Screening test symptoms and conditions

For all of you that has had problems with Yasmin or Yaz, I'm sincerely sorry. I'm really curious though to all of you, has anyone that read the leaflet that comes with the birth control box, have any problems? If you read that it may increase potassium which may cause serious heart and health problems so it would be good to get your potassium level checked before taking it. Side effects usually go away after 2-3months, has anyone have problems longer than that and ended up finding out what was the problem? I just wanted to know because my girlfriend is about to take it...and I wanted to know if one knew about the effects of this pill, and what precautions they had taken. Okay, thank you.

I stumbled on this site while doing research on DVT's. I am a nurse and was on YAZ continuously (skipping the inactive pills and going straight to a new pack) to control my migraines for about a year. I developed 3 DVT's in my left calf and behind my left knee. I have been having charlie horse cramps as well. I am now on lovenox injections 2 times a day and 7.5 mg. of coumadin to deal with the clots.I have also had the issues with heart palpitations, chest tightness, and feeling like i can't catch my breath. I read in one of the posts where it was described as she "had to think to catch her breath". I totally agree! I thought this drug was great, until now. I stopped it last wed 1/7/09 when they found the clots in my calf/knee. Can anyone with experience tell me how long it took them to recover from the palpitations and breathing issues. I am a very health person, non smoker, with no prior or family history of any clotting issues. Thanks for all the info on here and God Bless everyone who has suffered!

I've been on Yasmin/Ocella for 2 years, and the other week I had two panic attacks, like my body suddenly felt achey, trembly, as if I couldn't breathe, my throat and chest were constricting. After a long time, both passed, but since then I constantly have felt a tightness under my jaw, lump in my throat, and chest tightness on and off. My doctor told me I was just experiencing anxiety but now I think it may be Yasmin, even though I never had problems until now. Sometimes the skin on my throat feels itchy/tingly in a subtle way. If anyone has had these experiences with the throat & chest on Yasmin, I'd like to know because I'm hoping the problem is this.

I am male, 54 years old, do not drink alcohol in any amount or use any form of tobacco, and WAS in very good health until taking doxycycline hyclate on June 13th, 2004. I have used doxycycline hyclate four times since 1979. On June 13, I was prescribed doxycycline hyclate for two small boil-like infections on my forehead. I was not warned about avoiding taking the pill before going to bed and it burned my esophagus terribly. On the 14th I took the second dose and in addition to terrible esophageal spasms and cramps I developed a terrible headache that hurt so bad I could not move, followed a few hours later with the addition to the esophageal spasms, cramps, and violent throbbing headache a case of nausea and vomiting so bad I was regurgitating duodenal contents for hours. This lasted over 24 hours. I knew it was the medicine causing the trouble and did not take another pill. Today is June 16th and my stomach, chest, right lobe of my liver are so sore I can't take a deep breath. My urine is brown but I don't have juandice, yet. All this from two pills. I never had a reaction to this medicine before anything like this, just a little acceptable heartburn. The first time I took it I was 29 years old, I am now 54. With violent reactions like this there should be some kind of pre-screening test developed to prevent doxycycline hyclate sensitive people from going through the pure hell I did for over 24 hours. I hope I don't get exposed to anthrax because I don't want to go through this again! Oh yeah, the two little boils are starting to get better.