Noticably symptoms and conditions

I have been taking Neurontin for 2 months. I didn't think it was really helping because I still couldn't function normally. I have had 3 disk surgeries on L4/5, and still have severe pain in my right hip and down my right leg all the way to my foot. I am told there is scar tissue build-up in the area causing the nerve pain. I started taking Neurontin in small doses and have built up to 1200mg 3 times a day. I still couldn't walk more than 20 feet without leaning on something, but the pain was noticably less severe. My doctor put me on Trileptal instead, and the first day off the Neurontin was a nightmare...the pain was worse than ever. I went back to the Neurontin immediately. I have experienced some weight gain, but have attibuted that to no exercise. It does seem to make me forgetful, tired and somewhat depressed, but without it, the pain is completely debilitating. I want my life back, but I don't know what to do from here. Neurontin has helped the pain to a more tolerable level, but if I still can't even walk, I'm not even close to functioning normally. If anyone has a suggestion, I would love to hear it...thanks.

I had stomach pain too. It took a few weeks to develop. It occurred right where the pill sat after I took it in the morning, that is, the bottom of my stomach. The pain got steadily worse and worse. It felt like my stomach was turning from soft and supple to leathery. I had trouble sitting still or in one place for any duration because of this pain. After quitting the medication, it took 2 days before my stomach started to feel noticably better. Then about a week off the med I was positive it had been the lisinopril causing the stomach irritation. Problem has been gone and never came back. Thankfully, for me this symptom was not one of those semi-permanent or super long lasting ones that this med is notorious for.

I've been on Nuvaring for almost a year, and I absolutely love it! I had been on more than 5 kinds of bc pills in 4 years when I finally switched. My period was never regular, and it always lasted more than a week, with at least a week of severe cramping. In the first month of being on Nuvaring, there was noticably less cramping, and my period only lasted 3 (light-medium) days. Since the first month, my period has come every 28 days, and I can almost pinpoint the exact time it will start. If I have any cramping at all, it's very minor and doesn't require more than two Ibuprofen. Nuvaring has made my life so much easier, and it's so easy to use and so hard to forget. The only side effect I've noticed is an increase in vaginal discharge, and even that isn't unbearable.

My hair has been falling out and is noticably thin on top. Only took the wellbutrin for 3 months , but have lost lots of hair. Have also had a severe rash/hives on my arms and legs, it tingles and burns. Have went to the ER once already because of the hives. Stopped the wellbutrin and the hives and itching went away. But what concerns me the most is the hair loss. Will it grow back? Wish I had know about these side effects before taking the it. I am hoping that there is another medication I can take to go along with my effexor as the wellbutrin did help my depression. Does anyone know any other medication might possibly work with effexor, that won't make me gain weight, grow bald or be miserable with itching? Help!

I have been using Lantus for about 3 weeks and my eating habits are not an different and I have noticably been gaing weight,

My last Kenalog shot was about 3 years ago. I had received 2 previously years ago. This last shot left a noticably golf ball size discolored indentation to my left hip. Within this year I have noticed pain in my left hip, even with basic movements. I have recently noticed that when I do leg lifts out to my side that I hear a popping noise coming from my left hip only. I have to wonder, since not having a reaction with my 2 previous shots, if maybe there was a discrepancy in that specific drugs lot.

Virtually no sex drive, with quite noticably lighter wallet.

I was prescribed 250/50 Advair, twice a day. Within several days it was noticably helping my breathing. Right away the side effects I had were a dry, raspy throat and hoarseness, which I could live with. Then I got continual sores on my mouth and tongue dispite rinsing after the Advair. I was still thinking I could live with that since I was breathing so much better. I had a lot of indigestion and was constipated, which I was still thinking I could probably live with. BUT after about 2 months of taking the Advair I was noticing a lot of joint pain; most noticable in my fingers, thumbs, wrists and hip. That scared me so I started researching the harder to find effects of taking Advair. I finally decided the cure wasn't worth the unknown damage it was inflicting on my body, so I quit taking it. I just stopped - no bad side effects from stopping it abrubtly, and the joint pain decreased pretty fast. I've been off it for about a month now; can't breathe as well but my fingers and wrists and hips don't hurt anymore and the sores in my mouth have gone away as well as the heartburn and constipation. I think it's a pretty scary drug that's prescribed way too frequently and way too fast without enough research.

Wow. I was on Yasmin for three and a half years, and am on my first month of not taking it anymore. Even though I have been depressed, anxious, and experiencing heart palpitations ever since I went on the pill, the only symptom I've ever associated with Yasmin was breast tenderness. However, I found out a lot in the past few months about the connection between BCPs and these symptoms, and from what I'm reading, I think some other women here might be in the same boat. It's kinda complex, but here goes: I had a heart murmur at birth that was not detected again till I was 19, shortly after the first time I went on BCPs (ortho). Suddenly the murmur was back, and I was noticably moody and generally an emotional wreck. I went off the pills, yada yada, heard about the "Miracle Pill" Yasmin, and went on it again. The anxiety and depression deepened, I've been on Zoloft, my skin sucks, and the fluttering heartbeat got even worse this past fall. I did some research on heart murmurs, and it turns out that there is a whole syndrome related to this, Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome. Most doctors either don't know about it or don't believe it exists. I swear to you, and many others would too, it DOES exist. So here's the kicker: there is a connection between MVP syndrome and low magnesium. And guess what BCPs can do? Lower your magnesium. (know how you can't take Naproxin and Ibprophen on Yasmin? It's because Yasmin raises your Potassium and so do those medicines, and when your Potassium is too high it depletes your Magnesium- at least that is what my unscientific and not-medically trained self has understood.) Why else would my heart murmur suddently become so overt again? The other thing with Mitral Valve Prolapse is that it makes you extremely sensitive to medicines. I am really concerned that some of the people who have posted here might have a similar condition. Even though MVP is not life-threatening at all, the anxiety, depression, palpitations, IBS symptoms, and general confusion as to why you feel so lousy drastically reduces your quality of life unless you take measures to keep it under control. For those of you who have listed anxiety and depression (both related to MVP because it causes you to have too much adrenaline in your system, hence the panic attacks) and especially heart palpitations to your side effects of Yasmin, I STRONGLY encourage you to get your heart checked out by a doctor- no need for any serious testing, it generally just takes a stethoscope and a good ear. Taking magnesium supplements helps some people; more about this issue can be found in The Miracle of Magnesium (can't remember author) and Natural Therapies for Mitral Valve Prolapse by Ronald L. Hoffman.

As for me, no more hormonal BC. Good luck to you all and beware of Yasmin!

I have been on Zocor about 3 months and have severe back pain, leg cramps, and now my knees are so sore that I can hardly walk very far. I also have the tremors in my index fingers and sinus pain and headaches. I also have blurry eyes sometimes and often it feels like a haze covers them. I have been wondering why I have felt so "lazy" and stiff and sore for the last little while. I was on an anti depressant and even with that, I have felt more emotional lately. Also sex drive has decreased noticably for me. I am (or was) a healthy 53 year old female who has always enjoyed good heath until the doc noticed my cholestrol levels were up and prescribed statin drugs to lower it. This morning I woke up with the distinct impression that it is the zorcor and that is when I started researching on the internet and found this site. It is interesting to me that all the symptoms I have been having are described by others taking this same medication. I will not take it again.