Red face symptoms and conditions

I have been on lisinopril for approximately 4 years. I feel like today is the first day of my life back. I went to a different doctor and told him my symptoms. He told me to stop taking lisinopril and gave me a prescription for something else. For the last 3 years or so, I thought I was spiraling downward. I have had shortness of breath, hoarseness, coughing, mucus in throat until I gag, red face, itchy skin, loss of hair and cramping. I was afraid to tell the doctor all this, so I lived with it until one day I went to an allergist. He found me allergic to a lot of food and things. I have been getting shots and all and still did not feel better. I am praying that all these symptoms were from the lisinopril. I will find out within a couple of weeks if I feel better. After reading all these stories, I probably don't even need allergy shots. All the symptoms I read about, I have. I want my life back and I cannot believe that there is a medicine out there like this.

Red face, mouth and tongue ulcers, achy joints, headache, decreased appetite and lethargic. Worse than the illness itself.

I had a bulging disk and a pinched nerve and was put on PREDNISONE - 60mg for 5 days, then 40 mg for 5 days and then 20 for 5 days. I had a round face to begin with, which I always hated, but now, my face just looks like a balloon that someone painted a face onto. I have a huge face, a double chin, huge stomach, I look 5 months pregnant and I absolutely HATE myself on this drug. I've been off now for a week and nothing has subsided except the sweats -- very embarrassing! I work and in the middle of a meeting, I sweat so badly that it rolls off my giant red face in rivulets. I'm just miserable. Does anyone know how long it takes to get rid of the side effects of this demon-drug?? I want to stay in the house and hide.

I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis in Aug of 2005 and in remission for 9 months. I came out of remission in May of 2006 and have been on prednisone since then until right now. I would go on high dose of steriods, try a new medication, and try to ween off and get sick right as I went off the steriods, so I'd have to do this rollercoaster all over again. For a year now, I have been on steady, high doses between 60-100mg daily with no break. I tried to go below 20 and got really sick again and have run out of medication to try, so I had my colon removed. Right now, we are trying to ween me off the prednisone (since i dont need it for my disease anymore) but have to go over 3-4 months and very slowly since I've been on it so long to prevent the body from doing all the fun things it does when you stop prednisone cold turkey, like a coma and stuff. I'm SICK of the side effects this drug has had on me! I have had countless sleepless nights, heartburn, night sweats, weight gain (i went from 140 lbs to 215 lbs right now), the moon face to where i can't even recognize myself, red face, weird skin, sensitive teeth, thinning hair, hungry ALL the time, stretch marks, all the weight is in my stomach, the buffalo hump, high blood pressure and high eye pressures etc. These are all the side-effects that have been horrible on this miserable drug. I'm sure there are a lot more I am forgetting, but these are the ones that come to mind. Hopefully they will go away once I am able to finally get off this drug!

Astonishing! My 8-year-old daughter, whose age your 6-and 9-year- old perfectly bracket, began mentioning "depression" yesterday; a word we didn't know she KNEW.

It became a real concern at dinner tonight, when we had 2 favorites, French bread and broccoli, (and spaghetti, which she also likes). She wanted none of it, and said she was depressed and it was causing her not to be able to eat, though she said she had "eaten anyway" yesterday even though not wanting to. We have never discussed depression or its effects with her! She DID learn to speak long before her peers, so after stressing enormously during the meal, during which we asked her if there were "mean girls" (only one, especially mean, anyway; only a few mean, etc.) we were pretty upset, and she had red face & tears, all very unusual.

We DID wonder if this weekend's weekend's 1 a.m. trip to emergency room for strep throat and amoxicillin injection (she asks for injections, these last 3 years, being quite a food connoisseur, she can taste oral meds mixed with ANY tricky bait) but always got Rocephin; even one in each leg, last time, as her weight called for double injections, as it is apparently an unusually irritating injectable....So we questioned her closely about whether her throat or any part of her still hurt, or if she felt sick. Negative. (as I write this, she informs us she was depressed from Thursday; she received injection at 1:45 a.a.m. in the wee hours of Thursday morning)

Back to narratie: we had been gratified for ONE simple injection this time, and "--cillin" part of drug name, plus familiar milky oil suspension appearance of intra-muscular drug reminded us of OUR days of painful but unusually effective "plain vanilla" penicillin shots, which we reassured her about (yeah, we've paid our dues too, daughter) after the typically achy injection.

