Pain free symptoms and conditions

Started taking the generic Toprol XL (metoprolol succinate) 50 mg/day 11 days ago. I had been having vague gastric problems prior to taking it but two days after I started, I began having severe stomach pain that would double me over with diarrhea so severe it felt like my guts were turning inside out. I got a presciption from a doctor I work with for Lomotil which is a fairly heavy duty smooth muscle relaxor for the gut. As the week went on, I was taking these pills every 2-3 hours to keep the pain at bay. I was starting to pass some blood because this was so severe.

I've made an appointment with a GI doctor to have this checked out (couldn't get an appointment for 2 more weeks) and said to my boyfriend I wish I knew what was going on. He pointed out that this started right after I started taking the BP med. I skipped my pill yesterday and today....guess what? I am pain free today for the first time in a week.

I NEVER would have associated this kind of horrible pain with a blood pressure medication. It did bring my pressure down very nicely...in fact it's a bit too low now. Back to the internist next week to try something else out.

Ok, so I had my Mirena removed yesterday...completely pain free (as was the insertion)..AND no bleeding!!! My OB was at an appt with her doctor, so I saw my former OB. He asked why I wanted it removed; I listed the 14 side effects that I could think of, and he stated that he doubts seriously that any of them had to do w the iud. A few seconds later, it was out, and he smuggly replied.."Now, my dear, you should feel 100% better!" I just smiled and said "yes, I will really soon"

I started on Advair 250/50 6/28/07 for continued wheezing, bronchitis problems even though I quit smoking 12/25/06. In mid July I began to have Lt knee pain, the dx from the Dr was "arthritis--you are getting older you know" I was 46 yrs old. I got a cortisone shot 7/24 since the pain was so terrible, the shot gave we 1 week pain free, then 8/10 I had #2 shot, same knee, again this shot only lasted 1 week, then pain returned with a vengenance. End of August I had an MRI done on Lt knee due to continued knee pain---this showed a menescal tear. So we are in the 1st week of Sept and the pain continues to worsen, now I have pain in Rt knee also. Grasping at various straws I re-read the Side Effects and Adverse Reactions to Advair. Imagine my surprise/shock to read under Musculoskeletal: arthralgia (Severe arthritic joint pain), bone and cartilaage disorders, muscle pain, muscle stiffness. Also wt gain.
Needless to say I quit the Advair..Even tho I had been on Advair for less than 1 month before my knee problems started . Next week I go in for surgical repair on torn menesci Lt knee, and so far so good with my breathing, but tomarrow I tell my Dr that "I quit the Advair, and the reason why I quit."

I had a kenelogs shot in my foot and immediatly after that burning went all over my foot and I couldn't wear a shoe for six months. I was menapausal and had a period for over two weeks. I've since had cranial release therapy that has done wonders for me. I will never see another medical doctor again. They don't look outside the box. I'm almost pain free and would love to share my recovery story.

Like alot of other women have said before, It all started out o.k. After the third shot I went to see my doctor who said that the results of treating endometriosis for 6 months with the monthly lupron injections had better data than after 3 months for putting the endo into some kind of remission so that I could be pain free. Was told the usual side effects list of hot flashes/night sweats, mood changes. Never heard about "the others". About three weeks ago I started having back pain. I have a three year old that I still pick up some times, so I thought I just pulled a muscle. But then I could move very well and was laying flat on my back for about two days. Went to m.d. and he gave me steroid and muscle relaxer - Didn't really seem to help, but got better over about 5 to 6 days. As soon as the back pain went away a headache came on - no thats an understatement a migraine on steroids - I couldn't stand any light or noise and the base of the back of my head just throbbed. Memory loss has been off the charts for conversations I had just the day before. I have deep pain in my hips, legs, and especially my right foot. When I stand up I have to wait a second because my foot tingles and I can't really feel if I'm walking on it, Then it wakes up and I go on. I have appointment with doctor again on October 5 o6, but also have phone call in to her to call me back about symptoms. This is really scaring me after reading some of these statements. Can anyone give any new advice - anyone been on this for 4 months or more and had these symptoms and stopped the shots and feels better. I don't care if the endo comes back, that pain was bad, put me in the emergency room 4 times, but not like this. Have I gone to far to come back? I hope the mother didn't let her daughter have the shot for an early period? May God help us all!

I had a lumbar injection of Kenelog in April of 2005. Within a week of having the shot I was in the ER with chest pain and numbness in my left arm. I never thought that it may have been the injections. I was absolutely pain free in my back after the injections so I was happy as a lark considering I was cripled for a year before them. 13 months later (June 2006) the old back started to act up so I went in for another shot. Within 2 days I had bad heartburn and hot spots on both of my arms that were red and hot to touch. Still oblivious to the effects being from the shot-I went in for a second set of shots 4 weeks later (July 2006). Now 2 days later I am experiencing severe chest pain for 2 days.

I have only been on Lipitor a few short months and have been suffering pain and weakness in my feet and legs. Sometimes when I wake up in the morning, itis so bad I can barely walk. I did not realize what the problem was until I started readingup on the side effects. I thought maybe I was developing arthritis. Additioanlly, I have suffered back and neck pain. As of today, I intend to discontinue using Lipitor and hopefully, get back to a pain free life.

