Physican symptoms and conditions

I cannot believe that all these symptoms come from the Mirena. Does any one know how this can come about? My doctor insists none of my has noting to do with the Mirena!! and my physician doctor don't state anything about it being negative!!! Since the day after I had it put it i had hip swelling and it finally went away, but then would come back. I have my Mirena put in a year ago and still had periods, and it seems like I had some symptoms and then when I had my period they would go away for awhile. The last 2 months I have not had a period and it seem like my body is all out of whack!!!! This swelling or fluid is on my hip, and goes to my groin area and with awful back pain. This is the longest I have had this. I have had an aura migraine last month, I've noticed that i get headaches, my eyes are sensitive to light, my eyes get blurry easy, i'm tired,depressed, anxious , weak. and I feel like I have vertigo all the time!!! it's really getting worse also. My conclusion is that this is an foreign object in our bodies and we are suppose to have menstrual periods and this is stopping that therefore the body is reacting to these side effects because we have stopped something that is suppose to be a natural thing. Our menstrual!!! Let me know what you think? I have been going crazy only feeling good maybe 7 hours out of a 7 day full week!!!!
I have been to the doctor about my problems and they just keep treating me for a pinch nerve and fluid in my ears!!!

Well I wrote yesterday and told my story about the Mirena I called my doctors office this morning and made an apt to have it taken out they asked me what kind of insurance I have and I told them medicaid they told me since I had that she would have to ask the doctor that put it in because if you have medicaid they like for you to keep it in for a few years to get your money worth. I asked even with me with me having all these symptoms she said yea when I told her I have been bleeding for a week and a half now she said your probably just having a miscarriage (like it was nothing) I was so pissed off. So she called me back after she talked to my doctor and told me she wanted to see me for a physical in the morn I asked if she can take it out tomorrow and she said it depends so we will see.. im going to tell her if she don't want to take it out I will (don't really want to do that) I'll post again tomorrow after my apt.

Increase in POCS and obesity due to young-age use of progesterones?2 March 2006

Ellen C G Grant,
physician and medical gynaecologist
Kingston-upon-Thames, KT2 7JU, UK
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Re: Increase in POCS and obesity due to young-age use of progesterones?
Professor Balen and colleagues write that PCOS is increasing because more women are becoming obese.1 Progesterone use can cause rapid weight gain and many adolescent girls therefore refuse to continue taking the Pill.
In an attempt to cut the numbers of unplanned teenage pregnancies more longer-acting forms of progesterone are being used. Unfortunately depo medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) caused significantly greater weight gain with longer use in adolescent girls than the Pill. After 18 months obese girls gained 9 kg while non-obese girls gained 4 kg. The authors considered that the potential contribution of DMPA to severe obesity in adolescents is concerning.2 DMPA is reported to have no inherent oestrogenic or androgenic effects, which suggests that weight gain induced by DMPA is a progestogenic effect.
Use of progestogens can also increase the risk of PCOS. In the Walnut Creek Contraceptive Drug Study significantly more oral contraceptive users aged 18-39 had non-functioning ovarian cysts than never users (50/7506 with 4/2556).3 Fewer functioning cysts would be expected in users of progestogens designed to stop ovaries functioning. Use of fertility drugs can also cause ovarian cysts.
Progestogen use also increases the risk of diabetes. In a study of 210 women taking 150 µg levonorgestrel and 30 µg ethinyl oestradiol, 60% had stopped by 15 months and only 8% were current users at 3 years. Glucose tolerance tests deteriorated into the diabetic rangein 6 women but improved when oral contraceptives were stopped for side-effects including weight gain.4
It is reasonable that obese women with PCOS are not given fertility drugs risking more ovarian cyst development and further weight gain. Advice about weight reducing high protein/low allergy diets and life-style changes is preferable.
1 Balen AH, Dresner M, Scott EM, Drife JO. Should obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome receive treatment for infertility? BMJ 2006; 332: 434-435.
2 Bonny AE, Ziegler J, Harvey R, et al. Weight gain in obese and nonobese adolescent girls initiating depot medroxyprogesterone, oral contraceptive pills, or no hormonal contraceptive method. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006; 160: 40-5.
3 Ramcharan S. Pellegrin RR, Hsu J-P, et al. Walnut Creek Contraceptive Drug Study 1981; Center for Population Research Monograph; Vol 111: P 162.
4 Wynn V. Effects of duration of low-dose oral contraceptive administration on carbohydrate metabolism. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1982: 142: 739-43.
Competing interests: None declared

Thanks, Mo! ;)