By dinner tonight, our daughter seemed so upset, and yet so unusually grown up in saying she was "depressed" and that she had prayed that it end, to no aviail, I got up from dinner and Googled "amoxicillin, depression" and VOILA, "two daughters" response and next response so amazingly similar, I printed them and took them to dinner table, to have her read aloud to us complimenting her on how grown up she was to describe herself as depressed. (Also, she received 5 minutes of reading towards going to Fiesta Texas on a reading program! but, how many kids will have "Amoxicillin and depression--5 minutes" on their reading logs, I wonder...Her pre-med sister called while she was reading, another treat! God is good.

Thanks for taking time to post this! I am only now learning that there is no need to argue or feel alone, confused for long about much of anything anymore, or rely on just one friend or medical practitioner--Until they censor the 'net, just GOOGLE IT. Bless you. -- And, any men, google "bladeless vasectomy" or "******" and read my 8-year long compendium of vasectomy side effects doctors don't know or don't talk about.

Ednorandrewrowe, and wife, and much-cheered-up daughter!

Wish I had found this info last night.
Ive been on the medication for 8 days. All was well until yesterday afternoon when my face got beet red. I didn't think much of it since my face does flush at times.
Last night, it seemed to be traveling down my neck and shoulders.
When I woke this morning, red face was still there but now I had broken out is rashes all over my body. As of right now they are still there and starting to itch.
I was on this medication for ear infection and also for UTI.
Never would have thought with 1 pill left Id break out in a reaction like this.
Hope it goes away soon.
Benadryl isn't helping me much

I'll be sure to add this to my list of medications not to take.

Both my children, girls ages 6 and 9 are currently taking 800 mg. a day of Amoxicillin for double sinus infections. My girls are normally upbeat, happy kids and I have noticed that over the last several days they seem gloomy, quiet, fatigued and frankly rather depressed. As this is unusual for them, I can't help but think it is the medication. I can't wait until they finish the dose.

I first started Lisinopril hctz about 3 years ago. Within the first day I had hives, a rash, itchy skin and RED RED face. Dr says it will go away. So I keep taking it. Fast forward a month and I start coughing, coughing at night so bad my husband can't sleep. It's so bad I feel like I'm choking and cough so much I am almost throwing up from the dryness and my throat being so constricted. During that time, I also start having some big whopping sinus pain and pressure. Felt like there was a tennis ball in my sinuses. Big time pain, headache. Dr says nothing wrong, just some allergies. I start taking Benadryl at night to sleep, to help with the itching, wheezing, coughing. It seems to help a bit. So I deal with all this. ALong with the coughing at times I am having trouble getting in air. Almost like I have to force it in. Not sure if it's my throat, sinuses or my chest. Next comes, some bass drum booming of my heart. I think it's so loud in my chest and my ears that others can hear it. This still happens on occasion. At times my legs feel like tree trunks or cement and I just don't have the energy to do anything. My hair started falling out in GOBS. I go to derm doctor, they say it's stress. It'll go away. Next I have kidney pain.... this goes on for a few months... come to find out I have a stone. But I never had any kidney problems before. Doctor's say it could be from the hctz and my kidneys having to work harder, but they were speculating. GP says keep taking Lisinopril hctz the benefits outweigh the side effects. I asked him if he has ever had a kidney stone he says no. I keep taking it. Leg cramps come next, bad cramps. I go to dr and he says it's my potassium, the hctz has depleted the potassium in my body and need to start on some big styrofoam potassium pills. All this goes on for almost two years. Fast forward to now. I'm still beat red in the face (and cannot handle the sun), coughing, sinuses full, itchy and bass drum beating (on occasion), heart flutters (on occasion).... four days ago I almost fainted because I was so dizzy within two hours of taking my pills in the morning. I am by no means able to sit on my butt and do nothing because of all these side effects. I have a farm to run, horses to feed and ride, hay to bale and put up, and I'm ready to get my body safe enough to start trying to get pregnant. I start doing research and find Lisinopril to be UNSAFE for a fetus. I start to think, well if it is unsafe for a fetus why is it safe for me? So then I googled side effects of Lisinopril and it brought me here. Thank God, I have a GP appointment tomorrow. I'm taking control back of my own body. I've had enough....

Have had the flu for 6 days, taking 500 mg 3 times a day for accompanying bacterial infection on the chest. I had 40º temperature for the first four days felt awful due to that but now on reflection I believe the amoxicillin is causing mood problems; feeling furious about insignificant things, crying triggered by sad news stories (I am a man) waves of hopelessness and depression, today I sat in the kitchen and wept feeling pessimistic and overwhelmed by life.

