Kenalog and blood pressure

As a fairly healthy 34 year old male, I went to my doctor for help getting over poison ivy mid-July 2008. I received the Kenalog 40 injection without being advised on any potential side effects. Within 36 hours I started having severe anxiety attacks with spikes in my blood pressure and vision problems (spotty, increased sensitivity to light). These attacks continued for 4-8 weeks during which time I underwent an MRI (head), stress test, and blood work to make sure nothing else was causing my symptoms.....conclusion: everything normal. My doctor prescribed me Xanax to help with the out of control anxiety. Started feeling more normal 60-90 days later. I started trying to run on my treadmill to get back in shape at the 90 day mark, and once again....symptoms returned. It's been a couple of weeks and I'm getting closer to being back to "normal", but I have no idea how long it will be before the Kenalog has completely metabolized out of my system, and I can get on with life. This has been a horrible experience and I would caution anyone from receiving this drug!

I just received a kenalog injection a week ago when I went to the doctor for sinus problems. My regular doctor was not in,so I saw a different doctor who is an allergy specialist.He spent a whole 60 seconds with me and stated that I needed an injection of kenalog.I didn't question him,as I knew that kenalog was a steroid and I had taken oral steroids before with few side effects. The injection itself was not painful,but the next day,I felt terrible and have ever since.I ache,I feel very nervous and have been crying for no reason. My blood pressure is up.I have weakness in my muscles and heart palpitations,and a constantly upset stomach.I also have had a flare -up of irritable bowel syndrome and yet even with the stomach and intestinal pain,I cannot stop eating.I am also constantly thirsty and have excessive urination.I have a pins and needles sensation in my hands and feet and I have blurry vision and confusion and forget things easily.I have trouble typing,as I have to spell-check everything.I am going crazy wondering how long these side effects will last.I am the primary caretaker of my mother,and I now cannot take care of myself.Why do they not tell a person of the possible side effects? I would never have let that nurse give me the shot had I known that it could cause such horrid side effects. And my sinuses are no better.I have an infection and now need antibiotics,which is what I told the doctor in the first place.I don't know what to do,I feel like I am going to die.

About 2 years ago, I had an injection of Kenalog in my knee. I was having knee pain and it was diagnosed as a miniscus problem. The doctor decided to see if the Kenalog relieved any pain. 15 minutes after I had the injection, while driving home, I felt warmth in my crotch area, then under my armpits, and then the itching started. I was having an allergic reaction.
By the time I got home, I went into full anaphylactic shock. My daughter called the paramedics and my blood pressure was 50/10.I barely had a pulse. I spent 31 hours in the ER and 5 days in the hospital. This kind of reaction is rare but very real. FYI.
Rindi B, Carlsbad, Ca.

tia's, vision,hearing amplified,blood pressure,swelling of face and neck,adrenal suppression

Injections of Kenalog done via x ray machine, 3 times in a period of 2 months and trigger point injections with Kenalog done once after the second one did not work. Felt great after the first one, lasted for 4 weeks. Had another one done (second one) for the same problem, L5-SI (spinal fusion with rods and cages 7 years ago, developed sciata 4 months ago and pain doctor said the Kenalog shots were needed so I took her advice.
Needless to say, I was not informed of the warnings. I have been in bed now for 4 weeks, have no energy, feel dizzy and disorientated. Cannot even walk down the street without feeling like collapsing, hip pain and leg movement is deterioting and I am scared. Feel sick all of the time, cannot do laundry or dishes, feel so depressed as a result of these shots. Arm numbness and loss of motion, tingling in my fingers, burning pain in buttocks, down leg, and calf and down to foot. Also having muscle spasms in my left arm.
Never again will I do this. I will be speaking with my pain doctor next week and will inform her that these shots made me worse.
Thanks for listening to me, I need to go to bed again. I was such an active person before all of these shots were given to me. I feel so sad all the time and crying too often when I should be happy. I am a 47 year old female.
Any advice one can give would be appreciated.

I received four injections of kenalog into the spiny processes in my lower back on May 26th 2005. On waking from the procedure, my heart rate quickened, my blood pressure fell drastically, my oxygen saturation in my blood fell to 84%, and I was in and out of consciousness. Two hours later, I began vomiting, developed a migraine, and began having heart palpitations. I was admitted to the emergency department the following morning where I was diagnosed with UNCONTROLLED ATRIAL FIBRILLATION and had to be cardioverted twice to get my heart working correctly. I was on betablockers for my heart for 2 months and am fine today. Like other posters, I also had erratic and extended menstrual cycles for about 3 months post injection. At the time, I was a 32 year old, healthy female with no history of cardiac problems.

i went to the dr. due to a herniated disc. i received an injection in the bottom. before the nurse took the needle out i statred to feel funny. i thought it was because i was thinking about it too much.but before i could walk all the way to the waiting room i felt nausea and faint. i sat down waiting for my release papers. i stood up asked the recpt. if i could lay down some where. i was trying to breath normal, but was starting to faint. i told her i was going to faint, she went to get the dr. i had then passed out. i believe i had an allergic reaction. i was sweating,cold and clamy. i think i was out for a few moments. woke up on the floor. i did start to sneezing, scratchy throat. i did lay there for a while. they checked by blood pressure from time to time. aftr bout 30 min i was able to leave. had allergy syptoms all night but seem fine now.

