True side symptoms and conditions

Hello,
I am eighteen years old and have a two year old, and a five month old. I have had the Mirena in since 4/09... I bled for the first two weeks, then stopped bleeding until I went to my OB/GYN to get my three month check on it. They did two sonograms to make sure that it was inserted properly, and my doc said that it was the best one she every put in. I started bleeding heavy again after the exam and am extremely bloated. I feel like I am pregnant, but most defiantly am not(blood test). I play softball weekly and I get severe cramping and cannot hardly move afterwards. I have gained fifteen lbs. My boyfriend says I have always been naggy, but have gotten worse, and it is hurting our relationship. I cry over the silliest things, headaches have increased and are worse than normal, my fingers are swollen, and my boobs are killing me. The discharge is horrible(kind of reminds me of being pregnant). I want to get it removed, but am scared that I will get pregnant again, and I never could remember to take the pill, and NuvaRing(do not get) messed me up bad. The depo shot made me gain ungodly amounts of weight. I have tried it all... I think i may stick it out and see what happens, but if it gets to worse I will definitely have it removed. This sight has been really helpful on finding out the true side effects and not just the ones from the Mirena website, which are mostly lies or sugar coaters, NEWAYZ THANX LOTZ OF LOVE!

Hello ladies, I've had Mirena for seven months now. I too was told side effect were minimal and that my hormones would be altered from minimally to nothing at all. First couple months cramps were horrible during my period (not so bad now). During ovulation my ovaries hurt like never before and from ovulation to 1st day of my period I have a foul smelling discharge.
As someone who has been treated for depression in the past, I thought the depression and the weight gain was all "me" again. Not to mention the ACNE! I do admit to getting the occasional zit in the past, since Mirena my acne has worsened. Now, I also get acne in my neck and along my hair line.
It's comforting to hear that it hasn't all been in my head and discomforting the Mirena continues to advertise their product without giving recognition to all the true side-effects that all us women are experiencing.
First thing Monday morning, I am making an appointment to have removed!

I have been on Singulair for nine years and I thank Merck for discovering and manufacturing it. I also thank my doctor for prescribing it to me. I have my life back! I had asthma so bad I was on high dose inhaled steroids and Albuterol. I had a nebulizer on my kitchen table and a drawer full of Albuterol in my refrigerator. Like clock work I would wake up wheezing and gasping for air and have to administer myself a treatment at 4 am every morning. I would try to exercise and I would wheeze and cough. I then went on Singulair and my nebulizer has been in the basement for at least 9 years, I have the drawer back in my refrigerator too. I exercise now and even ran my first race last summer without needing an inhaler. Thank God for Singulair. I am not going to die from my asthma.

There are so few choices to treat asthma and allergies and all the medications have problems like an FDA black box warning for increased death on Salmeterol(I stopped taking that) which is in Advair and emotional disturbances with steroids and increased suicide risk with Zyrtec which is now over the counter.

I do feel sorry for Cody's parents. It must be tragic to lose a child. My heart does go out to them. However looking rationally at this story, there seems to be a whole side missing. The news story did not mention anything about Cody's past history on the news. Did he ever have signs of depression? Was there an interview with his doctor? Was he having problems with friends at school? Was he into any drugs or adolescent games? Teenage boys also have the highest rate of suicide, medicines aside.

With all due respect, I never saw any of Cody’s friends or teachers be interviewed. Maybe this did happen and I missed this but I watched the news cast videos. Could there be more to this story that is purposefully being edited out or just not asked?

I never believe the media fully. They are very irresponsible and inaccurate at times.
If you read the product information of any drug including aspirin you would never want to take it. The truth is that many times the benefits of drugs out weigh the risks. I know I will keep taking my Singulair because I do not want to die of asthma sucking on inhalers like my mother did.

My son is 13 yrs old and he was given Singular for his allergies. He only takes them every now and than the last time was a week ago. That night he came to me complaining about his stomacher hurting. I told him that it was just something he ate. He also was very angry that night. It seemed like any time his dad or I said anything to him that he would start raising his voice to us. Needless to say that he got into trouble for his behavior. Now that I found out about the side effects of Singular I feel bad that I got onto my son for something that was not his fault and out of his control. This really upsets me to think that there is other kids out there on this medication.