The first 2 days that I felt ill I had no negative mood, just fever and headache, before I started taking the antibiotic. Also I think the first dose caused me to vomit.

I am 67 yo male. have had angioplasties, 2 way by pass , right carotid cleaned out, aterial fibrulation , pacemaker ,have had tinnitus most of my adult life and take many meds. My cardiologist put me on lisinopril again (don't remember why it was discontinued before). Thanks to this site I am understanding the unusual things going on with my body. Sweats, blood red face, terrible ringing in ears, sweaty stinky feet/ jock rash, cough, stuffed up sinus, runny nose, and the heavy chest, shortness of breath and chest pain. After taking this med for 2 weeks had scheduled pace maker check up and mentioned symptoms. Tech ignored my concerns. Will call my pcp tomorrow and get the low down.

Following a deadly allergic reaction to Celebrex, I was given an injection of prednizone, and prescribed 60 mgs. of Prednizone per day for a week. By the third day, my anxiety and what they call "steroid psychosis" was so bad I thought I was going mad. I suffered horrible insomnia, crying attacks, paranoia, fear...you name it. On the fourth day, my knee swelled up horribly and walking was nearly impossible. I stopped taking Prednizone cold turkey on the fourth day (which you are NOT supposed to do, but my doctor didn't tell me that). It has been over 6 weeks since the episode and I am still suffering knee and joint pain, gained 26 pounds and have a red face and horrible acne. My knee has a horrific bulge still. I had an MRI on the knee, and they say that I have fluid buildup on the joint. I have no idea how long it will take to get this drug out of my system, but I would caution anyone to seriously reconsider taking it unless it is life threatening. I believe my allergic reaction could have been treated with just benadryl alone.

irregular period; flushed red face (first few days after injection); acne; bladder infection; indigestion (gas, burping)

I received an injection of 80 mcg of Kenalog in my hip joint to treat pain due to hip impingement. As is the case for most of the other women on this site, I received NO warning from my orthopedist of any these side effects. She said there were virtually no side effects for a single dose, only for repeated use. The only specific reaction she mentioned was the potential for infection at the injection site, which didn't occur. She gave me no information about which medication or dosage I'd received, let alone a handout with side effects.

A week after my injection, I got my period -- 2.5 weeks early. I was unable to speak with my orthopedist's office for the next 1.5 weeks because they were closed for the Christmas - New Year's holiday. I did manage to reach my gynecologist, whose office was also closed for the holidays, but she said she didn't think my early period was due to the steroid. Since I still didn't know which steroid I'd received, I couldn't do any internet research. I was worried because I have a uterine fibroid, which could potentially be causing the irregular bleeding. Also, I know there are other scary causes for irregular bleeding.

The period lasted 8 days, which is longer than usual for me. Almost immediately after it stopped, I started feeling PMS symptoms, like I could get my period again any day.

I ended up cutting my vacation short so I could see my gynecologist. When I finally got in touch with my orthopedist's office, they told me that I'd received Kenalog, which can cause menstrual irregularities. WHY DIDN'T THEY TELL ME THAT TO BEGIN WITH??? It would have saved me 2 weeks of needless worry.

Now that I've informed my gynecologist, she says it may take a few months for my menstrual cycle to get regular.

Wierd. I have taken Bactrim before and had no incicent - that I can recall. Well, today I was diagnosed with Bladder infection - took 1st dose of bactrim and about twenty minutes later (as i'm walking into a restaurant), everything starts going haywire. First wicked itching, flushing of the skin - then eyes turn BLOOD red, face swells, tongue starts feeling fat and hurts - heart is pounding. I freak out - and throw some money on the table for a glass of tea - that I didn't drink - Husband rushes me back to clinic - as we both think I am having aniphilactic reaction. Terrified. Never experienced anything like it - my face swole up on the way - horrible. Wanted to scratch my skin off. Palms of hands, feet everything feels like its "asleep" and has needle like sensations. They ask if my airway is tightening (!) not yet? They give me a "steroid" shot (generic term I guess), and a Zyrtec. I start calming down on the way home - itching subsides and then chest pains begin - now I think i'm having a heart attack. I don't know if the trembling is from Bactrim or terror. I crawl into bed and start bawling - cuz I feel like I almost died. It scared the shit out of me. Husband paces and wrings hands. Now, hours later - I have sweats, fatigue (dramatic day), and heartrate is still elevated. Left tonsil hurts when I swallow. Yikes.

