Sinus infection symptoms and conditions

52 yr old healthy active female - Oct. I went to dr for sinus infection. He suggested allergies as cause for sinus problems and said a allergy shot would help. I asked side effects - he said none.
A few days later the heaadaches started, fatigue, also hot flashes so bad I could not sleep. I also have a sore or tightning in my throat. After a month I went to the dr and he said it was menopalse and started me on estrogen. This did help some. I did notice when working out my laft arm was not as strong and ached alot.
About a week ago I my arm was tender more than usual and I found the indention. After a few days I remembered the "allergy shot".
FInally I started searching online and found more information.
Today I went to the dr. I asked the nurse what the injection was that I recieved in Oct. - yes kenalog. The dr came in I told him my symptons and that I thought it was due to the Kenalog - he said he had never heard if that happening. Basically I was wrong.
I mentioned the internet - you can''t bbelieve everything on the internet. I really don't think he believed me. but he did offer me something for my headaches with a seditive so I can sleep? Later he offered to send me to a dermtotolgist.
I delined the seditive and decided to try getting advise for this posting. Also will go to FDA and report the adverse effects.
Can anyone let me know what to expect now - shsould I go to dertomolgist?

I started levquin last night at 8pm for a sinus & ear infection & stayed up all night with a Fever over 100. I am also experiencing myalgia & chills. The order is 500mg po qd & I just assumed my body was fighting off the infection when I spiked a fever. I hope these serious side effects are suppose to be expected. I haven't had any type of infection for years & have had both seasonal & h1n1 flu shots this year.

Help! I am a 16 year old, and I have taken Avelox before for sinus infections and it helped and I was fine(my mom works for a heart&lung specialist so she has got the prescription free from him). I took Avelox again a couple weeks ago for a sinus infection and cough. After a day or so I started to feel all jittery like something is under my skin, and when I try to sit still I want to shake my arms/whole body. I also have had trouble sleeping and have stayed up till 1 in the morning and been getting up at 6:30 for school. I have had feelings of depression 3 years ago. I am back to that place again. Except I feel worse. I will be happy and fine one minute then the next I don't want anything to do with anyone. I am also really gaseous, and feel like someone is sitting on my chest and my heart feels like its beating Really fast. My voice also feels really shaky. Should I tell my mom or will this pass? I don't want to tell her and she not believe the stuff that I've been feeling. I told her about the jittery thing the 4th day I was taking it, and she told me to stop, but I already had the day before because I read the paper inside the box about side effects and on the internet when I saw some of my symptoms. I don't know what to do....??

I was giving the Zpack for a sinus infection this past monday, and i was also taking Mucinex D.. by Wed i called Drs to tell them I needed something stronger b/c my sinus infection was outta control, hurt soo bad in the cheeks, teeth, ears, nose, forehead.. Told them the meds are not helping.. I was NOT given any decongestant, was told to keep taking the mucinexD .. BUt they changed my antibiotic to LEVAQUIN.. I took that Wed & Thursday ..sinus infection appears to be clearing up BUT Thursday nite, after I took an Advil, I started getting Tingling and Numbness in my Lips & Chin .. I did NOT take any Levaquin today (friday) ..And the numbness and tingling is now in my Lips, Chin, Cheeks, Nose, around my Eye,my forehead And the tip of my tongue!! I talked to the Nurse Practioner at my DR office and told her i took some sinus meds, some robitussin and an Advil today. I told her I think the Levaquin is doing this and I stopped taking it, even the pharmacist thinks it the levaquin.. WELL- we discuessed I can either go to ER (like I want to go there in a snowstorm..) OR drink alot of water to flush my system and wait it out. I was told I could also take some more Advil if I wanted to "reduce any swelling"... WELLL.... my friend looked up on drug.com and saw that Levaquin and Advil DONT MIX! Can increase risk of Nervous Reaction ! .. so.. i'm thinking that the Levaquin and the Advil are reacting ... and it will take a few days to get out of my system.. I HOPE THIS is going to be that easy... I hope i get better.. b/c all day I've been feeling like I just got out of the dentist office after some novicane!@ that feeling when its wearing off and your all itching and tingliy...

