Severe sunburn symptoms and conditions

So relieved to find that I am not alone with my symptoms. These include severe sunburn, esp. nose & vitiligo spots. Nose got very red last time I took this and I ended up with decent case of rosacea...and my nose grew larger. Cold tingling irritating feeling in my hands, feet, arms, many places. Cold water or pool feels terrible to me. I am on vacation...had to stop taking it in order to be able to enjoy myself. Before I didn't know that the med is what caused the rosacea. Now I know... I will not be taking this med again if I can avoid it. I am wondering what the long term damage is, and why there is not a warning about these symptoms on the med info sheet I rec'd. Are any of these issues causing permanent damage?

I HAVE BEEN TAKING NORVASC FOR YEARS.I TOLD MY DOCTOR IT WAS HURTING ME AND SHE SAID I JUST DIDN'T LIKE MY MEDICINE.WELL LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME SINCE TAKING THIS POISON.I HAVE SOMETIMES SEVERE HEADACHES THAT FEELS LIKE I AM GOING TO HAVE A SEIZURE.VISION PROBLEMS,HOT FLASHES,NUMBNESS FROM NECK DOWN TO TOES,FEELINGS OF ELECTRIC SENSATIONS IN HANDS AND FEET,SWELLING OF FEET AND LEGS,REDNESS,BURNING,SEVERE PAIN IN FEET AND LEGS LIKE A SEVERE SUNBURN PAIN,CAN'T STAND TO BE BARELY TOUCHED ON MY FEET AND LEGS,I FIRST STARTED WALKING LIKE A SOLDIER MARCHING WITH LEGS GOING OUT IN FRONT OF YOU,THEN I GOT WHERE I COULD BARELY WALK,WELL NOW I HAVE COMPLETE PARALASIS FROM WAIST DOWN.I CAN'T MOVE MY FEET AND LEGS AT ALL.I HAVE SEVERE MUSCLE CRAMPS AND PAIN FROM MY HIPS TO MY TOES.THAT HURTS SO BAD IT MAKES ME SCREAM.I HAVE TO BE LIFTED WITH A PATIENT LIFT AND CARRIED TO MY RECLINER AND THEN BACK TO BED.IT GAVE ME SEVERE CONSTIPATION,NAUSEA,VOMITING,I LOST 60 LBS FROM SEVERE VOMITING.I HAVE BLEEDING GUMS AND BAD TEETH FROM IT AS WELL.I HAVE CHEST PAIN LIKE SOMETHING HEAVY SITTING ON IT,HEART FLUTTERS AND IT WILL STOP AND JIGGLE IN MY CHEST AND WHEN IT STARTS BACK BEATING IT WILL FEEL LIKE A BIG GUSH OF BLOOD AND I WILL GET SO DIZZY I NEARLY PASS OUT.IT DOES NOT CONTROL MY BLOOD PRESSURE EITHER.MY BP RUNS AROUND 178/106 .SO I WOULD ADVISE PEOPLE RUN DON'T WALK AWAY FROM TAKING THIS DEADLY DRUG.

I recently had a breast reduction performed and developed a minor, natural infection due to the type of surgery, yet needed an antibiotic to help clear it up. My surgeon prescribed bactrim, and I was fine for the majority of the taking. About 2 doses away from finishing the meds, I noticed a rash on my stomach when I got out of the shower. The next day, I was covered completely head to toe in a giant rash that felt like severe sunburn, with 102 fever to accompany it. I have never felt so bad in my entire life, and on top of everything else, I'm graduating from college in 2 weeks and had 2 finals to take within those 2 days. It felt like someone let me soak in boiling water for an hour--severe sunburn minus the sticking--and I was FREEZING. Well anyway, I'm just getting over the itching now, it's been a few days. And now that I think back, I did have a headache for 3 days straight prior to the hive outbreak (but I just thought it was my allergies). My PCP told me I was allergic to sulfa drugs--NO MORE OF THEM!! But no resentment to my surgeon (he's amazing), because we had no idea that I was allergic to it in the first place

i was prescribed this drug for kidney and bladder infection. i avoided sunlight ( warning on drug label). my skin began to look thin and dehydrated, tingling sensations. my face became swollen and cheeks exceptionally red, like severe sunburn. it's been over two weeks since i stopped taking this medication and my skin still isn't anywhere back to normal. my face actually became flaky.

i have taken Bactrim in the past with none of the above side effects. how does this drug differ from Bactrim.

