June 20th
2009
5:43 PM
I was on doxycycline for three months for chronic prostatitis. I had similar bad side effects start last week, nausea, pain in the stomach, weakness in the legs, exhaustion, dizziness, etc... But no depression "yet". I have been off the doxycycline for four days and still having symptoms. I read your posts --- Thank you! I have read that doxycyline depletes the body of B vitamins at ****** Many of the symptoms described by many of the posts are similar to depletion of B vitamins. Have any of you been tested for B vitamin depletion?
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May 22th
2009
2:43 PM
Less than 2 months after taking Lipitor I have been experiencing intense weakness of the legs, especially the hip area. A normally avid walker, last week really woke me up when I was unable to walk over 40 feet without having to stop from sheer leg exhaustion. I'd have to actually lean on my partner until I could manage to shuffle again- a shuffling gait is what I had to resort to just to make it back to the car.
This is bullshit because even though I've had some angina symptoms, right up until I went to the hospital I was able to hike; was still relatively strong.
So today I have spent hours researching side effects and have seen on this site alone many mentions of intense leg weakness and pain with Lipitor.
This, along with simultaneously educating myself on the truth about high cholesterol has convinced me to gradually cease taking this medication.
Instead I will replace with sufficient quantities of VitC, buckwheat combined with gingko, and of course I can never stop with the garlic because it is delicious.
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November 3th
2008
6:18 PM
started 10 mg in 1998. was controlling everything ok. In 2004 developed weakness in both legs, started slurring words and eye trouble, went to several doctors then in April 2005 had to quit work as I was just to weak. That was at age 54. Finally a neurologist diagnosed me with Myasthenia gravis, and lambert eatons myasthenic syndrome. Had my thymus gland removed, which is supposed to put disease in remission, also had small cell lung cancer surgery at same time. improvement did not come and the drugs for myasthenia only made me sick. started having chest pains and doctors ,.found several blockages in my heart ,still do as to weak for surgery, cardiologist took me off of lipitor and I seem to have stabilized, still have trouble with short term memory, and vision, and really weak
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September 13th
2008
12:36 AM
49 years old. I took diovan 80mg for about 2 years. Never thought to associate dry eyes and throat, low back and muscle aches, and weight gain to this drug. I lost 10# by doing 1 hour of fast walking and 30 minutes of weights 3x week and my b/p went to 110/70, so I stopped the drug to see what would happen. In 2 days my head was aching and my b/p was 170/102!! Beware of rebound, which Novartis does not list in its warning section. Back on the diovan to prevent a stroke, but I will talk to my doctor about a low dose beta blocker, and will keep exercising and eating light, with the goal to get off all meds with a healthy lifestyle. Does anyone else ever feel fullness in the throat? that is another weird symptom I get sometimes.
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August 3th
2008
11:37 AM
I have experienced severe weakness in the legs and numbness and tingling feelings. I take a child's chewable dose as I am very sensitive to medications because of allergies. I think I will cut the pill in half and try that for a while and see if it is better. It was really scary when I had that weakness. Also notice an increase in back pain, sciatica, etc.
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August 20th
2007
10:09 AM
EVERYBODY REPLY TO THIS Let's see exactly how many women have had negative side affects from Yasmin. Just reply with the sideaffects. I see lots of posts and was wondering how many women are out there sharing similar problems. So me.... migraines, extremely horrible mood swings all from taking yasmin for 8-9 days next..........? lol
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June 28th
2007
9:49 AM
72 year old male,been on 10mg lipitor over 5 years,last month developed pain in both shoulders that spread down my armsalmost to my elbows,then pain started traveling from shoulders across the top of my back to the top of my spine.started insomnia over a year ago ,but never connected it to lipitor.Have stopped taking liptor last week ,the pain has lessened slightly,will stay off lipitor for a month to evaluate any improvement.
Lou3161
January 2th
2007
11:57 AM
January 2, 2007
In August of 2005 I was given my third prescription for Levaquin for an infection. (The other two in previous year for Sinus infection.) This time the pain in the knee joints was so sever I though that I was going crazy. I could not get up from a seated position without assistance. I have had a weakness in the legs as well and had tests for MS but the Dr. said it there was something affecting the nerve connections but not sure why. I have had physical therapy twice in the last year which does take away the worst of the pain but to this day cannot increase activity or the aching in tendons around the knees gets to be unbearable. I heard of Levaquin as possiblity of my troubles and it sure does make sense to me. I have found no cure tho and no real hope for relief of pain or getting back to normal exercise to increase strength in knees.
I did fill out form on FDA wedbsite tho so perhaps more info to them will get them to alert physicians that side affects are more comon then we are led to believe by the drug manufacurers.
November 9th
2005
8:30 PM
I started taking this med for treatment of acne. Doxycycline 100 MG twice daily. Within 4 days, I started experiencing chest pain, arm and back pain, palpitations, dizzieness, weakness in the legs and arms, diarrea, pain in the eyelids. I thought i was dying! I followed all of the instructions from the pharmacist and the doctor, and it still happened. They tried to tell me it was a problem with anxiety since it runs in my family. After finding this site, i think differently. I think anxiety might be a part of it, but not what caused it, i will never take tetracycline based products again, and will never recommend them to anyone.
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Lipitor (3) Doxycycline Hyclate (3) Flecainide Acetate (2) Levaquin (1) Yasmin (1) Diovan (1) Singulair (1)
June 20th
2009
6:20 PM
I was on doxycycline for three months for chronic prostatitis. I had similar bad side effects start last week, nausia, pain in the stomach, weakness in the legs, exhaustion, dizziness, etc... But no depression "yet". I have been off the doxycycline for four days and still having bad symptoms. I read your posts --- Thank you! I have read that doxycyline depletes the body of B vitamins. Many of the symptoms described by many of the posts are similar to depletion of B vitamins. Have any of you been tested for B vitamin depletion?
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