KENALOG-40 Reviews (TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE)Average Rating: 2.2 (505 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare KENALOG-40 with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR KENALOG-40 | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Allergies | The negative side effects are minimul compared to the outstanding positive effect of feeling like a new person. I take it once per year. | This shot works so well I am wondering what my body may be trying to tell me. Anyone have any ideas as to what my body may be telling me? | M | 59 | 30 years 1X O | 2/10/2011 | 5 | SEVERE allergies | None | Within hours after getting the Kenalog shot, my allergy symptoms went away and have not returned since. I avoid taking any sort of medicine but resorted to taking some over the counter meds for my allergies with little results. I was reluctant to get any sort of shot but was suffering so bad with nose bleeds, itchy eyes, sneezing, a raw throat and not being able to sleep that I finally caved and decided to go to the doctor. This has changed my life! My allergies have completely disappeared and I have my life back. I can sleep, exercise, socialize and do all of the things that those pesky allergies were preventing me from doing. This drug certainly does agree with me and I have had no negative side effects whatsoever. Maybe it’s because I don’t take any other medications, I don’t know. All I know is that I will be returning for my shot next year if/when my allergies kick in again. | F | 48 | 2 weeks 60mg 1X AN | 2/9/2011 | 4 | Severe allergies | No side affects - but after reading all the other respondents side affects - I did have some spotting this week, have had a Kenalog shot each year for at least 4 years and never had any severe side affects | Each year in January I have severe allergies - I already do allergy shots, and try to make it through Cedar season in Austin, but most years need to get a Kenalog shot. Has ALWAYS worked and never had any severe side affects. | F | 44 | 1 days 1X day | 2/8/2011 | 1 | knee arthritis | flushing, fever, soreness, EXTREME heartburn/GERD, other joint pain, exhaustion with insomnia, EXTREME appetite, EXTREME thirst, FREQUENT urination (like every 20 minutes all day and night!!), palpitations and on day 4 blurred vision. I called the doctor and he said it sounded like the flu, the shot has no side effects. WTF!?!?!?!?? If I had any idea what this could do, I would have gone into a wheelchair before taking it DO NOT TAKE THIS SHOT!!!!! | DO NOT LET THEM INJECT YOU WITH THIS POISON!!!! | M | 41 | 1 times 80 mg 1X O | 2/8/2011 | 1 | swelling | Do not take this drug unless you want it to permanently disable you. It's left a big indentation in my skin that I can't seem to get rid of. Massaging the area seems to give it some relief, however my skin is still fleshy from the shot and it's been just about a year. | M | 27 | 1 days 1X O | 1/31/2011 | 5 | allergies | none | It was like a miracle. My allergies were cured within hours. Throughout my childhood I suffered from severe allergies. Nothing worked. The allergies disappeared when I was a young teenager about the time I started smoking. I quit smoking in my mid-thirties and after about 6 months the allergies returned with a vengeance. One shot and I was cured. I went back to smoking and the allergies disappeared. I quit smoking again last year and around 7 months quit the severe allergies returned. I had a shot yesterday and am now cured again. BEST. DRUG. EVER. | F | 49 | 2X O | 1/23/2011 | 5 | Allergies | No side effects | I usually have a sinus infection EVERY DECEMBER. My sister told me about this shot and it has changed my life! I have terrible allergies and this year I am watching everyone else suffer. It is like I am cured from my allergies! I am going around like a born again Christian telling everyone about this shot! | F | 48 | 1X O | 1/13/2011 | 5 | Granuloma annulare (GA) | None. Injected in upper arm muscle with little or no pain and no side effects. | 1 - 3 times per year as needed to control granuloma annulare flare-ups. Flattens raised spots and stops spreading. Removes itching and redness. | F | 60 | 5 years 60MG 1X AN | 1/7/2011 | 3 | SEVERE ALLERGY | I like the fact that Kenalog took my allergies away but I can do without the dent in my buttock, not to mention it hurts sometime. I did talk to the nurse and she said apply a hot rag as hot as you can take it or take hot baths and it will fill back in but it takes 3 months or so. I did find that the hot towels made it feel better so now I'm watching to see if it will grow back. She seemed