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I started taking Yasmin about July of 2007.. i got married in s...

Posted at 3:29 PM on Feb 23, 2008 by jeeyoungee80, #27432
I started taking Yasmin about July of 2007.. i got married in sept of 07 and went on a honeymoon. i thought i was getting bit by weird bugs cuz i noticed insect bite looking things on my legs. up until that point, i thought nothing of it cuz it didn't really itch or bothered me that much.. although the bumps would NOT go away!! around end of November 2007 the itching started and it was so bad to the point that i had scratch marks all over my legs and i would find blood on my bed sheets (from the unconscious scratching i did in my sleep). i would always cry at night cuz it was driving me crazy and it kept me awake almost all through the night. i went to a dermatologist and he just gave me some anti itch cream which did NOT help me AT ALL! so i went back and he did a biopsy and the result came out to be "hypersensitivity to medication" I don't have any allergies against any drugs and the only new medication i can think of that I've been on since then is Yasmin. he prescribed me more medicine (Prednisone) which helped with the itching. he only prescribed 15 days worth cuz it's not good to take it for a prolonged period of time (contains steroids). now i have little itchy bumps all over my back, waist, neck, thighs, near my underarms, stomach, chest... pretty much every where except for my face. and i think it's a matter of time that it spreads to my face. i was told that it takes MINIMUM of 3 months for it to be completely out of your system. it's almost been 2 months since I've been off of it.. but i still show no signs of improvement. the itch still drives me crazy.. i still cant sleep at night.. and i just hope and pray that it'll be all over soon.. hopefully. another symptom I've experienced was CONSTANT headache. it was to the point that i had to go in for an MRI. the results came back negative.. but when i stopped taking the pills.. no more constant headache.
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Reply 5 months ago on Mar 21, 2008 by lisaann983, #5707

Wow, this is happening to me right now! I thought I had sun poisoning but I wasn't burnt. I am having itching all over. Especially where my clothes rub. After the shower and at night. I have been taking antihistamines to lower it. I thought it might be a food allergy. No, I guess my 3rd month into YAZ I am getting the allergic itch! I jumped back into YASMIN a few days ago but I bet it will be more itching. 2 benefits: clear skin on YAZ and YASMIN and lost weight on YASMIN only! YAZ made me eat and think like a hog! Food #1 thought. So YASMIN is weird like that. Lost crazy weight. This itch and look is NOT worth any of it trust me ladies!

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