Thank goodness I found this website because I was beginning to think I was crazy trying to link the dent in my hip/butt cheek to the injection that I had about 5 months ago. I got the shot to try to clear up a sinus infection and after I had the shot I noticed that the bruise seemed to last a long time. But just in the last few weeks I started to notice the huge dent. This is so strange and I hope it doesn't continue to get bigger. I hadn't noticed any other side effects but now am wondering if my constant itching and skin irritation is linked to the injection as well. This is just confirmation that when it comes to medications these day - less is more!

Okay. So this drug is seriously no joke. I just read through everyone's posts and it is confirmed...I will NOT be taking this Sulfamethoxazole EVER again. It's day 9 for me. I started taking this antibiotic because I had a sinus infection that I couldn't seem to get to go away using my usual 'natural remedies'. I don't usually go the conventional route and I honestly didn't feel ANY difference in my infection (still coughing, still have major congestion) when I started taking this drug 9 days ago...To the contrary! Just last night I started noticing little red dots on my body. First my thighs then my waistline, arms a little, chest a little. As of right now it isn't too itchy, but I am a little concerned about it spreading to my face and getting worse. Especially now after hearing everyone else's comments. I am flushing these god awful pills down the toilet! It is SO CRAZY how we humans are willing to ingest something so toxic into our systems. We are even warned before we do it! This list of side effects is a mile long! But it's because we so desperately want to feel better, we just hope that 'we' are not one of those side effects waiting to happen :-( May you all feel better and HEAL SOON! <3

Wow! Thank you to all of you for being so specific in your posts. I was able to find my symptoms and don't feel crazy anymore....I could not understand the mild chest pains the other day. I got a rash on my feet a few weeks ago and was told the other day that it was fungal. Slowly this week I began to notice those red raised rash/hive spots. I thought I had burned myself or had the water to hot in the shower. Saw a 1/2 dollar size rash; just figured it would go away. Then today I saw that it was still there and that I am getting more all over. My stomach & back are itching like crazy. I too have not been as sharp. I can't remember famous names when watching Jeopardy-then when they say it I know that was in my head but I could not get it out. I can’t remember things that I just talked to my husband about 5 minutes later. I ask the same question and then remember I already asked that. I have to tell people to please say that over again because I wasn’t paying attention. The past few days since I felt mild chest pains-really more like a strain; then with these red spots popping up all over and now the itchy feeling all over and my face feels hot like I got a sunburn but it just hasn't shown up yet. I have been thinking that I am going to die. Just snippets of that thought (no not suicidal); worried about leaving my daughter and worried about leaving my husband to have to deal with all of my stuff: old clutter that I still need to go through. I also have a sinus infection that just won’t seem to go away and am on amoxicillin. I’ve had a bloody nose and just thought it was the sinus thing but now I wonder if anyone else has had a bloody nose…

Started day 1 of 10 day 500mg Levaquin. 1st day noticed sinus infection felt MUCH better, was on Ceftin prior, which wasn't working. Thought I found wonder drug. Next morning MASSIVE migraine, relieved with OTC's. Took second dose late am. Around 10pm stomach started hurting BAD, like I was punched or bruised, could actually touch stomach and felt pain. Swore it felt like a very bad ulcer. Went to bed after shower and noticed heart racing. Scared me pretty bad, but didn't place it with Levaquin. Next day took 3rd dose, stomach was so bad spent most of day curled into a ball and noticed left shoulder pain. Am now on laptop looking up side effects and have decided to quit the rest of the medication, as I am a gymnastics coach and the side effects would ruin my job, not worth it. There are too many people complaining about the same thing, very scary indeed. And I'm no where near 60, I'm 35 in perfect health, my heart racing last night was warning enough.

Took my last dose today (day 5) for sinus infection. It's better, but still there. Should I go back to the doctor? Am flying this weekend and want to avoid the ear pain. Since day 1 first dose, I have had the following intermittent symptoms: sharp stomach pains, nausea, headache, strange dreams, insomnia, appetite loss...the stomach pains were the doubled-over kind. Took Z-pac twice before in last 3 years and it worked like a charm with no side effects. Not sure why this round hit me so differently....plus the infection is still there!?

I took SMZ/TMP DS for a really bad sinus infection. I started getting really bad headaches and just thought it was due to the infection. Next couple of days I started to feel real weak and always sick to my stomach.Six days later I woke up with a really red face, almost looked like a had sunburn. I just let it go until I woke up the next day with a rash on my chest along and my face and ears. It then moved to my stomach ,arms, legs and back...lets just say everywhere. I had to get a steroid shot and medication. NEVER WILL I TAKE THIS AGAIN!!!

