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Posted at 2:41 PM on Aug 25, 2008 by chibong, #33814
I found this site as I want to read on the side effect of this Kenalog which was injected to my face by the doctor to reduce the size of two liquid cists (apparently only one injections). After the injection, I had my period which is only 15 days after my last period, which never happened to me as my cycle is always longer than 30 days and is very regular. Per the doctor, I thought the "cist" would be gone in few days. It did not and instead, I experienced rashes on my entire body and after one week, my ankle and knee was swollen and it was rather painful and I can hardly walk around for two days. Together with the swollen on the leg, the injection on my face is also swollen up and my face looked really in bad shape. I went back to the doctor and I was given one week of antibiotics to drain away the "infection". Since the cist is still on my face and it really bother me as it is red and very itchy, though my face is not that swollen / puffy anymore. I came back and see the doctor again to have him cheked up on my face. He just gave me one month of antibiotic. I have no idea that having that injection would cause me so much troubles. It is now more than a month after the injection, my face has a hole as that was injected with kenalog and the other cis on the face is still there. The worse thing is that the cist is is getting very itchy and it was not so before the injection. I am still patiently taking the antibiotic and promised to comeback and see the doctor after one month. I still having pain on my join and reading your comments, I realized the pain is definitely associated with Kenalog. I'd love to hear more from you on how things turn out. Thank you.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Sep 04, 2008 by clareglynn3, #11950

Why does no-one ever warn you how these drugs can affect you? I had an injection of Kenalog 15 days ago for rotator cuff tendonitis. Since then my moods swings have been unbearable - wanting to kill the husband and the kids one minute and bursting into tears the next. Furthermore, my menstrual cycle is 28 days to the dot all the time with no hiccups and yet 7 days ago I started bleeding again (day 13 of my cycle). And so far there is no sign of it stopping. My GP thinks this is the result of the steroid injection (which was given by another consultant at a private hospital under my company medical insurance). Having read the numerous postings on this site, I'm inclined to agree with my GP. I have been given some medication to stop the bleeding so my GP can peform an examination in order to rule out any other causes. But this shouldn't really be necessary. If I though that this was going to happen, I'd have put up with the pain. I'd love to hear more on this subject. Thanks

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