Phenergan symptoms and conditions

I had a skin infection on my lower legs and was prescribed Cephalexin Monohydrate. I took it for 6 days, 4x per day, then stopped. I was supposed to continue on 2x per day for the next week.
I started itching at the top half of my buttocks and it quickly spread all over my back, chest, shoulders, arms and onto my scalp. Small lumps or hives and red blotchy skin nearly all over my old body. The itching was driving me crazy. I didn't know where to scratch or rub next.
My doctor couldn't see me for another week so I went to see another doctor who prescribed Phenergan (promethazine hydrochloride) tablets and Celestone M (betamethasone) cream.
Relief came within 24 hrs, I went through 4 days of hell and while still itchy on the 5th day, it was getting better. I also used ionil T ( a medicated shampoo ) for my scalp.
I have never been allergic to any drugs before this monster
This antibiotic should come with a warning

Ive been on meprozine or just plain demerol for 5 years now i do not take more then 1 pill in 24hr and then i try to put days in between doses i have OI a brittle bones and kidney stones and this is the only pain medication period that i can take with out having a bad reaction. as far as mood swings i don't have any if any thing it keeps me calm but it will only stop the pain if you take it on the first on set, if you wait and take it till the pain has gotten worse it simply wont work at all. there is one side effect it keeps me awake lol im the only person i know who can take this and stay a wake all night

I felt extremely hyper after receiving a dosage of Reglan. I was in the hospital after suffering a terrible bout of food poisoning and I became extremely nauseated. The physician gave me this medication in order to control the nausea. After about 10 minutes, I felt worse than before going to the hospital. I felt extremely hyper and could not sit still. I felt extremely terrified and did not know why...I felt like I wanted to take off running and throw myself in front of the nearest car or jump from the roof of a building. I started crying uncontrollably. I told my doctor how I felt and she stated "some people experience this feeling...about 1 in 1000 people". I began to wonder why such a drug was on the market if this is what happens. I'm wondering how many people have felt similar and actually acted on their feelings.

The scary thing is this...I believe the estimate of 1 in 1000 people suffering side effects is wrong. While at the hospital a nurse told me there was another patient who experienced the very same experiences on the morning my dosage was injected.

I have never felt so awful in my life and I'm hoping there will be a class action lawsuit for this drug.

I am 18 weeks pregnant and have been taking Reglan since i was about 6 or 7 weeks pregnant after being admitted for sever dehydration and hypermesis(i think the two are the same) I was having severe nausea and vomiting and couldn't keep water or food down and i was to the point where i didn't want to eat anything. This is my 3rd pregnancy and this is the longest that I had to deal with these symptoms. I was on phenergan anal suppository and Zofran which was supposed to stop the nausea and allow me to eat which at first it kept me sleeping. After i was admitted in high risk unit they gave me Reglan and took me off of the Zofran and phenegan and put me on potassium and reglan along with benadryl. Nothing has stopped the vomiting it has gone down but not subsided. I have been out of work and has advised the doctor that it isn't working and they still want me to take this pill. I don't think that it is safe to be on so many medications which my doctor wants me to take the zofran again. I am spiritual and there has been two many times where my meds have gone missing and i have been put in the position where i can't afford to buy more. i think it is a sign and i just keep having this bad feeling about the baby taking all these pills. My tongue numb sometimes. my sleep pattern is of i have fatigue at night and am tired through out the day. I am more paranoid than ever. I am going back to work and will just suffer the natural symptoms i have done with my other children. Taking prescription drugs during pregnancy is just not natural and i will not sacrafice my child for promise of only suppressed symptoms for my child any longer.

I was on Nuvaring from 2002 until 2006, in that time I started having horrible migraines, I had never had a migraine previously. My migraines by June of 2005 were daily..... I was taking Topamax 400mg, Neurontin 2400mg, Altace 2.5mg and Celexa 40mg all daily. Along with Maxalt, Phenergan and Vicodin. I had 3 bottles of botox shot into my head to stop the pain. I went to 3 Neurologists, none of which had any explanation. I was sent a letter telling me that the Nuvaring would not prevent pregnancy with Topamax. I quit using the Nuvaring and within 48hrs my daily migraine went away. I now only take one daily med and will have a migraine during ovulation/period. All of this can be supported by my medical records. I had to go on disability for a short time due to them.