I am in the family with the 86 year old man that committed suicide because of this drug. He was my father and I will never be able to see him again. This drug caused such severe side effects for him that he did not know what he was doing and killed himself leaving his wife of 59 years, 7 children and a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He had everything to live for and had no effects of depression or other problems until he started taking the medicine. The drug made him sicker instead of better. My family has asked that we received a drug screening from the Medical Examiner to determine the combination of drugs that were in my dad's system at his death. He was also prescribed prednisone, which we have since found out should that the drugs should not have been given together. I would like to take this doctor to task for his incompetence in prescribing an elderly man medication that could cause this result. I am very angry at the physician and will pursue legal actions when we receive the Medical Examiners information. No family should have to suffer the loss that we have had and no experience the void that we have in our lives. My father was a healthy, 86 year old man with a family history of living past the age of 100. We figured he had another 20 years to go. I know that my taking legal action will not bring back my father but I would like to somehow make this drug side effects public knowledge so this DOES NOT happen to another family. This weekend is Father's Day and my only way to talk to my father is standing my his graveside. I should not be doing that. I should be celebrating another Father's Day with him at his home. This drug and his doctor caused his death. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG....consult your doctor if he even mentions it in a course of treatment. I would like to be able to present evidence to the Food and Drug Administration of the terrible effects of this drug and the combination of drugs that are given with it. My daughter even said she would like to be the one presenting our family story to Congress during hearing concerning removing this drug from the market. That is my goal....this drug should be removed. I have contacted the Food and Drug Administration and suggest that everyone else do the same. If they get enough complaints, they will have to open a dialog on the drug and some of the families will have the opportunity to speak about the effects of the drug on their lives. I will always miss my father and love him dearly. I know that he was not in his right state of mind when he committed suicide and that the drug caused his actions. My mother found him that day in April when she came home from the store. She will never be the same nor will our family. Again, DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!!!!

I have been taking Loestring24Fe for the past two months and I am really considering stopping. I have experienced breakthrough bleeding, mood swings, emotional roller coaster, post nasal drip, sleepless nights and loss of appetite. I was placed on the pills to help with my heavy periods. I think I would rather have heavy periods then deal with all these side effects. I was trying to figure out what could I do for post nasal drip without having to go to the physician. I only have one pack of pills left. The question is should I continue for one more month or stop?

Signed notlikingthepill

After reading the other posts, I was flabbergasted at the side effects posted. My sons 8 and 10 have been on this medication for two plus years after seeing a specialist for asthma and allergies. During that time, my younger son was sent to "family therapy" for behavioral problems at school. Bedwetting and nightmares began for both boys, as well as stomach aches and a huge weight increase. They are both active and in sports. Upon reading this information on your post, I was floored when I read another child said "My brain makes me do it". My youngest son says that all the time in response to bad behavior and I never understood why he would say such a thing. After talking to him and explaining that I was taking him off the meds immediately, my older son overheard the conversation and said he wanted to go off them as well right away. He explained he's been sad since taking them and didn't know why as there is nothing to be sad about. We are a close knit family who spends all their time together. Singulair has helped my oldest son's asthma, but I'm so upset at the other side effects and not having this information from the FDA. I've spend thousands of dollars in family therapy only to find out it's the drug my physican prescribes that causes the problem. Do not take Singulair!

I only took Levoxyl for 5 days then stopped. The first couple of days were just headaches and extreme nausea. At night I would have sweats and during the day chills. I was going to live with these side effects but then on the fourth day I started being nervous, my face was flushing and one of the veins in my leg swelled. Then on the fifth day - along with everything else I began feeling a little weakness in my muscles - but the kicker was my toes and fingers were so sore and hurt so bad I couldn't stand it. My fingers felt as if I had been typing non stop all day - first thing in the morning and all day long. I called my physician who said that Levoxyl couldn't give any of those symptoms and I was imagining it all. I WAS NOT imagining any of it! I didn't wake up and say,"oh, i want my fingers and toes to hurt all day long for no reason". He didn't like me questioning him, but I wasn't questioning him, I was questioning Levoxyl. I asked him if there were any withdrawal symptoms and he said no. So I stopped taking it. Of course, I am not symptom free yet, as I figure it will take a couple days to get out of my system. My thyroid is slow and I know I am going to need to take something - I just wonder what suggestions other people with Levoxyl have done. And if anyone who has gone off it, actually had worse problems in the withdrawal phase. I know five days isn't that much, but I think my body is very medicine sensitive and responds very well. Thanks so much for anyones comments or advice!
Tammy in Florida

