Left lung symptoms and conditions

I have been on Yaz for over 2 years......2 years ago I had to have my gallbladder removed, and the enzyme levels were so dangerous I had acute pancreatitis and a hepatic liver; I suffer from sever IBS; depression, mood swings, paranoia, and now am having trouble breathing in my left lung. Dry skin, hair loss, loss of normal period, bloating and inability to lose the weight I have gained and very low energy...I could sleep all day! I am at a loss, and I have a Doc appt tomorrow. Please let me know where or who to contact to get involved with a class action lawsuit!!!!

I have been having problems that I just realized may be related to using
Advair. I take 250/50 two times a day. I have not felt good for several months. I feel fuzzy headed, feel like my left lung is constantly congested, and have recently started having muscle stiffness in my calves and feet in the morning. I had blood drawn this morning but I think I may talk to my doctor about my concerns.

In 2006 at the age of 38 after 4 years on Yasmin I had a mini-stroke. I am writing a non-fiction memoir about my experience and am very interested in hearing from anyone who has had a bad experience with Yasmin (or indeed, any other hormonal contraceptive.) I invite you to have your story included in my book. I am particularly interested in incidences of blood clot and of course, stroke, plus any withdrawal symptoms experienced from the drug. Please email me at ****** including your full name, age, location, a brief gynecological history, and the main facts of your experience. Thanks!!

i started on warfarin 10 weeks ago for a single medium P.E. on my left lung (this could be because i have had difficulty in moving around for the past three years following spinal surgery). However, at first i felt fine on warfarin, but in the past four weeks i have noticed changes. Sometimes i get fluttering in my chest but only last for about 2-3 seconds then goes away, Doctors told me this is how my body reacts to the clot. I also have some aches in my limbs and back (put this down to the new job). Furthermore, i have noticed hair loss and damaged, fragile hair.
When this P.E. occurred i was walking with a stick due to the spinal surgery. But once i started taking warfarin my back has recovered so much so that i have returned to work after 3 long years. The job i perform now is doing removals and H.G.V. driving.
I am only 34 years of age and i am taking 9 mg of warfarin a day (with a INR of 2.6) and 30mg of Lansoprazole a day for my stomach (you can feel a bit bloated sometimes).

I was just discharged from the hospital on Saturday. I had been taking Yasmin for almost two years now and until recently, had no problems. Last Wednesday I went to the ER for severe pain and inability to breath with my left lung. They admitted me after finding a blood clot in the right, as a result of Yasmin! Turns out, I had pneumonia in the left and since I had no symptoms that the clot was there, the pneumonia saved my life! I too had to take those fun Lovenox shots in the stomach and now I'm on Coumadin for 6 months. I am 29 years old, never smoked a day in my life. I do not drink, I am a healthy weight and I work out regularly. I do not have a history of blood clots in the family. How could this happen especially with a drug my doctors told me was safe?

With the amount of occurrences, I'm interested in a class action lawsuit as well. I will never take a birth control pill again EVER.

Hi I am a 36 year old female, and have been on warfarin for about six months now, I was also on it back in 2004 for six months I had a blood clot in my left lung in 04, and was off of them after six months. But now i Dec 07 i had a clot in my leg, and several in my lungs. I have to be on it forever now according to my docs. It sucks, I am having very bad memory loss, blurred vision also, I get dizzy a lot, and as of last week my levels are not high. I was on a smaller dosage the first time around, but I am currently on 7.5 mg, and it sucks, I want to be off of these. So I also do experience the same symptoms as the rest of you. Memory loss is really affecting my everyday life. Also depression is a big symptom also, I have always been a happy person, not any longer.

