Kenalog and severe headaches

I can't attribute this directly to my cortisone shot - however, I've noticed that the past few months I have been losing my hair. I can pull it out virtually by the handfuls anymore! I am only 24 - this doesn't seem normal and the only change I could point to is the shot. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD HAIR LOSS THEY CAN TIE TO A CORTISONE SHOT?

I also noticed a change in my period. Nothing as extreme as I'm reading here - but I'm so glad to have read this - puts my mind more at ease to know have a cause for that.

I have tried other remedies - but the cortisone shot has been the only thing to actually work. Any other ideas?

I had a shot of kenalog in my knee for a problem I have when I run long distances. I was told that it would have a 50% chance of helping but it could prevent surgeries. He never mentioned side effects. After the injection- my period came a week late and lasted three days longer than normal. Four days after it ended I got another period. This one was accompanied by severe headaches(I never get headaches) This period lasted another nine days. I went for my follow up and questioned the doctor about it and he said he must have forgotten to mention it but that it can cause some hormone irregularities but that it should go away within a month. I have been so exhuasted and barely able to function. It was five days since my last period and now I got another one today! I am furiouse because I was trying to get pregnant! Now I am freaking out because I am seeing on this sight how long this can really last!

After all of us have had these same problems you think we would be able to sue the company. What can we do becuase I'm on board if you all want to have a class action law suit. How do we start it?

Injected once with kenalog, I had no symptoms until 1 month later. I started spotting and the vaginal bleeding is getting heavier, and this is not my period. Recently have been having severe headaches,stomach upset. When does this stuff leave your body? How long do these side effects last? Not getting much help from my doctor, never told the side effects could reveal themselves so much later and definitely not told how long they might last. Please someone help me.

my 21 year old sister who was taking the kenalog injection to prevent the growth of keloid which she had just cut died oct 9. before she died she had jaundice, swellinn of the face and feet, problems breathing, severe headaches and she went into a coma 34 hrs before she died. she got the injection in june her liver was totally damaged by october. this drug should be withdrawn from the market.

I have been living in the UK for four years and started suffering with bad hayfever in the first summer. I battled through the first year with antihistamines that offered little relief. Now for the the last three years I've had a Kenalog injection from my local clinic.

Year 1 and 2 were fine, with almost instant relief. This year has been rather different - it's not had nearly the same effect and I've been battling some severe headaches in the evening, a week after having the injection.

I'm hoping they are unrelated, but given some of the texts written here, there's probably a strong chance they are as my normal routine has not changed much.

A year or two ago I would probably have recommended it without hesitation, but I'm a lot more sceptical now.