed for on it 1 more month while it ate away at my health.)

Some never seem to get the side effects, or they get one but manage to control it for years and years. To them I say, more power to you! (Still, though, be suspicious of lisinopril if you start heading toward diabetes).

Many people continue to take lisinopril even after the first side effect appears. (I did.) I think this is a huge mistake - stop taking any med when it interferes with some major organ & function, like lungs & breathing!!

At the time I was on lisinopril, I didn't know these problems were side effects, however, I now know to suspect any drug that has this number of complaints! Now I'm thinking: Try quitting such a drug as a first alternative instead of adding Zoloft or Paxil, even if it has been working fine for a years.

Over time, I have personally found the following natural remedies helpful for me in combatting the lisinopril-caused damage:
* zinc - for the lungs/cough
* manganese - for digestive function and sexual function
* vit-b complex - for energy
* extra biotin - for lungs & energy
* chromium (not too much though) - for energy
* L-Carnitine (aka vit-T) - for fat metabolism
* L-Glutamine - for digestive repair
* Calcium/Magnesium - for digestive function & for bp

(Note that remedies to help diabetics have many of these ingredients.)

Recently, I also have passed a number of gallstones, and am not sure how they are related to the lisinopril and its side effects and conditions. I suspect they pre-existed my lisinopril usage, however, I first started having the gallstone pains (on my right side) while actually on lisinopril, so it at least aggrevated the problem. I have been using the olive oil natural treatment to flush the stones.

As always, best of luck to all.

First of all i was born with asthma and albuteral has kept me alive for 40 years thank you ( ALBUTERAL ) and second primatene is an O.T.C and thats why it does not and i say does not help lung problems if you really have a problem use something that is going to help not drive you crazy.

My husband takes prednisone for bronchiolitis obliterans residual from two bone marrow transplants for leukemia. On and off this steroid for nearly a decade now. The emotional roller coaster; the poor management by some of his previous doctors; the easy bruising; the effect on his sleep and his mood stability. This is a horrible medication that saved his life. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. Before his last crisis where he had to go back on it, he actually told me that he'd rather die than start it all over again. He changed his mind, but what a toll it takes! Weight gain and the devastating effect on his body, his self image and his self esteem is the absolute worst. Before the leukemia hit, my husband lived in the gym lifting weights and staying trim effortlessly. He missed the exercise as a coping mechanism during his treatments. When he was physically able to exercise again after two hip replacements, two shoulder replacements and leukemia in remission - he developed the lung problems and started thsi prednisone cycle of submission. He is still trim but lives with this globe of abdominal fluid and weight that seems to have migrated from the rest of his body to his navel. Years ago all of this abdominal girth seemed to resorb back into his body leaving just stretch marks when his steroid use decreased. Now despite a decrease, it remains stubbornly in place and seems to be growing. It profoundly affects his breathing as well. If he eats too much at all, he can't breathe well. He has tried calorie reduction, Atkins, glycemic index diets and nothing seems to work. He can't get aerobic enough to tackle the weight. I have searched for a personal trainer or a nutritionist or anyone who might help my husband with an indvidiualized plan. Any ideas how best to xupport him?

my husband is dignosied with als and lyme. our dumbss* Dr. had him on lipitor 20mg for a month. my husband has taken a serious dive in condition. how could i be so stupid as to trust a Dr. and this medicine. jon is now having speech problems and extreme lung problems. he was all ready unable to walk and has extreme muscle wasting. help please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Depression is the least of the side effects.....it gave me two blood clots in my lungs and I almost died I was only on it for 2 weeks when the symptoms started. The hospital had reported the Yasmin 28 to the FDA as the cause of my blood clots and I followed up with the FDA and found out the hospital did in fact file a report. I was not warned about my age (38) and the consiquence of being over 35 by either the Doctor or the packets of the birth control pills. The FDA confirms that all Yasmin sample packets or prescribed packets need to have warnings on the labels ...mine did not. I was in the hospital for 4 days and was off work for 9 months and after a year later I am still having lung problems. In fact I just went in today and they told me I have lung damage in both of my lungs from the clots. I am only 39 years old and have the rest of my life to be concerned about sore lungs and worry about the weather and if my lungs will hurt that day or not.

For anyone out there....go off Yasmin right away and if your over 35 go off all birth control pills....at least your man will have you alive...I know I should be dead right now.

For those like me also suffering with lung problems as a result of this horrendous so-called medication known as lisinopril, for example, shortness of breath and other energy and exercize stamina issues, I've found this formula to be quite helpful: Lung, Bronchial & Sinus Health, it's from Natural Factors, code 3505, it's a Dr. Michael Murray Specialty Formula. (It can be bought online).

I took Lisinopril for almost seven years. The changes and build-up of symptoms were very slow and insidious. I simply was not feeling at all well, and this had been a slow progression over the years. When I found this web site, and read the multitude of symptoms people were experiencing from taking this drug, I was shocked to realize that I was experiencing a majority of those symptoms except those associated with gastrointestinal problems or mood disorder. Also, after being on Lisinopril a while, I had experienced an episode of Asthmatic Bronchitis which required hospitalization and extensive use of inhaled medications. Then after coming here, I immediately stopped all the medications, purchased Sherry Roger's (M.D.) book Detoxify or Die and have followed her protocol (specific nutritional supplements, infrared sauna and coffee enemas) for three months now to begin the process of detoxifying the prescribed chemicals and lifelong chemical food additives out of my body. When I discontinued the Lisinopril, the coughing was gone in two days; there are still times I feel heaviness in my chest mostly on humid days, but I am convinced I have had no lung problems that were not brought on by this medication. It has taken longer for my strength to start coming back, but even that has happened now, so instead of having to brace myself by hanging on to the walls in order to walk from room to room, I can walk two miles up and down hills easily now---all in three months off this poison. LiSINopril contains the word SIN for a reason: it is sinful to profit from human health needs by selling toxic poisons masquerading as prescription medication. I now believe had I continued taking this medication, I would eventually have died of it because of compounding debility to lung functioning. This stuff is scary.

Following a bout of pneumonia that would not resolve after 2 courses of treatment with Augmentin, a bronchoscopy was done and large amts of pus were washed out of my lungs. I was also diagnosed with a chronic case of sinuisitis. My pulmonologist prescribed BIAXIN XL, 2 x 500mg daily, as followup to my lung problems and to treat the chronic sinuisitis. I am supposed to take Baxin for 6 weeks. Yes, I repeat 6 weeks!!! After the first week of treatment, I developed severe leg cramps. I informed my doctor and he prescribed quinine sulfate for my leg cramps. The quinine seemed to help the leg cramps at first, however, I have now been on Baxin for 3 weeks and the leg cramps are recurring, but worse. They have caused loss of sleep & I seem to be quite restless Since I haven't had leg cramps in the last 5 years, and since they began once on Baxin, I can't help but believe this side effect is due to the antiobiotic.