I had my left lung fill with fluid and collapse after radiation treatment for Breast Cancer. The lung was drained with Thorocentesis and I was hospitalized for a week and put on prednisone - 40 mg reduced to zero in 1 week. I experienced symptoms of heart attack as reaction to reduction from prednisone. When it was determined by enzyme testing in hospital that heart not damaged I was sent home with prescription of prednisone starting at 60 -10 days, to 40- 5 days, to 30 - 10 days, to 20-10 days. The cumulative effect of these doses was all the side effects mentioned by others, loss of emotional and physical balance, stability, swelling, moon face, insomnia, depression, crying, stomach pain, constipation, etc. I dropped myself to 20mg for 9 days but on the 8th day had recurrence of lung pain and feared possible fluid build up through tissues damage/leak caused by radiation - they are calling it pleurisy or pleural effusion. (It was also determined that I must be on constant oxygen and sleep on oxygen as my breathing capacity is below 88 off of oxygen.) Dr. found not enough fluid to drain without risk to damaging my diaphragm so upped the prednisone again to 30 for 14 days. Using pain and shortness of breath as a measure of lung condition I must not dampen pain now but suffer it to monitor my lung so as to avoid trips for constant X-rays. I continue to suffer from prednisone and it has disabled me so that my normal life cannot be resumed in any way. I want to get off of it, but after reading these reports, I am very worried - supposedly the steroid is allowing my radiated lung to heal, but if that is not happening I think the steroids are possibly more life threatening than the lung - in any case, what life? What other choices do I have to survive the damage done to me by radiation?

My doctor failed to catch pneumonia in time when I was 13. It cause irreversible lung damage in left lung. I have had to take prednisone for 41 years now. I now have a cortisol insufficiency, hypothyroidism, and IGA, IGG immune deficiency. Although prednisone saved my life; it has now damaged master glands. I have heard it can kill you if taken over a long period of time because of it's immunosuppresive properties. People need to know this and the drug companies still push it as an anti inflammatory.
I use natural cortef for replacement of cortisol insufficiency.
Who makes prednisone? Be knowledgeable about alternatives and don't be afraid to ask the doctor for something that is more natural to what your body makes!!

Sincerely,

Nancy L.
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i forgot to mention i have started to get very bad hot flushes, besides a lot of cramp

I have my first steroid injection as a 10 year old to try and put weight on my sickly skinny body.
In my 20's I had 5 lung collapses from toxic chemicals( I work in a oil refinery and laboratory) and Bullous Lung disease. Blisters of air and fluid on the outside of the lungs. Break a bleb and have a spontanious pnumothorax (lung collapse. I had a thorocotomy (opened the chest and spread the ribs) in 1976 when I was 29. They sewed up a hole in my lung and tacked the lung up by taking gauze and rubbing the lung and the pleura (membrane sack in which the lungs are protected) so they would grow together and my left lung could no longer collapse.

I massed scar tissue and it pressed the lung in half and blocked my pulmonary artery. Results: Primary Pulmonary Hypertention a cor pulmonae (right ventricle can't push enough blood through the mentioned artery.

Prednisone treatments began to control swelling and treat pericarditis (inflammation of the heart) I traded certain death with certain death later on)

I had injections but don't remember the dose. I took 20 to 100 mg daily for 5 years which was how long a Primary Pulmonary Hypertension patient survives.

On the short term Prednisone caused depression. I had bouts of pneumonia and pleurisy (severe) for the next seven years.

Prednisone clearly saved my life. However it impairs the immune system leading to the pneumonias.
I went from 6'1' and 135 lbs to 265lbs and had a classic moon face. Some 30 years later I am a trim 170 with no fat.

I developed osteoporosis (bone thinning) and broke numerous bones including two ribs (one in two places) which happened when my wife clutched my chest during a love making session.. I no longer have osteoporosis, it took seven years to wash the steroids out of my body. You can get better.

Long term effects also includes avascular necrosis (blood vessels dieing in all my joint caps which has led to one hip replacement ( I would rather not have another)
And I have abnormal hemoglobin (beta 2 immunoglobulin) which are precancerous cells leading to Multiple Myeloma which has no cure.