I received 2 intra-muscular injections of Kenalog (60mg total) on April 11, 2006 for an allergic skin rash that I had. I have been experiencing almost constant uterine bleeding ever since. My OBGYN has done every imaginable test and can find nothing wrong with me (thank God) so we think it is the Kenalog. It has already been over 4 months. When is this ever going to wear off? My blood pressure also went up significantly. I am so mad that I got those Kenalog shots. Kenalog is horrible! It should only be used for emergencies and not for a skin rash that would have gone away on its own.

I suffer from Fibromialgya and I had other shots from a different medicine in then past which aliviated the muscle pain in the past. On Jan I changed pain management doctors and i started my set of shots. I ONLY GOT a total of 10 in three diferent visits. My last set of shots were in January 27 -2006. I thought that I was goung crazy. My face look like a big ballon, my arms look like "popeye" so big that I jumped three sizes. I got my period for over 50 days straight, I had a big lump as big as a orange by my neck. I saw hair in my face and shoulders that I never had before. From my weist up I growth three sizes up, I have red marks around my nipples and my back. My pain management doctor that I am the ONLY patient that had all these side effects and I CAN ONLY DRINK WATER TO CLEAN MY SYTEM!!! I feel horrible with all of this. My blood pressure is unestable. I am only 36 and I don't know what else to do. Does any body else had all these side effects togheter at the same time like me?? please advice

I HAD A SIDE EFFECT , I HAVE HAD SHOTS BEFORE BUT THIS TIME IT CAUSED ME SEVERE SIDE EFFECTS.AFTER A SHOT IN 6 AREAS IN MY BACK I ENDED UP WITH A SEVERE HEADACHE FROM THE NECK UP.FOUR DAYS LATER.I WAS DUE TO HAVE MORE THE FOLLING FRIDAY.I CALLED ME PAIN DR AND HE SAID NOT TO WORRY ,SO I WENT THE FRIDAY AFTER AND THEN THE DR GAVE ME 6 MORE SHOTS IN THE LOWER SPINE. TWO DAYS LATER,WHICH ENDED ME INTO THE EMR,I NO SOONER GOT HOME ANOTHER ONE HIT,IT WAS SO TERRIBLE,THE PAIN WAS SO SEVERE ALL I COULD DO WAS WHISPER TO THE MEDIC AMBULANCE PEOPLE TO PLEASE HELP ME,MY HEAD FELT LIKE IT WAS GONNA BLOW UP.I ENDED UP BACK AT THE EMR SO THEY KEPT ME A COUPLE DAYS,WELL IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND MY PARTNER CALL THE AMBULANCE FOR THE SECOND TIME.I HAD TO GET NARCOTIC SHOTS TO SETTLE IT DOWN,MY BLOOD PRESSURE WENT HIGH,202/102.MY DR FINALLY TOLD ME I HAVE AN ALLERGY TO THE KENALOG ,MY BODY WAS HAVE SIDE EFFECTS.SO PLEASE BEWARE-------------THERE R SEVERE SIDE EFFECTS . SEVERE HEAD AN NECK PAIN THE DR CALLED MIGRAINE BUT TO ME ITS WORSE.
THANK YOU CORINNE

I received an epidural shot of Kenalog in my cervical spine (C-7). Within 5 minutes after the procedure I had a burning cough and coult not take a deep breath; a problem with extreme excess saliva which lasted hours; a migraine headache; blood pressure of 150/100. Later that evening, I was so high I felt like I drank 20 cups of coffee. I could not go to sleep until I finally took valium at 4:00 am. I woke up a few hours later and once the valium wore off I was still higher than high for almost the whole next day. The doctor claims "you were having a stress reaction". I don't think so. Watch out for this stuff!

increased blood pressure and headache after getting 3 kenalog injections, one in each knee and right shoulder.

I have had Kenalog shots for about two years now. I started having the shots for plantar facitis(foot pain). I realized the shot also cleared all my hayfever and sinuitis. Then I realized the 80 mg. shot was also stopping all the pain over my entire body. I have arthritis and severe back and neck pain. My orthopedic Dr. says my back is shot! I have been in so much pain that I could not stand it anymore. Most of the shots have been in my hip or buttock. The only side effects I have had is a rise in my blood pressure and increase in appetite. But I have never had any pitting or discoloration. I have had a shot every 6 to 9 weeks over the past two years. Needless to say, I know these shots aren't healthy to my bones, but I couldn't function without the shot. I'm sure everyone has different reactions and some have to be more severe than others. Believe me I have read these side effects and I have looked for the spots, pits, and discoloration. I have none to this date. Nor have I had any bleeding.

I had a series of 3 epidural injections of Kenalog for back pain. After the first one, I experienced increased blood pressure, hyper-irritability, insomnia. After the last one, my period was 2 weeks late and when it started, it was heavy. I have now been bleeding for 18 days. I have severe abdominal swelling and moon face. Medication doesn't seem to help any of these effects, including blood pressure. Anyone else have these problems?