I took Levaquin for a sinus infection in March 2009. I took 3 tablets and discontinued taking it on my own my then doctor did not show concern for this. It made me feel suicidal - my spouse committed suicide in 1997 so to me suicidal feels were not acceptable - and has left me with insominia that persists to this day. I do not if it is related however, I did not have these problems before taking the drug, I have had to have my galbladder removed, have found cysts in kidney and ovary, have planters faciuitis, concentration problems. This was a horrible drug that I believe I will be having long term issues as a result of taking this.

I absolutely HATE this pill! At first it wasn't bad, and I have never been on another birth control. I got horrible acne like i was starting puberty all over again. I get headaches everyday, allday! The nausea is just rediculous and makes me want to say in bed allday. My husband says I'm a lot more moody than usual. My boobs are HUGE and extremely tender. I also get dizzy spells, but i can't decide if those are caused by the cold I have which I have read can be caused by Loestrein 24Fe. My appointment is in March and I cannot wait that long to get off of this pill so I'm calling this week.

-Headaches
-Nausea
-Moodiness
-Dizziness
-HUGE boobs
-Cold/Sinus Infection
-Acne
-Bloat/Weight Gain

Has anyone had these symptoms and been switched to something that works well? I'm DESPERATE!!!

January, 2010
I was prescribed 750 mg of Levaquin for a sinus infection. By day 3 sleeping at night became difficult and I began to experience anxiety. (I'm not by any measure prone to anxiety). Next I began to experience difficulty breath. By Thursday night, I had to sit straight upright all night long in order to breathe and the anxiety and depression (I'm also not by any measure prone to depression) side effects had increased substantially. I now understand how a person must possibly feel when they experience despair and the feeling that if they continue to feel a certain way in their bodies that they will be unable to continue to live. (I've also never had a suicidal moment in my life and I'm a healthy 62). As these side effects continued to increase, I went to my physician in the morning to tell him I was frightened. By the morning, since I was taking my dose at 2:30 p.m each day, some of the effects had subsided; he, initially, said maybe it was because I took a Sudafed (one of the 4-6 hour ones) that previous morning. By the next morning, I knew that I was no longer "me." I returned to the physician and requested "off" the antibiotic. It was out of my system, mostly, that afternoon and lingered--he said--the next two days. I was once again "me." I wonder about folks who take this drug and have this experience who are unable to determine the difference between what has been drug induced and what is real. I was able to make that distinction. Had I not been able to and had I continued to take the drug for the remainder of the time --5 more days. I don't know if the anxiety or the increased difficulty in breathing would have, basically, taken me out. When I told my brother, who is in a different state and who cared for our mother one particular time, he immediately informed me that he and his wife were with our mother when she experienced the same type of reaction to this drug. GAD!!!!!

I was prescribed Sulfameth in July 2009 and am still feeling the side effects. I had a Sinus infection that caused my entire face to swell up. It started with a swelling in my cheek. After a couple of rounds of Amox Clav, the swelling was down but I still had pain in my right cheek. My Doctor prescribed Sulfameth. I finished the full round and still had some pain in my cheek. The Doctor gave me a refill and in no time every bone in my body hurt! My hands, my chest, my ribs, and my back all hurt. I also had what felt like a 24/7 hot flash. My face was red and hot. My Doctor had me get a blood test and when he saw the results, he said that my blood count was okay but that there was definitely something brewing. He put me on a steriod pack. It did help but here it is, six months later, and I still have little pains that seems to roam around my body. For a while my hand hurts and sometimes twitches. Right now the tips of my fingers are tingling. Suddenly, I start having a pain in the middle of my chest. Or it will be my knee. My neck has felt stiff too. I put that off to stress until now. Even one of my eyes has like a little pain. Lately, my tailbone has started hurting. Oh, and my cheek pain has lingered. This past week I started talking Advil because my head has been hurting. I am usually not one prone to headaches. The day after I started taking it, I actually felt better. My whole head felt better. I have been taking Advil every day now and it is helping. My cheek pain is actually starting to fade. It is like my whole body had inflammation and I didn't realize it. I was just focusing on the pain points. I will NEVER take this medicine again! This is the reason I don't take Levaquin either. That medicine caused me to have severe pain from the thighs down. It was so painful just to sit or stand. For almost a year I would suddenly get a pain in my knee. It felt as though something just tore. And I only took it for four days. After that I told my Doctor that I did not want anything but older generations of antibiotics. It seems that the newer the medication the worse the side effects are. Just listen to those commercials with the pleasant voice that soothingly describes the HORRIBLE side effects. I should have researched this drug before I took it. Trust me when I say I feel your pain. I have been more proactive when it comes to what I take but this one got past me. Thanks for sharing your stories because I was starting to think that these pains were actually just in my head. Good Luck people!