Amanda DeLay RN

I had to have my appendix removed -- told them before surgery that I had very bad chronic acid reflux, so I guess that's why the surgeon wrote orders for them to give me Reglan right after the surgery -- he did not specify for how long, and they kept giving it to me every four hours for the next day or so. Within 24 hours, I had terrible nausea causing violent dry heaves (there was nothing to throw up because I hadn't eaten anything for the previous 24 hours. When I did try a few sips of water or broth, I would immediately vomit that back up). I was dry heaving so hard and so continuously I was afraid I was going to break my stitches from the appendectomy. Also had extreme shortness of breath, like I was having an anxiety attack, extreme stiffness/pain in my neck and head mucles, like the back of my neck and my head were being crushed in a giant vise grip. Felt very dissociated and had trouble focusing my eyes and focusing my attention on anything. .
If I laid down to try to rest, the shortness of breath would get worse -- would feel like I was suffocating. So then I would get up and walk around a little to try to breathe better, and the violent dry heaves would start again until I was so exhausted from them I would try to lay down again to rest a little. Then the shortness of breath would start up again, and I would have to stand up . . . I went round and round like that for a solid 24 hours, no sleep, until the surgeon showed up for his rounds and decided I might be having a reaction to the Reglan, that he hadn't intended for them to keep me on it for that long. They took me off the Reglan, then the surgeon and my regular MD called in a neurologist who prescribed Flexaril for the neck stiffness and Phenergan for the nausea, instead of the Zofran they had been giving me, which wasn't helping.
Within 30 minutes of my first doses of Phenergan and Flexaril (and I had been off the Reglan for about 3-4 hours by then), I was sleeping like a baby, and continued to rest comfortably throughout the night, and was able to go home the next day with prescriptions for Phenergan, Lortab, and Flexaril. I will never, NEVER allow anyone to give me Reglan again -- I seiously felt like I was dying, and it scared the h*ll out of both my husband and me, because I am not the "sickly" type at all, The entire episode was a nightmare, and I am convinced it was directly related to the Reglan.

NAUSEA!!!! I had been prescribed Levaquin back in January of this year for something (don't remember what) and must have had some kind of reaction since there are still some left in the bottle. 5 days ago I was given it again and have had nausea so extreme that 50mg of Phenergan won't touch it. I've found the nausea dissipates somewhat after about 12 hours and decided to try taking it before going to bed last night...wrong move! After a night of virtually no sleep and feeling like a hole was being eaten in my stomach, I am up this morning at 3am with worse nausea and horrible acid indigestion and reflux. I guarantee I won't be taking another. This drug was prescribed for sinusitis, bronchitis, gastroenteritis and believe it or not, rotavirus (I am 50 years old)! I truly feel for those of you who have had more extreme reactions than mine and I guess I'm happy for those it has worked for, but for me nausea stops me cold in my tracks. Guess I'll go for the bottle of Pepto, yuk.

I had a shot of Imitrex in the hospital for a migraine and it made me feel like my head was on fire!!! I hated it so much. They gave it to me as a perscription in pill from the next day so I thought maybe since the other one was a shot this wouldn't be so bad. I took it with my husband home because I was afraid to take it alone. I felt fine for the first 10 min then my head started to burn and my whole body started to ache and I could not fall asleep it was horrible!! It got rid of my headache but I rather have the head ache than having my body feel like its dying!!

I am a 34 year old and have been taking Yaz for almost a year.

I had some minor side effects until this past month when everything came apart at the seams. I do not know if yaz is the culprit - but the number of women with the EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS as me listed here SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME.

My "minor" sude effects were the following:

* No period for 5 months
* No sex drive (was not the case before taking Yaz)
* Panic attacks / anxiety (no history fo this. My doc has now put me on Zoloft.)
* Bloating / weight gain
* Brown blotches (like age spots) on one side of my face

This is NOTHING compared to the last month of my life. Basically my life has sucked for the last month. Roughly a month ago my symptoms started with a red rash on the left side of my face and pain in my left ear that led to a migraine that has not gone away at all. (The pain level goes between a 5 and 10, but never lower than a 5.) The rash went away in 2 days, but my ear still hurts today (a month later).

My vertigo began roughly 5 days after the onset of my rash and ear pain and has been non-stop since. I've taken phenergan, valium, etc. - but they are not working. I get spinning/dizzy every time my head moves (up, down, left, right) and with up and down eye movement. It seems like my migraine pain intensifies when my vertigo hits me. If I lie completely still - I have no vertigo - but my migraine is still there. To make matters worse, I have become very disoriented, like I am in a fog all of the time. I am only 34 years old and feel like I am losing my mind. I cannot remember simple words at times and have a tough time completing sentences.

All of these symptoms coincide exactly to the day I began a new packet of the birth control pill called YAZ (Yasmin). I had taken this brand of pill for a year, and though it has worked (not pregnant) I have had some minor side effects up until the last month. The biggest side effect is that I have not had any period at all for the last 5 months. I have also had anxiety (no past history) and have no sex drive (not my normal self.) I stopped taking the pill about a week ago - after reading literally thousands of people with the same side effects I am experiencing on a website called medications.com (My neurologist also told me to stop taking it.)

