Bizarre symptoms symptoms and conditions

I HATE MIRENA!!!!! I had it put in last December after the birth of my fourth child. In May, I developed intense ankle pain and was diagnosed with tendinitis. Never once did it occur to me that my IUD could be the culprit. I went for an MRI which was negative. The pain did not improve - it spread to my knee and then my lower back. After a back MRI, which was also clear, it occurred to me to start researching mirena side effects. I discovered that tendinitis was a rare side effect (though my ob claims it is not possible). When I went to have the thing removed, the doctor discovered it was embedded in my uterus. Had a procedure done to remove it yesterday and I am already feeling less pain than I have had in months. How insane for something to cause me so much pain and send me to so many doctors. I urge anyone on mirena with any bizarre symptoms to have the thing removed!!!!!

Hello: I am so sorry that all of us are suffering since taking this pill. My experience with Yasmin was brutal and 3 years later I know am told that I have developed b12 deficiency or a very serious, but treatable condition called pernicious anemia. I never had it before then pill. I took Yasmin for only 5 months and felt sick the whole time. Headaches, strange moods, even a popping sound in my head some times, bizarre symptoms. I called my OBGYN and told he I was stopping. She said the pill did not cause this, but if I felt it was related to stop. AND IT WAS! She now admits to feeling bad for this. She did not mean it. Doctors only know what they read from the literature of a drug. I stopped taking it and was in the hospital within three days. I was in shock. Night sweats, tingling skin, no energy, stomach problems of every kind. Severe pain in my left ovary, suicidal depression and on and on. The worst part is that I began to get sicker and sicker. 3 years later of still being sick. The only thing that has helped my system is acupuncture and a serious diet change to aid my system, I find out that I have a serious b12 deficiency, which I never had. They call it an autoimmune disease which impedes you from processing b12 and all this starts in the tummy! I lost a baby during this time while pregnant, now we know it was this! The Yasmin pill has been pulled off the social medicine of some European countries due to such severe side effects. Their is a girl on this blog getting names together to start a class action suit. I am in. No one can get me my three years of suffering back, or my lost baby or my lost work. I am a professional flamenco dancer and let me tell you it is not easy to perform with a serious b12 deficiency which affects nerve endings, heart tissue and neurology! And the cure for this is b12 injections for life! If you want me to forward your name to the girl with the attorney you can write me at:****** Well I am going to keep trying to be well. I am young and have a whole life ahead of me.

I have been taking the med for about one week and things have gotten worse each day. I searched on the internet and found this website yesterday. I was experiencing extreme pain in my head, neck, and back. I was developing a red rash on my legs as well. It hurt to open my mouth or breathe and my throat felt like strep throat. I decided to go to the ER due to bizarre symptoms. It was a little similar to a really bad sinus infection. The Dr. checked everything and said I was completely healthy and had no infections in my body. He said he could not explain the fever and was concerned that it may be an exotic illness or a reaction to the medication. I quit taking the med and I am feelings much better. Why do people prescribe this terrible med, when there are so many other options for antibiotics?

I first posted about three weeks ago re: my 3 1/2 year old son who was taken off Singulair around the first of September. All the bizarre symptoms (mood swings, itching, tummy aches, etc.) he was experiencing are gone and he is still doing great in that regard. However, he caught a cold after starting back to preschool (which always turns into an asthma episode for him) and, as expected, we ended up having to use an oral steroid to pull him through. So ... we were happily off Singulair but still needed a method to deal with what would inevitably be more problems from his asthma. I had heard that some asthmatics have success when changing their diet and so decided that we really had nothing to lose and started to research this issue. While we knew that my son was not allergic to the foods that are typically known as allergens (due to past allergy testing), I learned that a food intolerance is totally different from a food allergy, and does not show up with testing. Most all of the food you buy at the store these days is loaded with preservatives, chemicals and artificial colors. I learned that sulfites can be particularly dangerous for asthmatics and that many also react to food colorings. While these things do not cause an immediate reaction in my son, the theory is that when these foods are consumed regularly, they weaken his immune system and thus make him more suscepticle to have an asthma episode when he does get a cold. There is a book called Fed Up with Asthma that explores this theory that was written by Sue Dengate out of Australia. While we have not gone on what she calls a "failsafe" elimination diet (it seems a little extreme for us), we did decide to experiment with buying all organic foods to see what happens and started on that quest about 2-3 weeks ago. Foods that are certified organic are supposed to be free of pesticides, preservatives, colors, etc. Last week, my son got another cold and this is the first time in 3 years that we have not had to use an oral steroid to get him over it. It was just like he was any other kid with a little cold. Another thing that I read about was that many asthmatics have a reaction to milk (which the medical community flatly denies) and the one lingering symptom we had after stopping the Singulair was a persistent cough that was not associated with illness, was not accompanied by a wheeze, and had no obvious origin. We switched my son to soy milk about 2 weeks ago, and the cough is gone. I also have a 17-month-old who is asthma-free (at least so far) but does have eczema, which I have learned is also thought to be affected by the consumption of cow's milk. When we switched from cow's milk to soy milk, his eczema completely cleared up, too. 6 months ago I would have laughed at someone who said that what I thought was healthy food I bought at the grocery store contributed to my son's asthma, but we have just had too many coincidences to ignore what we are seeing. I just figured I had nothing to lose by trying the organic route, and I'm glad I did it. Good luck.

So, you're an M.D. and you know everything; is that it? Maybe you better do a little research on the ADRs of Levaquin and other fluoroquinolones. All these "bizarre" symptoms are listed in the PDR as possible ADRs of fluoroquinolone therapy(except yours, of course). How can you ask us to believe that it's purely coincidence that all these people developed these symptoms right after taking the drugs that are KNOWN to cause them? Most of them didn't even KNOW that these were possible adrs; they're just seeking answers.