to be confident and let me know that she had one as well. I read somewhere that what happens is the medicine will crystallize an start to burn the fat away. So it does make sense to try and dissolve them with the hot water (not a heating pad). The crystals need heat and steam that will penetrate under the skin. Hopefully this helps cause I'm also a victim. If this really helps I will take it again because it is a lot better than being in the office, out to eat or at church sneezing, itchy eyes and a snotty nose. | F | 23 | 4 months 1X M | 1/1/2011 | 4 | Hives | Day 2: No side effects as described on www.drugs.com/cdi/kenalog-40-suspension.html | Day 2: Hives are subsiding, no longer itching. Rating increased to a "4". | M | 38 | 40 mg/ml 1X O | 12/29/2010 Patient History | 5 | allergies | only that I was allergy free | I am a 56 year old female who has taken a kenelog shot yearly for about 25 years. It changed my life for the better. I was plagued by pollen allergies every year. It seemed I had them continually until my sinuses were infected and no meds really helped. After getting the shot yearly they've disappeared in fact I had almost forgotten about how bad allergies has been. My mom is 80 and she swears by this shot. She also suffered from horrible allergies until the kenelog. Now that our doctor has retired (He has been my physician all my life)my mother and I are hard pressed to find a doctor who will GIVE this shot!! | F | 56 | shot 1X O | 12/23/2010 | 1 | kenalog | 3 shots.... gained 15 pounds,starting weight 120... thrush, high blood pressure, rapid heart rate, craby, period are heavier and erregular being on the pill. | F | 32 | n/a 1X day | 12/23/2010 | 1 | nerve pain in my neck | I got the kenolog shot for nerve pain in my neck on OCT 11 and the next day had seveve anxiety a rapid heart rate and horrible tummy irregular periods ect.I feel I have gotten past alot of that but an now so weak my legs feel like gumby.I get dizzy and exhausted easily and am not doing any of the things i would normally do.I am so so scared.It has been 60 days since the shot..I was hoping that you could tell me how you got through it?did it get better?how long did it take?is there anything that you did that helped? | this is the worst thing that has ever happened to me, i just want it to go away... it is ruining my life.. I have had so many tests... most came back fine.. my tsh is kina high but everything else is ok ish i guess... also had horrible bronchitis, i was coughing blood... this stuff really does a number on your immune system. | F | 33 | 40 mg 1X day | 12/8/2010 | 1 | wrist tendonitis with triggering | One depo injection in wrist and thumb..severe pain, locking of thumb, loss of sensation, severe atrophy in wrist, thumb, palm, skin peeling in thick layers and splitting,..unable to use hand for three months now. | am a wheelchair user and now cannot take care of myself at all..was told Kenalog does not usually cause such severe atrophy and that it is not usually used in a "depo" (long-acting) form. I am at a loss..I had some wrist pain before, which I had for 6 weeks prior to injection-but still exercised daily. Since then, I have become so debilitated due to loss of hand function and being a paraplegic. This was a big mistake-I have more pain and problems than I did before. | F | 50 | 1 days ? 1X O | 11/20/2010 | 5 | Allergies/Asthma | NONE | I had a Kenalog-40 injection in Oct. of 2009 for severe allergies and a bit of wheezing that were not responding to my inhaled steroids (Verimyst and Flovent). I was hesitant because I have anxiety/panic attacks but I can tolerate oral steroids fairly well and was desperate. The shot worked wonders and got me through cotton harvest season in the far east valley here in Phoenix. I just got another one 48 hours ago because I'd been trying to "ignore" my allergies this fall and ended up with a sinus infection and hoarseness from drainage issues related to my nasal allergies. Literally within 3 hours of the Kenalog shot my nose opened up and stopped running for the first time in over a month. The little bit of tightness/wheeziness in my chest (which had been triggering recurrent panic attacks for a month) and red/itchy/runny eyes stopped too. I know some people don't tolerate some drugs-I am one of the 3% of people who cannot tolerate Metformin. But on sites like this, people are more likely to leave a review when they have a negative experience and I'd hate to see someone discount Kenalog without talking to a doctor and weighing the pros and cons. For me, the risk of side effects was preferable to taking more oral or inhaled meds with worse side