I have horrible nerve pain of the right hip and leg ,all the way down to my toes, after two four level bone fusion sugeries.This has been going on for three years so they put me on Amytriptyline to help me sleep. Because the pain was waking me up after three hours of sleep. Then they put me on Neurontin 900mg a day for the nerve pain and my world turned upside down. I was tired all the time,weak, and it was very hard to concentrate and function. I had to stop taking it because I didn't think it helped my pain enough to put up with all the side effects. I'm on new medication and this one is much better then neurontin. To all those other people out there good luck I know how you feel, it would be great to feel pain free for just one day again!

I have been using Sarapin for approximately one year and I have not experienced any side effects. It controls my pain when absolutely nothing else works. I am pain free for approximately two and half weeks. Although when the pain returns, it returns with a vengence. I really like Sarapin but I am concerned about side effects and have been unable to find any. I would appreciate a list of side effects that have been reported with this medication and I would like to know why you can't recieve more than fifteen shots. I would also like to know if that is fifteen shots in a year or a lifetime.

I have extremely high cholesterol (in the mid-400's)--it's been high since I was a teenager. I was taking 80 mg of Lipitor, but my leg pain was so bad, I couldn't sleep and was in constant pain whether I was sitting or exercising. I switched to 20 mg of Lipitor and 10 mg of Zetia, and I had no pain at all. However, my cholesterol was still too high, so I've increased the amount of Lipitor to 40 mg. The leg pain has returned. I'm sort of tempted to risk my health to have pain-free legs.

I just started taking a vey low dosage 5mg 3xday. for severe
rheumatoid inflamation and pain. I was desperate to be pain free so took Dr.s advice. It has taken my pain away almost completely. Noticed irrability right away, stomach bloating, increase in apetitite, low sex drive. I feel like I'm in a terrible mood and depresssed. Although it did take pain away. Dr. wants to wean me off down to 0 for the next 5 days and see how I'm doing. I don't want the pain back but might be something else he can put me on.
If'm glad he feels that it's unsafe to stay on. Told me of all of the horrible side effects.

I am a energetic 46 y/o female. Doctor placed me on a very low dose of Zocor after my yearly physical. After only eight days I had EXTREME left side pain. Literally spent four days bedridden. Thought I might have pulled a muscle...but then kept getting worse. I was constantly bent over in pain. Thank goodness for this website!!! Zocor was the only medication I was taking and just by luck I searched for any side effects. I was amazed to say the least. Stopped taking 5 days ago and now I'm back to my old self. PAIN GONE!!!! My 83 y/o mother in law was also on Zocor and was complaining of "back pain". Her doctor scheduled her for an MRI after running many tests to no avail. I asked her to stop the Zocor after my findings on this website. I am very happen to report she is pain-free as well after only 4 days!!!! Thank you all so very much!

Wow, I just read thro the list above, am I lucky. I have bad polymyalgia rhumatica, with considerable pain from neck to ankles. In 2 days 40mg of prednisone takes it virtually all away, problem is that it gives me diabetes big time, but I think it is worth it to be pain free even for a short time

I have chronic pancreatitus and I'm looking into haveing a Medtronic Inrathecal Drug Pump implanted. This pump would despense medication to block pain. The drug used is Depakote, in small doses from what I'm told. Just the side effects listed here are making me think twice about the drug. I have had one dose in the form of a shot in my back, a low dose and it did take the chronic pain from a 9 out of 10 to a 3 out of 10 for about 4 days. This has been the most pain free days I have had in over 2 years. I'm looking at learning more about the side effects anyone has had with a low dose of the drug and if you become addicted to it.
Thanks.

Ultracet was the best thing I have used for my lower back pain. It has given me hope of being pain free while my back heals. I know that I can get out of bed and do my daily work. I have used it on and off now for 6 months and have had no side effects, just the absence of pain.

I only got a headache the first couple of times I took it. I have discs pressing on nerves in my lower back, bad enough that I can't function. Ultracet has given me pain free days. I've just had surgery on my elbow, and Ultracet has taken care of the pain. This is the FIRST pain med that hasn't made me sick to my stomach, and I've tried lots! The 'five days' max to take them worries me, but I can't be without the ultracet. This is great stuff!

I was prescribed Levaquin to treat a sinus infection. I took 16 of 21 prescribed doses. The side effects I had were severe muscle and joint pain and what felt like swelling of my knees and ankles. In the beginning, my shoulders were particularly painful but now, about 5 weeks after my last dose of levaquin, the problems are in my hips, knees and ankles. I have troubled getting up out of a chair and starting to walk. The prescribing doctor did not seem to think that my symptoms were especially unusual or necessarily related to the drug. Another doctor, a friend, said he had not had any patients experience the side efffects I had. I am telling any doctor who asks me that I am "allergic" to levoquin and related drugs. I am a lot better (but not back to normal) than I was when I stopped taking the drug and am now taking motrin at night to ensure that I can sleep pain-free.