Negative reaction symptoms and conditions

My daughter is 4 and has allergies. Last year she was briefly on Zyrtec and I immediately noticed that she became very aggressive. This year her doctor prescribed Singular. She has been on Singular for 8 days. Her appetite has dwindled. She has complained that her stomach hurt which I thought was due to not eating. Last night, she had nightmares - screaming out in a panic. This afternoon she couldn't sleep. This evening she fell asleep in my arms. Suddenly she sat up with glazed eyes wide open and began to relive when she fell and hurt her hand a few days earlier. I thought she was sleep talking with her eyes open. She was in a total panic but appeared to be sleeping. Yet, when her dad approached she held out her arms for him to pick her up. She eventually fell back asleep only to awaken two more times with similar sceneros played out. I could not get these scenes out of my mind. Given the previous experience with Zyrtec, I looked over the side effects of Singular and the word Hallucination jumped out at me. I spoke with a pharmacist who was not aware of anything I have since read on this site. I decided to Google Singular Side Effects and came upon this site. Tears well in my eyes after I read posting after posting. Thank you, thank you to all who have posted their experiences. You have saved my daughter and our family from a true nightmare. Bless you and your family.

My 6 year old son has had all of these more or less. He has been on Singulair for about 5 months. We took him off last Friday when he started having seizures. It is only now that we are connecting the things he has complained about. He is still going through testing but everytime a test is done it is negative. He is in perfect health. The dr.s are stumped. What happens is, he smells a wierd smell. Then he sees lights. After this he has a bad headache and becomes weak so he lays down. Shortly thereafter he stiffens and starts shaking his arms and legs while clinching his hands. He also grunts and makes a buzzing sound and appears as though he only breathes out. the dr.s say it is not seizures but movement disorder and if it is Singulair it should be out of his system within 3 days... He is still having the seizure type fits and its been a week since we took him off singulair. He is still losing his temper and having horrible dreams as well. Cat scan was normal, EEG was normal, blood work is ok, they want to do an MRI but does this sound familiar to anyone?

Hi Ladies,

Just to let you know I'm feeling great, 2 months off of Yasmin now. My sex drive continues to improve, my magnesium when last checked was 2.1 (vs 1.7) and the heart palpitations, arrythmias, and chest pressure have disappeared. I still take blood pressure medication, but I know now that with time I will be able to get off of those.

I forgot to mention in my earlier posts that I've gained almost 20 pounds since I got on Yasmin. I now have to try to lose them, hopefully before I end up pregnant (!!!).

I congratulate all of you that have made the decision to get off of yasmin. Remember what my specialist told me a few weeks ago: "DON'T TAKE ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES. FIND ANOTHER MORE NATURAL WAY". Remember he also said that he doesn't let his wife take them.

I know not everyone has a negative reaction, but for those of us who have it is encouraging to know there are doctors out there that support us and believe us. If no one else, we believe you. Stay strong, you will get better.

IPJ

I have been taking Levaquin for a UTI. I have 2 pills left and was told today by my doctor to stop taking it. I called today after waking up with horribly sore joints in my hands. I have progressively become more achy today. My feet now hurt, my legs, lower back and shoulders. I feel like an arthritis patient and I'm not yet 30 years old. I was afraid I could have tick fever or Lyme disease so I started looking on the internet today and found a ton of websites with similar complaints. Very worried now about my recovery from this. I'm outraged that a company would be so passive about side effects. I've never given the side effects of antibiotics a second thought. I really have never had a negative reaction to a drug before. I assume this is from the Levaquin based on what I'm reading... I'm just shocked!

It was used on my wife during a minor surgical procedure at an outpatient surgical clinic attached to a hospital. She had broken her arm and was having a pin removed from the arm. The orthopedic surgeon said they were going to give her a "light" anesthesia and the surgery would take 15 minutes and I could "take her home in an hour". After the surgery she was completely paralyzed for 3 hours. The nurses said she had a "negative reaction to MIVACRON". Several hours later the clinic released her. After 2 days at home she became very jaundiced. We took her back to the hospital where she was admitted to the ICU. She had an unknown hepatitus. Her liver failed and a few days later she was brain dead. She died on New Years Eve 2005. The Death Certificate lists the cause of death as liver failure and probable toxic reaction to anesthesia. The pathologist hasn't completed his report and his bottom line is my wife died from chronic liver failure. It is noted she was only 60 years old and in very good health. If anyone has had a similar or related experience please email me.

OK. This is a really weird one. I was taking doxy for a 'suspected' case of Lyme (I won't even go there for this post! Its a whole other story) .I was prescribed 200mgs per day, but all the Lyme patients i spoke with said you had to take a lot more. Just to be "on the safe side" I upped the dosage to 300mgs a day, (the lowest dosage sanctioned by the experienced Lyme docs at ilads.org,) administered 8 hours apart. Four days after upping the dosage I was sitting on the couch when my left wrist felt numb, then my left side of my face momentarily went a little numb. At the same time i got really dizzy and faint. I felt really strange, like everything seemed unreal and glistening. I was rushed to the Er and 4 hours and $3000 worth of tests later (I have a $5000 deductible) I was discharged given the diagnosis of a TIA (mini stroke) meaning all the tests were negative and that's what they guessed. The thing is, I'm only 52, look 44 (objectively) am not overweight, don't smoke , exercise regularly and have low blood pressure. There is no history whatsoever of heart disease in my family. The only risk factor is elevated cholesterol. The point is, I'm a relatively low risk for stroke. My own doctor saw me a few days later. I still was dizzy and out of it. TIA symptons resolve thenselves in 24 hours He was certain I had not had a stroke and thought that all these symptoms could possibly have been caused by aside effect of doxycycline, intracranial hypertension, or in layman's terms, pressure on the brain. Yow...I stopped taking the stuff for a day and a half and felt almost normal. My doc thought i should take one a day and after a couple of days go up to the 200mg suggested dosage, but when I took just one last night, I woke up with similar symptoms, although not quite as pronounced as before. They persisted all day,gradually dropping off.

I have now stopped taking the stuff and am beginning to feel a little better. I have never had a negative reaction to antibiotics before, but after this I will be very reticent to try then again, unless I am dying or something. I am finished with doxy. All in all, a nasty and very expensive experience. (unless of course, I really DID have a TIA!)

I don't know if this is related to recent S-M IV of 1GM/day x 3 days + extended graduated taper off with prednisone.
There is excruciating pain in legs, more left side than right but both. Every atom, waist to toes hurts on maximum volume, in surges and dips of indescribable pain, for hours and hours. Usually back to normal, daily pain level of raw skin with sunburn on waking after so so sleep of 4-5 hours daily.
I have chronic, secondary progressive MS of 14 years. Ambulatory with walker and cane. Also exposed to Agent Orange in heavily sprayed areas of I Corps, Vietnam, 1968-69. I have 100% service connected, permanent and total, combat related PTSD rating.
I am on Methdone and Percocet 3 months, and just started Lorazipam. M&P do not work at prescribed dosages. Yesterday I took 8 10mg Methadone pills and 6-7 5mg Percocet tabs, and it was inadequately bearable, and I barely made it out alive, again.
I'm going to the VA soon to see what they say, but I would greatly appreciate any advice some nice, knowledgable person may take the time to give.
Thank you

I went on Yasmin 4 months ago after being on Ortho Tri-Cyclen for over 4 years. I was looking to increase my sex drive and had heard that Yasmin was a great pill for that. Unfortunately, now I have an extremely hard time reaching orgasm which has never been a problem for me in the past. I have also noticed a negative reaction with my skin: extremely dry with constant breakouts around my chin.