September 9th
2005
5:26 PM
I was diagnosed petit mal epilepsy many years ago. My doctor thought we should try switching medications. I took topamax for about a month with no problems. I did experience the tingly sensations in my fingers and I also had to give up sodas due to the bad tastes. But once I increased my dosage to 150 mg, I started experiencing a new side effect that I have yet to find anyone else complain about. My doctor says it's not Topamax, but it only happens when I take this medication. My eye was twitching constantly. It would only stop for about 30 minute intervals every few hours. Once I stopped taking topamax, my eye stopped twitching. I thought perhaps I was just stressed or fatigued, so I tried to go back on it. Once again when I got back up to 100 mg I noticed it would twitch once the medicine was in my system. I suppose this is some sort of facial tremor.
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August 21th
2003
6:09 AM
I was recently diagnosed with a UTI and was prescribed Doxycycline for it. I had taken 5 of the 7 days of the script, with no relief. I went back to the Dr. and was given a 7 day sample of Levaquin. I took one last evening around 8pm, and needless to say...I got about 4 hours of sleep. Not continuous sleep either, that was in about 30 minute intervals. The nausea set in, my head started pounding, I was freezing and hot all at the same time. When I finally did get to sleep, I had horrible vivid dreams, woke up completely drenched, my heart racing, out of breath, and my head still throbs. I am also having trouble swallowing. I am so wiped out I can barely type this message. I can barely climb the stairs without having to sit down and rest afterwards. I did not get any kind of side effect leaflet due to this being a sample, and thought I would look it up on the Internet. Well...I am glad that I read this before looking up the general side effects, as I will not be taking the remaining 6 pills. I am a single mother with 3 small children, work full time, and definitley do not have time in my schedule to feel like this!
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Topamax (1) Levaquin (1) Adderall (1) Flomax (1) Methylpred DP (1)
November 21th
2008
11:53 AM
I am 35 years old and I was put on Methylpred 4 mg for an allergic reaction to Sulfamethoxazole (septra). I broke out in bad red spots from head to toe. My doctor prescribed this medication for the reaction. I took the last of my 2nd day pills. Two hours later I woke from bed with a painful burn in the bottom of my feet and palms of my hands. It then went to my legs which I took a luke warm shower to see if that would help. I then continued to ad aveeno cream an didn't work, it then started to go through my body in 10-15 minute intervals in different parts of my body. Now when I itch it feels like I'm burning. I can't eat anything cause I have the taste of this pill in my system. This is the only side effect that I have been having with this medication. I noticed today the 3rd day of my pills that the red spots are starting to get lighter. I will never take this pill ever again.
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