affects. I couldn't keep living the way I was with my allergies/asthma. | F | 37 | 40 1X AN | 11/19/2010 | 1 | Allergic reaction to contrast | I was told I was receiving Benedryl. Got the injection in July because of a reaction to contrast during a CT Scan. Heavy periods. Had one 12 days after another. Got shingles/a golf ball size dent in my rear/blood pressure all over the place/lost most of my eyelashes lost 6 pounds on top of the weight I had lost from gastritis. This shot has changed 5 months of my life that I will never get back. I Will Never Get A Steriod Shot Ever, Ever Again. I'm still living the nightmare! | Make sure you know what you are doing before getting this shot - weigh the pros and the cons.... I was way over medicated when I got this shot and should never have received. It has been a life changing experience I will never forget. I thought I was losing my mind until I found this site! | F | 46 | 1 days 40 1X day | 11/17/2010 | 2 | Arthritis in my knee | Migraine headache, severe nausea, uncontrollable vomiting and beet red face. I ended up in the emergency room. I was so sick. The shot did help my knee; however, the side affects were so severe I can't do it again. | F | 50 | 1 times Unknown 1X O | 11/15/2010 | 5 | Low back pain and hip bursitis MVA | I was in soooo much pain (pain rating of a 9), I could not hardly stand it, so had the injections done 4 days ago (7 months after my car accident) and it is like a miracle. I am not 100% back to normal but may never be due to the car accident 7 months ago. I read all these reviews before getting the injections, and realized those that are having problems after the injection are allergic to either the kenalog or the marcaine. So far the only negative for me was on and off facial flushing, agitation once, and a little bit of insomnia. BUT, it was well worth it so I can sit, stand and walk again without extreme pain and without being hunched over. My pain level was a 9 and is now a 4 with activity, and a 1 or 2 when lying down. Not bad when you have had 13 herniated and displaced discs along with a rotated pelvis and hip bursitis. | The first injection 2 months after my auto accident did not help my low back at all and I had NO side effects at all. But, my pain was off the chart at that time so even if it went from an 11 to a 9, that is still severe pain so I would not have noticed a difference | F | 48 | 2 times 40 MG 2X AN | 11/14/2010 | 1 | BURSITIS IN BOTH HIPS | missed period month of injections, cramping/nausea/burning in abdominal area after eating, long term period, diarreha, hot flashes, drenched night sweats, fluid filled/achy filling knees, fatigue, swollen and achy cheek bones, achying chest muscle, acid intergestion, | October 20,2010 i reciecved a inj in my left hip and upper butt for bursitis in my hips, i felt i didnt need it because i had just got out of physical therapy and i felt fine until doc got to pushing in certain areas. So he said yea you need the PAIN MEDICINE to be injected in the SI joint to stop the pain deep in the muscle because the pain was still there when he put pressure so i did it. Sickness started next day a whole week in bed felt like i had a baterial virus of some kind. Still having abdominal/diarreha off and on October 28,2010 went back for right side to be injected, but both in butt so i question what was the PAIN MEDICINIE (as they keep calling it) that was inj with and why was it done different than last week. They said to see exactly if your pain is in hip or butt and when they told me it was a form of steroid i said to myself NO MORE if i would have known it was a steroid from the being instead of them saying PAIN MEDICINE i wouldnt be sick right now cause iv had bad experience with steroids in the past so i want use them. So i Went to ER October 31, 2010 they say everytings fine Started brown spotting that day, but still everytime i eat stomach start hurting then diarreha i had lost 6 lbs but every thing was fine they said. Went back to ER Nov 6,2010 because of vomiting and diarreha still spotting brown they said it was the stomach flu. That past but still hurts when i eat and diareeha afterwards and on the 8th bleeding started bright red but was not a regu | F | 31 | 2 times 1X day | 11/11/2010 | 4 | non-specific allergy symptons | No side effects | I have had Kenalog shots about twice a year for two years now. I have had no side effects and the shots have helped with my spring and fall allergy problems. The shot is always given in the muscle of my hip. I am concerned about long-term effects and am looking into other treatments. | F | 52 | 2 years 2X O | 11/4/2010 |