It was discovered in my 30's that you could take large doses of Prednisone every other day and prevent the adrenals from shutting down. I have forgotten doses and have gone into adrenal shock. It takes a very long tapering off of the odd day dose but improved my life greatly. I took Prednisone for 10 years.

It has all kinds of nasty side effect but frankly it saved my life. It is killing me now at sixty; yet, I have had a bonus of 33 years of life and have seen my kids go to college and have a grand daughter 10 years old.

I have been throughly poisoned with steroids as I have with chemicals.

Prednisone has saved my life but it is too dangerous to take without strict medical follow ups. (this is a little hard to find these days)
The topical steroids which you put on the skin, inhale or any non-systemic use are pretty safe.

I don't regret taking them but regret more the fact that I needed them in the first place.

Patrick

I started taking Yasmin Feb 2005. By October I had 55% of my right lung full of blood clots and 75% of my left lung full also. Yasmin made me come way to close to death. I was on blood thinners for over a year and now I'm unable to ever take any hormones ever again, including ever having any children. I'm definitely in search of a class action lawsuit!!!!!!!!

After reading so many of everyone’s stories, I feel I got off easy, but not without some agony. I developed a double whammy of acute bronchitis and pleurisy in my left lung. If you are not familiar with pleurisy, it feels like hit with a baseball bat in your ribs each time you attempt to take a normal breath. I was completely uninformed of the condition and it is now burned in my memory forever. I was prescribed azithromycin and Prednisone for a month. I started with two 20mg (40mgtotal) tabs for 7 days and then tapered off in the following manner. 1 ½ tabs for 7 days, 1 tab for 7days and then ½ a tab for the last 7 days. I have read many of the users who have been on Prednisone for years at a time and my heart goes out to each and every one of you. I experienced a large number of side effects for being on it for such a short period. My wife was ready to attach the ole cinder block to my ankles and drop me in the lake, but she stuck through it. The first side effects began within the first week. My appetite went through the stratosphere, my heart felt like it was going to erupt out of my chest on some nights and finally, my memory just went to (for lack of a better work) shit. After coming home from the grocery store on multiple occasions, I left the house key in the key hole on the outside, only to find it the next morning on my way out the door. My short term memory was just misfiring constantly. There are too many funny stories to tell. For some odd reason, I did not gain near as much weight as I should have given the mass quantity of food I ingested. The total weight gain was only around seven or eight pounds. The most prominent side effect was my mood swings. I am a laid back person my nature, but not for that 30 day period. I had to make a conscious effort to not put myself in a position to disagree with another individual. When it did occur, it was just not a pretty site. A few of the other side effects were lack of sleep and profuse sweating. I would wake up every morning and my pillow was drenched. I live in Austin, Texas, so the AC was pegged and 67 degrees and no one was allowed to touch the thermostat without grave consequences. I broke out the winter pajamas for the kids and my wife wrapped up in multiple layers of clothing, while I was spread eagle under the ceiling fan (Highest setting of course) in my birthday suit, and was still only the in the moderate comfort range. More side effects included swelling of my ankles and hands. I was not on it long enough to get the infamous moon face or the hump on the back of the neck. The side effects after stopping the dosage were no less entertaining. I took my last dose seven days ago. The three main effects have been rashes on my ankles and under my arms, severe energy loss and heartburn. The worst of it all has been my energy level, or the lack of. My energy level crashed so hard I have had to literally peel myself out of bed each morning. If I did not have a two year old daughter and a four year old son, I would probably still be asleep right now. It has been getting a little easier each day. I have started walking each morning now and hopefully this will end soon. I have also been drinking large amounts of water. That has seemed to help me out. The heartburn was easily treatable with some Pepcid AC. I hope my experience offers some solace to those in a similar situation and fair warning to those who are about to embark on this medication.