-By vivian - ohio

Hi there... I have just found this site and I'm very grateful to everyone who has taken the time to sit down and tell us their story mine is very similar. BELIEAVE me I feel like I am pushing my family away and I'm losing my relationship with the one person who used to make me feel like I was the most beautiful woman in the world.
I'm a 40 yr female have or maybe had a great job that I loved... On April 12 I noticed a small red rash on my lower right leg no big deal went to the Dr. gave me some cream and sent me home well I went to work and by the afternoon things just seem to get bad my legs began to swell and little blisters started to pop up so I went to the E.R. they had no Idea what was wrong with me got me an appointment to see a skin DR. so I went home but the pain from the swelling was so bad I could not walk any longer went back to the E.R. they gave me some pain meds and called in some other DR. things had gone from bad to worse my feet had gotten to big I could not put on shoes and I had bruised completely across the bottoms of my feet they put me on 30mg of PRED. and it seem to be under control sent me home after 3 day in the hospital things were good for about a day or so I thought I would go back to work well that was not a very good idea.... My sister had to come and take me back to the ER where they did 2 biopsies and still have no idea what is wrong with me. so now they put me on 60mg of PRED the rash has gone, lots of scaring on my feet because of the blisters once they broke and dried out but I can live with that....
It's the side effects that they don’t tell you about,
MOON FACE I can't look at myself cause really that’s not me anymore,
WEIGHT GAIN I have always been thick but I can't handle the extra 30lbs I've gained,
MOOD SWINGS are unbearable,
PAINFUL JOINTS, CAMEL HUMP, BLOODY NOSE, BRUSING, SORE TEETH/GUMS, DRY EYES, FAITIGE, and worsted of all
I don’t have a support systems in my life so I'm fighting this by myself everyday, I have 3 kids that I have tried to explain all this to but they don't get it and well my boyfriend he tells me he understands that its the meds pushing him away but if I can't figure away to control this I will lose every thing including my job. I cant even get the energy together half the time to make it up and down the stairs which also comes with the pain of just trying to lift each leg up to climb the stairs, I also have the camel hump which I find very painful, The acne and the hair growth that I have to get wax off once a month cause I feel like a man I feel like a loser and as of the last couple of days I just want to give up I am now down to 20mg per day but I find that I am feeling so sick I cant think straight I hope and pray for each and every person out there that has to take this MED that you get better and I do hope that my symptoms wont come back. Thanks for being here and I’m glad I found this site. I know now that I’m not losing my mind completely. Elizabeth.

I am a 47 year old female. I had superficial blood clots in my left leg in Dec 05 and Nov 06. Developed a DVT in left leg and a superficial clot in right leg in June 07. Now taking 9 mg of warfarin (coumadin) a day. Suffering from extreme fatigue, heavy periods and I just discovered the hard way that warfarin makes you sensitive to the sun (got a severe sunburn on my face, forearms, hands and the top of my head, all places that I do not normally burn). Called the pharmacist and she said sun sensitivity is not a side effect. Went to several websites before I finally it upon one that did say that sun sensitivity is a side effect. My doctor did not tell me this and it is not a warning on the prescription label. Please be careful in the sun. Also, if you are a cranberry lover, I found several websites that said no cranberries in any form, juice, dried, herbal supplements, etc.