I am NOT having ringing in my ears or loss of hearing. I mention this because I know other ailments have these as symptoms.

I have already been seen by my dentist, physical therapist, ENT, 2 neurologists and a gyn. So far - they are not helping. I have even been hospitalized for 5 days and all they really did was try and dope me up to sleep and had me take a very potent anti-migraine drug called DHE that must be administered over a 36 hour period via IV. Guess what? It did not work.

The most scary thing is that even though I get severe vertigo any time I move my head (even to the point of waking me up while I sleep) - NOT A SINGLE DOCTOR EVEN MENTIONED I MIGHT HAVE BPPV ( BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO) and they did not test for it at all. They were all interested in treating my month-long migraine with anti-migraine drugs. They all swore up and down that my vertigo was related to my migraine. They also said my fogginess was because I was "tired and sick" and many migraine sufferers are that way.

After my husband and I searched the internet and found dozens of websites, we are pretty much convinced that I have BPPV. We are going to get in front of a vestibular specialist ASAP.

So you know, I have been through a CT scan, two different MRIs, basic blood work on my white cell counts, thyroid levels, potassium, etc.

They have ruled out a sinus infection, brain tumor, pituitary tumor, stroke, blood clots, etc. They have simply treated me with anti-migraine medication - and it has been worthless. I have taken Topomax, Frova and DHE (the drug mentioned above) and my migraine is still there. These drugs have not helped one bit. My neurologist swore that the DHE would do the trick. Guess what? He was wrong.

I discharged myself from the hospital yesterday and am now at home.

I just want my normal life back. I cannot drive, work, take care of my family, etc.

My two biggest questions are:

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF BPPV CAN CAUSE MY MIGRAINE? The reason I ask is that the doctors all think that the migraine is causing my vertigo. All along they have been treating my migraine (with zero success) and have been giving me valium and antivert to simply mask my vertigo (no success there either.) No one has tried to really diagnose and treat my vertigo. Is it possible if I get my vertigo fixed my migraines will disappear?

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL PILLLS CAUSING BPPV? I saw woman after woman on medications.com have the same symptoms of vertigo, migraines and brain fog while taking the birth control pill Yasmin. I also know that my avalanche of symptoms eerily coincided with my first pill from a new pack. If they are related, I am most interested in what to do to get my hormones back on track in an effort to stop my vertigo.

This is all driving me crazy. A month ago I was absolutely normal. Now I am 100% disabled. I just want my life back.

Please help!

I have been taking Topamax for approx. 16 months. I began with 25 mg at bedtime and have just a week ago worked up to 100 mg at bedtime. My Dr. was good to prepare me for some of the side effects so that I wouldn't freak out and want to discontinue the medication. I was having about 3-5 migraines a week. It was scary how much Imitrex/Phenergan I was taking just to be able to get through a day only to face another headache. When my Dr. offered me Topamax for "migraine prevention" and told me of possible side effects, he also told me that if I would work through them it would be worth it. He was right! I had tingling in my hands and feet at first that only lasted a few days. I had subtle hair loss after about 2 wks. The most noticable side effect that I've had has been how it has affected my concentration and memory. For the first month or two, I had a very hard time getting out the words I was trying to think of in a conversation and I would forget to do ordinary things. This has gotten back to normal!!!! I encourage you to hold on! The side effects aren't as bad as the headaches - at least not for me! My Dr. also told me that it was VERY important to drink LOTS OF WATER! I even noticed that when I would wake up in the morning and feel the tingling in my hands and feet - if I would drink a glass of water the tingling would get better. The higher the dosage of medicine the more the water; especially in hotter weather. I think my body doesn't sweat as much as it used to unless I drink plenty of WATER!
Just hang on - if you can - and know that you can decrease your dosage and take it easy until your body completely adjusts to that dosage and stay there a while (months) then increase a little more until you get to the goal dosage. That's what my Dr. and I have done. It has worked!!!!!!!!!!

I am over 4 months pregnant, and I got diagnosed with Epilepsy on Valentines Day, and my doctor put me on Topamax 25 mg. to start off with. I was not having seizures that often, but now it is everyday.I feel comatose all the time, and the hot Flashes are so bad they will send me into a seizure. Also the nausea is horrible, and it says on the label not to take with antihistimines. Well Dramamine and Phenergan both are antihistimines. My doctor keeps assuring me that this is the drug for me. Pray for Me

I am having severe tingling (feels like when your feet fall asleep and are trying to "wake up" in my feet and in the palms of my hands. My headaches have sudsided 50% but i am still having to get demerol/phenergan shots atleast once a month. I take 100mg per day. I also have extremely itchy skin, but no rash. Has any one else had these problems.

