Medication Side Effects

Hello everyone. I'm trying to compile a list of people who've experienced adverse reactions and life changing side effects from medicine. I lost my mother last year due to a medication she was taking, that caused cancer. I'm now on a mission to help save other people's lives and the spread awareness about the potential dangers of the medications we take daily. If you don't mind, could you list a medicine that has impacted your life in a bad way, what medicine it was, and what problems it caused you. I will also be drafting a petition to the drug makers, the FDA and whomever else I can. Thank you everyone.

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Hello, Erica! How are you?

I am so very sorry about the loss of your mother, that's just such a tragic thing to occur from a medication that is supposed to help.

And I do have an experience of my own that I can share with you. Last year I had a very bad reaction to a generic version of the antibiotic Bactrim, it turns out I was both sensitive to and allergic to the sulfa based ingredient in it Sulfamethoxazole.

Learn more Bactrim details here.

On top of the allergic reaction that involved both a rash and hives, the sensitivity caused me to develop severely swollen glands, they got so large they were painful and took almost 2 weeks to go back to normal. I also developed muscle aches, fever and etc.

And my repercussion is that I now react to random sulfa based substances. Some I'm fine with, but every now and then, I suddenly have a bad allergic reaction to one.

Does anyone else have any experiences to share?

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I was just writing to Ann, who asked what Simvastatin is for. It is for controlling high cholesterol, if you are not familiar with it.

I took Simvastatin for 6 months. Here is what happened to me.

I found out the hard way of a serious side effect of Simvastatin and ALL "statins" are that these medications can raise your liver enzymes. After the 6 months of taking Simvastatin, I went for blood work that is required by my Psychiatrist every 6 months, because I take Lamictal, and it can also raise your liver enzymes. My liver enzymes level was 346, when it is supposed to be 40 or under. I never had raised liver enzymes before this. My Primary Care doctor asked if I was taking any new medication, and I said yes, that I was taking generic Senekot Stool Softener and Laxative every night, which was not authorized by any doctor. He told me that no one should ever take a laxative on a daily basis, only once in a while. He blamed the Senekot for the liver enzyme raise. I stopped taking it all together, and in 6 months had my blood work done as I do every 6 months. My liver enzymes were than 742! I was shocked. He then took me off the Simvastatin, and in 2 weeks, the level was tested, and it went down to 132. I am waiting to get my next blood test in December to see what it is now. I only took this drug for 6 months and it seems to have had a permanent effect on my liver. My liver enzymes never went back to normal. It has been 2 1/2 years now and the level is still in the 130's range. I take Colestipol now for my high cholesterol.

My Primary Care Doctor has no answer as to why the level is not getting lower. I don't know if it can cause liver problems or not, but Simvastatin is the culprit, and if anything does happen to my liver due to me taking it for only 6 months, I believe that Simvastatin and all "statins" are too dangerous for consumers to take.

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hi, i am taking telma 40 (1-0-0), amlogard 5(1-0-1), moxovas 0.3 (0-1-0) and febuget 20 (0-0-1) for high bp control. my seram creatinine level is 1.62. my age is 35.3. I am also taking some other supplements like Vit A to z, Aurtin. please help me to know if any advserse side effect of any of these medicines.Are these nephroprotective medicines

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I've been taking symbicort for about a year. I experienced joint pain in my knees, neck, ankles and shoulder. I didn't make a connection until I had a rash on my foot below my knee. I read the side effects sheet and it mentioned the rash. I stopped taking the drug right away. It took over a month of withdrawal and started feeling better. The thing is nobody told me it was the preservatives in the wine I was drinking that caused my asthma in the first place.
Now I watch everything I eat and it's mostly home cooked. I never needed the symbicort in the first place.

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Thanks for sharing your stories. And I'm sorry for what you all have gone through as well. I've also been the victim of medications. I got the Mirena IUD in August 2008, and promptly had it removed 3 months later, due to it causing additional heart palpitations. After I got it removed in November 2008, I became sick and am still dealing with health problems as a result of it now; stomach problems. neurological problems, immune system issues, among other things.

I'm going to do everything I can to help people become more informed about what they're putting in their body, because most of the time, the doctors won't warn you.

Thanks again!

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