My dermatologist prescribed Sulfameth for a bacterial infection with manifested as a bad rash on my leg. After three days, the rash cleared. Since my doctor wanted me on a 21 Sulfameth cycle I still had to take it. After one week, I started to feel a little blue, like I was in a fog. I didn't immediately think it was the medicine. Then two days after I started feeling a down, I got really bad hives on my chest and arms. These hives wer of the pins and needles kind, not too itchy, but very distressing. I started having severe chills and my irratibility went through the roof. My neck and back were in pain. The day after that I called my dermatologist and he told me to stop taking the Sulfameth immediately. By then, the hives spread all over my body, and my eyes are completely bloodshot. I look like I have swelling and severe sunburn. At least I'm not as irritable and the chills are gone. When I had the chills it felt the same as going through nicotine withdrawal. Just ... AWFUL. Hopefully the rash will clear soon, so far it's only gotten worse.

I was prescribed Levaquin on 4 Sept 06 for what my doctor diagnosed as a prostate infection. I took the first 500 mg pill on Monday, Labor Day and by Tuesday the symptoms were subsiding. I THOUGHT I HAD FOUND A WONDER DRUG! The doctor gave me a month supply, that's right, 30 pills and 1 refill. I took the pill for 6 days and by Saturday afternoon, I thought I was going to die. I started shaking uncontrolably, I was sweating, and my heart was beating out of my chest. I laid down for about 20 minutes and my wife got scared and called 911. I was transported to the ER and the doctor there said I was "in the sun too long" and I was diagnosed with a severe sunburn. I asked the doctor in the ER if I was having an alergic reaction to the Levaquin, she stated "no" it was just a sever sunburn. I took another 500mg Levaquin on Sunday and by Monday I was having severe muscle pain and again, felt so weak I thought I was dying! I called the doctor who prescribed the Levaquin and told him I was having a severe reaction, he stated he really felt that I should finish the medication! I stopped taking Levaquin on Monday, 11 Sept 06 and I am STILL feeling the side effects of taking only 8 pills!! This drug needs to be taken off the market NOW!

Well I have been taking Adderall now for 4 months. The first 2 weeks I was hyperfocused to the point that I could barely pull myself away from the office to go home. I was irritable and once went so long without eating or drinking anything that I got seriously light headed and thought I was going down. I still get the dry mouth, I have lost 25 lbs. over the last 4 months and am now extremely prone to severe sunburn. Or so I was until I developed the tan that I have now, and I think the Adderall is hiding the fact that I am seriously in need of sleep. I have never been much of a sleeper, I usually go to sleep around midnight or later, sometimes as late as 2AM and my alarm goes off at 5:15. However it catches up with me about every 4 months and I am exhausted by the time dinner is over and I have to go to sleep right away. After that 10 to 12 hours of sleep I am good again with the little sleep for months. However today and last night I found myself getting extremely angry for no reason. My wife and I just had our second child 4 weeks ago so my sleep has been even less than usual. One night I went to sleep at 1:30AM, got up at 3:30 to feed the baby, went back to sleep at 4:15 and got up at 5:15 to go to work. I think I am ready for one of those body shut downs but the Adderall is keeping me from realizing it. I sat at my desk this morning with my fist clenched, gnashing my teeth with tears streaming down my face and nothing had happened to cause it at all. I am not sure about the Adderall yet. So far I have really liked the increased focus at work and I am now going back to College which I have effectively put off now for 5 years. So it seems to really have helped my focus and motivation. I am EXTREMELY ADHD by the way. Whenever I used to have trouble falling asleep I would pound a Mountain Dew and sleep like a baby. Caffeine has always had a calming effect on me, so I assume the Adderall works in a similar manner. I am going to try and force myself to sleep early tonight and see if the unexplained anger subsides. I will post with my results.

Severe sunburn reaction even using sunblock (45) on face and
hands. Sat outside at Bills Football Game for about 4-5hrs.
While outside face was very sensitive and itchy to the touch or wind.

Also skin on right arm very sensitve to ouch, even though it ws not exposed to sun.

Severe sunburn while taking benadryl......anyone else have this reaction? If so how is your skin effected now... Mine was called a phototoxic reaction and I have residual effects .

i've experienced a rash (like my body has a severe sunburn), burning sensation in my stomach and vomitting