Patty

Had a sort of "dysphoric" or "dystonic" reaction at dose of 25 mg. Felt like skin crawling, arms and legs twitching, couldn't stop moving limbs. Benadryl helped a bit, but mostly had to wait until it wore off.
I have this reaction, much more seriously, to phenergan and compazine. Could it be related?

I was put on Topomax for migraines. I've worked myself up to 125 mg in about a week and a half. (Probably a bit too fast, but the migraines were killing me.)

I went on a trip the same day I started Topomax. I was convinced the entire city made disgusting Diet Coke. Then I got home. Needless to say, it was the Topomax.

Tingling in palms of hands.

Mild, constant nausea. Nausea worse after eating oily food. "Clean" foods such as water, mildly sweet ice pops, blueberries, celery, etc., taste wonderful. I think this propensity for not wanting to eat fatty foods is making my stools just a bit harder than they should be, which causes a bit of tummy pain and gas.

Also, I got my period two weeks early. which is just unheard of for me. That might have been a side effect of going off the beta blockers. (My last preventive migraine treatment.) Just noting it in case someone else has had a similar experience.

As for the migraines, it's a bit early to tell. They were awful when I was on the 25-50 mg dose, but I guess that was to be expected.

Good luck, everyone. Btw, what do you do for the nausea? Phenergan?

More observation than side effect. I have a number of chronic, debilitating health problems including: Crohn's Disease with some additional Ulcerative Colitis type symptoms, Chronic Pancreatitis and Lumbar Radiculopathy resulting in sciatic nerve pain in both legs all the way to the toes. Needless to say, I require a number of medications each day. I am allergic to both Compazine and Phenergan, Tigan is only mildly mildly mildly effective if really at all. I was introduced to Zofran during a recent hospitalization through my IV and thought it was a miracle sent from Heaven. I got home and had the Zofran pills in the little blue bottle and sadly found them to be not much more effective than was Tigan for some strange reason. So, my primary care Doc wrote the Zofran ODT for me and "ta Dah," my miracle came back!!!!! If you don't seem to get relief from the tablets, please, call your Doc and ask about the ODT version, Orally Disolving Tablet.... pops out of a foil wrapper packet, place on your tongue, let it dissolve on the surface of the tongue and at least for me, typically within 15 to 20 minutes, I have nearly total, 6 to 8 hours of relief from my nausea. And it's not mild nausea, there are times when I wind up going 4 or 5 days with absolute zero food intake and only enough water to try to choke down my meds and when you're so sick to your stomach that even the water and meds come back up, you need relief and the Zofran ODT does the job for me and I hope by adding this note to the site, maybe someone else might get some much needed relief too. Ken

itching, swelling, small bumps around eyes. chest pains. DROWSINESS.

I was perscribed 500 mg. Levaquin after Amoxoxillin didn't end an ear infection. I only took one pill. Within a couple hours I had diarhea that stopped after two hours only to return the next morning after eating breakfast. The diarhea persisted throughout the day while I only drank clear pops and water. I had terrible cramping as well. I called my clinic and was told these are normal side effects and to take some Immodium for diarhea and Tums to calm my stomach. Then 24 hours after taking one dose of Levaquin, I began vomiting violently. After several hours of this, I began to have bloody stool and my husband called the on-call doctor. He perscribed Phenergan for nausea and vomiting and lots of liquid. I dosed on an off all night interupted by trips to the bathroom. The vomiting finally stopped the next evening and the diarhea the next morning.
I was not warned of the side effects or given alternative treatments. This was three days of living hell!!!
AJ

I was diagnosed with bronchitis on 3-10-03. Prescribed a Zpac and phenergan/codeine syrup. 3-18-03 no better. Was prescribed Levaquin 500mg along with the syrup. Had taken levaquin before, only problem recalled was a dull constant headache. This time is different, however. On the 3rd day of taking the levaquin, I developed a sore (blister?) on the tip of my tongue. Thought it might be from eating an orange a day through this for the vitamin C. The 4th day I had 2 more places come up on the inside of my bottom lip and gum. Today would have been the 5th pill. I got up this morning to find my tongue, gums, and the inside of my mouth had 10 or so more sores. I called my doctor. I told him of this and of eating an orange a day. He told me to stop the levaquin and to come in on Monday. My question is this: If I had it before and didn't experince this, is it the levaquin? I eat oranges and never experienced this either. Also, I am constipated, my guess is from the phenergan/codeine syrup.