I was given Bactrim after a laser procedure to my face. For the first seven days, my only symptom was a very red face which I unknowingly attributed to the laser procedure. On the eighth day, my face was very much improved in colour which I later realised was because I had accidently missed two doses of Bactrim. When I recommenced with the Bactrim the next morning, within a few hours my face was intensely itchy and red and I broke out in a rash all over my torso. At this point I became concerned and did some internet research, only to realise my symptoms were all Bactrim related. Apparently sulfite allergies are relatively common amongst the population, and I now know why I get a flushed face when I drink beer or wine.

My sister inlaw was taking prednisone - 100 mg per day, she had severe swelling, red face - she was hospitalized when her
doctor reduced her dose, kidneys were not working. she had
her dose increased and was under an outpatient program with
other drugs to be weaned off pred. She is now dead, her husband woke upbeside her and she was gone. Note she had
a history of high blood pressure.

Please bear with me as this is a bit of a long story. I was put on lisinopril 5 years ago for hbp (not bad - 140/85). 5mg of the drug quickly controlled it. But at a check-up a year later my doctor heard irregular heartbeats and added a beta-blocker to control heart rate. For the next few years I had terrible depression, throwing my whole life into a mess. Eventually I couldn't even work. I also had terrible joint pain all over my body, the cough, poor sleep, nightmares, red face, and skin so dry I was embarrassed to meet people. The depression clouded my thinking to the point where I just thought I was aging really rapidly and really badly. I never thought of the meds. Stupid, I know. Finally someone told me that beta-blockers can cause depression. That was all. I went to a new doctor and asked to go off the beta blocker. Miraculously, despite horrible withdrawl symptoms, mainly rapid heart rate (I too, went to the ER a couple of times), I immediately felt like a new person. Most of my side effects were gone but my heartrate has never been normal or regular. I have been off the beta blocker for 6 months and my bp is ok. Recently I went to a cardiologist because of the irregular heart beats and rapid heart rate. He renewed my prescription for lisinopril and scheduled me for a bunch of tests but now I'm wondering if the whole disaster has been from taking lisinopril all this time. Neither of my doctors have ever even thought of it but I've been doing some research, including finding this site. I know you don't just stop taking bp meds. Any input out there on getting my doctor to consider this as a possibility and also any other family of drug that would control bp without all these side effects?

> 1. Flushed red face
> 2. Swollen, puffy cheeks/face
> 3. Puffy flushed hands/arms/chest
> 4. Swollen fingers and hands
> 5. Jittery
> 6. Nervous
> 7. Hungry all the time (way more than normal)
> 8. Sad/general feeling of depression
> 9. Don't like people much these days (feel like "snapping" at people)
> 10. Feeling "alien" - like nothing feels like "me" anymore
> 11. Climbing the walls/ anxiety
> 12. Hard to concentrate
> 13. Nasal passages constantly dripping
> 14. Varicose vein sore to touch the skin (this is apparently because the veins and arteries swell and are closer to the surface)
> 15. Back of right knee sore to touch the skin (apparently related to the vericose vein)
> 16. Sweating at night (waking up wet and having to change clothes multiple
> times)
> 17. Sweating and cold spells at odd times during the day and night
> 18. Heart racing (over 100 beats per minute at rest day and night)
> 19. Back of neck/head sore to the touch
> 20. General feeling of being uncomfortable all the time
> 21. Some insomnia - yet falling into coma-like sleep in evenings

Number 13 was the only one my doctor couldn't attribute directly to Prednisone.

Today I can add another to my list of side effects. My feet and ankles have swollen up huge.

A girl in the store yesterday said I looked very tired and unwell. People at work notice lots of the symptoms.

All this because of an acute asthma attack caused by other people smoking.

I've reduce the dosage by 5mg today and yesterday down from 50mg to 45mg and today I'm having a harder time breathing. Where does this all end?

It's all very depressing indeed.

Had Kenalog injection and have headaches,red face like flash burns,Was not told by Dr. what i was having or what the side effects were.makes me mad to thing they can get away with this.I will never have another one.He gave me 6 injections at one time.

very red face.

pain when swallowing.

fatigue.

nails crumbling.

delayed (week or so) reaction with these except for red face which was right away but lasted only couple of days.

red face, rash