My 3 1/2 year old son was prescriped omnicef for a sinus infection. After the first dose he had diarrhea. I called his doctor after the 2nd dose and she told me to give him culturelle 1-2x a day to help. The 3rd day he still had diarrhea, so I called the doctor again and told her I am not giving it to him anymore. She told me to stop the meds and she will call in something else. Tonight which is the 1st day w/o omnicef- he still has diarrhea, got a diaper rash and I just noticed a rash on his chest. The pharmacist said to continue culturelle because omnicef upsets the bacteria in the stomach. NEVER TAKE THIS IS YOUR DR. PRESCRIBES IT.

The information I was given didn't list insomnia as a side effect, but I have experienced a terriable case of insomnia only after taking this medicine for 2 days. I wouldn't let the Dr. give me Levaquin for the sinus infection because of the insomnia side effect, but this is just as bad!! I will stop taking it and see if I can get some rest this weekend!!!!! Another on my list of medications to NOT take!!!

I am a 41 year-old female with high blood pressure and cholesterol.The Dr. prescribed Lisinopril 5mg to protect my kidneys on Dec.15,2009. I was rushed to the Emergency room on Dec.22, 2009 with heart palpitations and shortness of breath. The E.R., Dr. said i was having an anxiety attack. Okay, here's what happend next, I couldn't sleep ,heart palpitations at night, headaches, crazy in the head[went to the men's restroom and used it.}, I've been going to Winn-Dixie for 10 years and I didn't know my way out of the store. Sinus Infection, pain in left leg while asleep, problems swallowing like a ball of mucus is stuck in my throat, tightness in my jaws.There are side-affects from Lisinopril and I have them. Today is my last day taking this medication.

I have been on lisinopril 10mg for 9 months. I had pain in my thighs that went away, then in my knees. I thought it was because of my arthritic hip and the way I was walking. Two days ago I went to the Dr. and my lisinoril was increased to 20mg and I was but on Bactrim for a sinus infection. I woke up in the middle of the night with severe pain in all joints, especially my wrists, fingers and ankles. I went to urgent care and was told I must have developed a reaction to sulfa drugs so quite that. The symptoms got worse, with red inflamed knuckles and swollen fingers. My wrist feel like it was hit with a hammer. After reading here I went to the pharmacy and asked them if it could be the lisinopril. He said a very rare side effect is arthritis! Great! I already have arthritis. My orthopedist said it was rare to see a hip degenerate as fast as mine has. I wonder if lisinopril contributed. I am reporting my reaction to the FDA and hope you all do as well. This drug needs a black box warning. I do hope my wrist and hand pain goes away. 36 hrs with no lisinopril and it is only slightly better.

I,m 35, and recently was on amoxicillin- clavicular acid (amoxi-Clav) for a Ear & sinus Infection. On day 6 of the Antibiotic, I started getting a few hives on my face, which by 10 hourselater had turned to sever reaction of my throat closing, and my entire face, chest, and scalp covered in Hives. I went to emerg early in the morning to be started on a iv, and IV Steroids, with Benadryl IV. Apprently now very allergic to Penicillin, (never had a reaction before.)
The steroids gave me a racing heart, and insomnia, and a jittery weak body, at times feeling so dizzy i could not stand, or walk. I am home now, and clear, afeter bieng in/ out of the emerg room, and admitted twice over 6 days. I,m currently on 40mg. day of Prednizone, and still am having a hard time functioning. I,m very weak, shaky, racing heart, Insomnia, Heartburn, foggy vision. and generally feeling like I ,m only existing in this body. not always a part of it. im wondering if the side effects will east off with time. I have 8 more days to go at 40mg, and was not prescribed a decrease to ween off of them. What should I expect to feel? The Allergic reaction has come to a stand, and that is good. as I was definately afraid of the outcome of that. However, now I,m concerned about the lack of sleep, and how this will affect me.and Whether My heart can continue to run at these speeds?????