Okay, in addition to my earlier post, everyone will be relieved to hear that I took my 3 1/2 year old off Singulair immediately after my last post (he had only had 4 or 5 doses). He has not had another nose bleed, and his attitude seems to be back to normal today.
He's still peeing like a faucet, and again I'd like to know if anyone else has experienced this while on Flovent or Ventolin??
Also...I think it is important to note that I was told by the specialist that SINGULAIR TAKES 6 WEEKS TO BEGIN TO TAKE EFFECT ON ASTHMA SYMPTOMS, so anyone who wants to take the risk and try the drug needs to stay on their puffers for the first 6 weeks.
When I told my son's specialist (a pediatrician whom I trusted completely up until this:) that I have removed him from Singulair because I had come across some rather alarming info regarding it's side effects--would she like to have the printout that I brought along--she stated that they were well aware of the side effects of the drug -- i could keep my printout.
........WHAAAAATTTT?
This is a doctor who, when I asked her if the drug was safe, she replied "yes". When I asked her if it were her child, would she give it to him? She said yes.
Either she is NOT aware of the true side effects, or she feels that the positives outweigh the negatives...who knows?
I urge everyone who reads this: Do not trust your doctors to make decisions about your children's health without doing your research first and asking lots of questions.
I am just grateful that I have not had to suffer the tragic outcomes that so many of you have had to suffer. My heart goes out to all of you and your children.

I have just been reading the list of, what I am considering to be "possible", side effects from Dilantin . Doesn't everyone, whether on Dilantin or no drugs at all experience headaches, nausea, stomach pains or depression from time to time?
After being on this medication for over 30 years there are some things which I've experienced. Just about everyone complains of hyperplasia but it has been my experience that if I maintain a clean healthy mouth, there is no hyperplasia. If, for one day, I do not brush my teeth, hyperplasia sets in immediately & it then takes a week or so to get it under control. So, brush, brush & brush your teeth.
As far as memory loss or difficulty learning, I suppose it happens to everyone at one time or another. However I have graduared from high school with honours & became a registered nurse (top 5 in my class of 56) all while I was on Dilantin.
The only true adverse side effect from taking Dilantin for over 30 years which I experience is that whenever I am tired, my speech can easily slur. I am very aware of this & it's become habit to pay close attention to my pronounciation & correct it so I may articulate normally. Not a big deal & a very small price to pay.
I'm not one for pity trips or blaming my seizures or medications for my downfalls in life. I am so grateful to have my seizures under control & hate to think where I would be today if not for Dilatin. Remember, if you look for it , you will likely find it. So try not to look for all these adverse side effects (crutches)& see the benifits. We have enough to handle keeping this under control & educating the sometimes ignorant world.
I took control of the epilepsy that attacked my system. I would never allow it to control me. Good luck to all of you. Sincerely :)

My 18 month old son has also had night terrors since starting Omnicef. He is usually a pretty relaxed little guy but if he does get upset about something we are able to calm him with cuddles, singing, distraction, etc. However, the last four nights (starting the first night he began the Omnicef) he has experienced constant, terrified screaming and can not be consoled no matter what we try. It is horrible to watch him suffer and not be able to help. It is especially hard since these episodes have lasted for more that an hour at a time. The timing of these episodes and the start of the medication was too coincidental that we did research on Omnicef at 3am last night after finally getting him back to sleep. None of the "official" Omicef information revealed anything about night terror side effects. My husband was insistent that the coincidental timing was too unlikely. So, he googled Omnicef and Night Terrors in the same search and lo and behold, he found this site with all these postings (as well as many other websites) from other parents with the same experience. I am convinced that this is a true side effect and that it should be included in the medicine's literature. For all those parents who have written about their skepticism because they have not experienced the same things, I suggest being thankful that their children have not suffered and recommend not simply dismissing the possibility of a problem with Omnicef because they have not experienced it first-hand.

Please remove the ignorant comment from the July 11th entry. People like that should not be kept on this site, she has no clue that the issues that are being discussed are actually true side effects that are now being written in medical journals. She should keep her opinions to herself.