My daughter took advair. She was an asthmatic for years. Last April she had bronchitis, and went on prednisone, I don't believe they took her off the advair. She developed a severe septic pnuemonia, went to the hosp. on a Monday with body shutting down, kidneys involved etc. Wed. seemed to pass the crises, Sat, developed a staph, and died on April22. Ask your doctors and pharmicists, about this combination. I will always believe it was a contributing factor to her death.

So I'll refer to today as Hell Day, the day when all the horrible symptoms of my birth control pill attack me at once and I literally cannot take it. I had this exact same thing happen when I was on the nuvaring, and I stopped it immediately. I'm willing to sacrifice having 100% safe sex if it means I don't have to feel like I'd rather shove a knife through my brain than exist. It's only my second month of Yasmin, and I'm feeling more fatigued than ever before in my life. I feel so horribly depressed. It's beautiful outside and I was lying on the grass, thinking only about being DEAD. I'm not one to be depressed. The only other time I've felt this awful was my third month into the Nuvaring. I specifically asked my doctor for something that wouldn't make me depressed, nor gain weight. Well, I gained about 5 pounds that won't come off no matter how hard I try, and the depression is just getting worse and worse. I'm stopping this pill tomorrow.

Other symptoms included:
*Initially: a sharp breathing pain under my left lung
*Weird, small rash on my leg
*Would rather be in bed than do anything
*Overwhelming feeling of loneliness, questioning self-worth, etc.

I was given methylpred 4mg yesterday, took all of the first day. and have taken todays, except for bedtime. My eyes are burning, my nose is running non stop, cramps accompanied with diarhea. I feel like I am on fire. I cant eat. it makes me very nauseated. and to drink is very difficult. I feel full. What is happening to me. I was diagonosed with pneumonia in my left lung. Also given Amox/k875mg. , attusshx for pain, I have only taken one of these attusshx. I have a very low tolerance to medicine but this is scarey. Please tell me if I should stop?????????????????

My doctors checked when complaining about abdominal ache and found out that my lipaze and amylaze were elevated.I made some research and found out that Lisinopril can cause the elevations.I read it somewhere but forgot.Anyone with this problem?I have GERD and took almost half a dozen different meds. at different times.I still have the problem.Could the abdominal ache be from Lisinopril 40mg once a day for over 4years now.My doctor also told me that I have tiny noddules about 2mm on my left lung.I really don't know where this one came from.I never smoked my entire life never exposed to any kind of infections.The only thing that I can tell is that my mantox on my arm for TB test with positive.A lot my country folks have those problems on their arms but no noddules on their lungs.Please,help if anyone has any feedbacks or experience on GERD.I have tried other suppliments like Digestinol which is made of Aloe Vera plant.It didn't work for me or maybe I quit too early because of some stomach discomfort.THANK YOU!

ran out of my advair and did not have it for about 5 days and while i was out, in the middle of the night I had a severe cramp in my chest on the left side, going all the way thru to my left shoulder blade and since the cramp have muscle soreness in the shoulder and occasionally in the heart/left lung area, have now got my refill and have started my advair again but while on it I have noticed lots of pain in my knees, is there a safe way to get off this med and get it out of your system?

I just wanted to add to the few positive experiences here.

Recently, I had an intense cough which one night led to some kind of injury to my rib. I decided to go to an Urgent Care doctor who ordered x-rays. A radiologist discovered what appeared to be a small infiltrate in my lower left lung. Suspecting that I may have actually had a mild case of pneumonia, the doctor put me on a seven-day course of 500mg Levaquin to rule out the possibility of something more serious.

I am four days and four doses into the course and have experienced only mild side effects. It feels as thought the Levaquin deminishes my energy levels a bit, slight difficulty in mental focus within the first few hours after dosage and a couple of mild night sweats have been noted. Other than that, there have been no ill effects to speak of. I suspect that this site has become a collecting pool of negative experiences. There are no doubt many, many others like myself who experience little to no side effects.