Oh wow, Ah Hah! Etc. Taking Amoxicillin for a sinus infection. Day 3 the headaches started and I remembered that I'd had them before. They lasted about 5 days, controllable with advil. Sinus infections slow me down so much, but even as I cleared up I was too "low" to do anything, and I remembered that had happened before too. Now I look on this board and see others notice strong signs of depression. (Being bipolar, I never think to look for a cause of being depressed anymore.) And now at day 12, the muscle pain has become unbearable. Again, I have a memory that this has happened before. Now I will remember! I stopped at day 13 rather than going the full 15. Sure am hoping that now I'll actually start feeling better!

I'm glad i've found this site, im on doxycyclide, for a sinuitis infection for 7 days. ive been getting dull chest pain it doesnt really get worse but sometimes i will get shooting pains through it, its mainly my heart but does travel round my chest, i get random hot flushes and not really much else, my mum says its just the anti biotics and they cause this, i'm getting worried cause im also geting back pain that wont shift at the top in the middle, and somtimes shooting pains down it... also it seems thats theres something constantly stuck in my throat and i have to drink so much milk for me to actually burp and it still doesnt go, it feels like theres something wedged in my throat and can feel pain in my stomach from time to time, i was thinking it was something much more serious, because i heard oral piercings can give you a heart infection, but i have 2 lip piercings and never got any problems with that, and then got my tongue periced and 7 days later i got a sinus infection i dunno if its anything to do with that but i took out my tongue pericing out, and let it heal up.. i just want to know if any of these symptoms are normal...

I like the way posts here get responses. Background before Simvastn: I'm 46, 320 pounds, diagnosed with Diabetes and high colestoral a year ago. Held off any meds for almost a year after Metformin and Simvastin were prescribed. Just started checking blood sugar several weeks ago, it ranged from high 200's to over 400. I've not been working for a while and had irreglar sleep patterns like up all night and sleep from 1PM to 5PM, but thought I understood them. I decided to start both meds 2 weeks ago hearing no side effects.

A week later I had severe vertigo and my first ambulance ride. My doctor the next day said it was a sinus infection and put me on an antibiotic.

Since then I've had ambiguous symptoms. I had this new feeling of 'tired' that was weird. At night I started having the desire to sleep and 'pass out' I had not experienced. When I sleep now I sort of lay down and pass out and wake up hours later with a feeling of lke I didn't get sleep and absolutely no memory at all of the sleep, no idea if I had a dream, no 'light' sleep', it's different than before when I might have a 'twilight feeling' or some memory of dreams. It feels very different.

During the day, I was already a bit out of sorts so it's hard to tell, but I feel somehow more lethargical. There's a sort of weird feeling of not quite being alert, 'going through the motions'.

My left ear is ringing a few hours a day, medium/conversation level volume. My doctor thought this would go away with the antibiotic, a side effect of the infection but I completed it and ithasn't changed.

I'm at a loss whether there are symptoms or not, really. Luckily I don't have the physical symptoms like pain. I'm pondering whether to try stopping the medication and see how it feels.

My doctor is very good, it's awkward to hear the dollar conflicts of interest of the 'CYA' aspects to prescribing this, he seems much more trustable, but tends to prescribe without a lot of warning.

I have been on Lisinopril for a year and a half. I get the dry tickle cough, and palpitations. I am also on Paxil, which can cause palpitations. I am on Prilosec, which can also cause palpitations. My blood pressure has been great. It still gtoes up from time to time, but that is to be expected, especially since I have aniety issues, (which can also cause palpitations). Overall, my experience with Lisinopril has not been bad.

Today is day five of 14 on Biaxin for a severe sinus infection. I have had NO side effects other than the bad taste in my mouth and chewing mint gum relieves that.

I was just recently given Cipro 500mg for a sinus infection. I had tried Zithromax and Augmentin and after 5 weeks, still have sinus congestion and fluid in my ears. I started taken the Cipro Monday and that evening I began to get anxious and had muscle twitches in my thighs and calves. I do also take meds for anxiety and have panic attacks but this was different! It was just my legs and I didn'f feel anxious. Not only did I have legs twitches, I became nauseous and had stomach cramps. My Dr said she has never heard about these symptoms with Antibiotics before but the more research I do online, I realize that this is VERY COMMON! I did not take the Cipro this morning and do not have stomach cramps, the nausea is better and my legs have twitched a few times but nothing like they were. I am going to skip it again tonight and see if I can sleep any better!