I was a healthy 59 year old woman until my doctor prescribed Levaquin for a minor eye pain. I was taking 500 mg. a day for 6 days and on the seventh day I broke out with thousands of hives all over my entire body.I also had severe chest pains and a terrible pain in my back and jaw. I thought I was having a heart attack. The doctor examined me and took an EKG. I had a normal EKG it was not a heart atatck. My physican precribed benadryl and sent me home. A few days later I started with a terrible burning in my esophagus and stomach , and the terrible hives continued. I went back to my doctor and he precribed Zyrtec. The Zyrtec helps the hives to "sleep". I find that 22hours into the 24 hour pill I start to see all of the hives popping out and itching. The doctor gave me a fat free .diet and sent me on my way. Two days later back to see my physican. I told him I was still in severe pain. My stomach and esophagus were on fire and that I was having terrible pain in my diaphram when bending over. I insisted that he refer me to a gastointerstional doctor as an emergency or I was going to the Emergency Room now. He sent me to a Gastro Doctor and upon examining me he said I had GERD. He also precribed a Fat Free Diet, and gave me a pill called Zegrid. This did not help at all. I than made an appointment for an Endoscopy. The findings are acute inflamation in the stomach and inflamation in the esophagus. I also have a hiatal hernia. The doctor told me to double up on the Zegrid.. The Biopsy will be back in two weeks. My pain continued so I called the gastro docor and he gave me Carafate. I continue to have the burning, the hives, pain in my diaphram and back, and now a feeling that I have something stuck in my throat. I never had any of these issues prior to taking Levaquin. I am going back to the doctor today as I have added naseua to the list of my complaints. I eat very lightly and drink very little as when I drink I sometimes get terrible pain in my diaphram. I have been to my primary physican 8 times, gastro 2 times, I have had about $500. in prescriptions, EKG's , Sonograms, Endoscopys, and Biopsys. I am starting to wonder if the medical profession set me up. Levaquin is poison to some people. Why did my doctor give me this medication for an eye ache.? It may be too late for me to debate the use of this medication that I took blindly,but maybe someone out there will read my story and think before they blindly take a medication that may change there life forever. Does any one out there have any of the same issues from Levaquin? Thanks for reading my story. Cheri

I was amazed to see entries that included examples of how Singulair had caused hyperactivity in children. This happened to my 2nd grader last year and after 2 days we took him off of the medication and have not used it again. I spoke with my child's physican about it and he told me Singulair could not have caused this reaction. I really doubted myself, but now I feel so relieved that we immediately took him off. Thanks!

I had to stop using the product as I got severe headaches when using the product. Physican said they might have been attributed to the propellant in advair or the administration of both asthma meds simultaneously.
Changed me to Flovent and Albuterol administered in seperate inhalers.

Hi,
I never had asthma before, but was prescribed Advair because of a single wheezing incident at night. (My allergies have always been horrible this time of year) Six weeks later, I was tired, my face was breaking out and my entire body was swollen. I felt like a sausage. I had this dry hacking cough and that mucus-y feeling at the back of my throat that I could never clear. I started to get very lethargic and depressed. Normally I'm at the gym at 5 am, but I couldn't get out of bed to do much of anything, other than go to work and come home. The pharmacist said it's not the Advair. I went to an internist. She said it wasn't the Advair. Then I found this site and stopped taking it. Four days later all my swelling is gone, no more coughing, I have energy, and I'm not depressed. When the internist got indignant and told me she had been a physican for X number of years, I told her I have been in my body for 36 years, and that's longer than she's been a physician. I can't believe that some in the medical profession haven't heard of all the side effects people aren't experiencing.

I'm glad it's over.

I am guest #2020 who suggested that when your physican suggests Zocor that you RUN , DON'T WALK. I have been off Zocor since December '02 and have had no relief whatsoever from the intense pain in my shoulders coupled with weakness in my legs and arms. Please be aware of the May '03 issue of National Geographic (rear) there was a very carefully worded "DISCLAIMER" for Zocor which covered every possible malady except an "ingrown toenail". Why would such a successful and beneficial drug be given such attention except for the benefit of "We told you so" in case of litigation. Inconspicuously, it suggests that you call Merck to see if you qualify in the "patient assistance program" (1-888-merck-68). May I suggest that we test the sincerity of Merck by calling to inquire if there is any explanation for our Zocor induced misery. Finally, if there is no logical response to our misery, would any of you care to join me in publishing our Zorcor related problems/benefits in a prominent national publication? Also I would be most anxious to be apprised if the famous "BE THERE" coach is still a "BE THERE".

Can this drug destroy the liver or colon. I was on snythroid for 10 years now my doctor put me on Levoxyl. I have been taking this medication for a year now. Now I have blood in my stools, or can this be another problem, or did it destroy my liver. I also have had cramps in my stomach for a week now, for every day. Should I seek a physican.

I started taking Ultracet two day ago and have experienced acute nervouness, nausea with loss of appetite and flushes. The sympthoms gets worse approximately two hours before the next dosage. I do not know what is worse the side effects or the acute pain in my legs. The itching has kept me awake and reminds me of how I feel if I take codiene, which I am allergic to. I will contact the prescripting Physican and inform him of these side effect and request something else more conducive.