KENALOG-40 Reviews (TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE)Average Rating: 2.2 (508 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 |
| 1 | bulging discs in neck and lumbar | Update from 2/18/12 and 4/27/12: side effects of apparent nerve irritation persist with pain in all extremities. Also, extreme fatigue, muscle weakness, loss of muscle and weight loss. | Have been doing a lot of research since MDs are apparently clueless about the side effects of the drugs they most frequently prescribe and have no interest in problem solving. For those with an indentation from soft tissue injections, find medical article "Treatment of Local, Persistent Cutaneous Atrophy Following Corticosteroid Injection with Normal Saline Infiltration" by PETER R. SHUMAKER, MD, JAGGI RAO, MD, AND MITCHEL P. GOLDMAN, MD. Apparently, saline infiltration which is easy to do, works to fix the indentation (but good luck finding a doctor who has heard of this); you should be able to find the abstract for the article online and the paper at a medical school library. A good dermatologist should know about this technique or be willing to investigate it for you. For other issues such as muscle weakness, extreme fatigue, nerve issues, get your adrenal glands checked by a GOOD endocrinologist. Corticosteroids are known to interfere with adrenal gland function which can result in a host of uncomfortable to debilitating symptoms. | F | 44 | 6 weeks 200 mg 4X O | 7/17/2012 | 5 | Back pain | Great medication.No side effects. Feel great!!! | Pharmacodynamics/Kinetics Distribution: Vd: 99.5 L Protein binding: ~68% Half-life elimination: Biologic: 18-36 hours Time to peak: I.M.: 8-10 hours Excretion: Urine (~40%); feces (~60%) Use of UpToDate is subject to the Subscription and License Agreement. | F | 40 | 1 days 80 mg 1X day | 7/11/2012 | 4 | Allergies | None | I've had allergies all my life. This year was looking to be a bad one for hayfever as symptoms started in January instead of April. I've had many friends recommend Kenalog and decided to try it this year. It worked wonders but I'm now taking Allegra as I think the effectiveness is starting to wane. Hopefuuly so is the hayfever season. I will try this again next year if needed. | F | 62 | 60 days 1X O | 7/1/2012 | 5 | allergies | It's awesome for allergy. I am breathing. | M | 29 | 1 days | 6/18/2012 | 4 | Severe Pollen Allergy/ Hayfever | None | I have to cry with my GP before they will agree to administer. First had Kenalog-40 2 years ago after crashing my car from falling asleep whilst driving taking usual hayfever treatments. GP refused to give it to me last year. Given to me this season. 1 shot lasts the whole pollen season. Worried about the reported longterm effects but without Kenalog my summer is not worth living | F | 35 | 40 1X O | 6/11/2012 | 5 | Inflamed sinus, spine, knee + ... | None. | I began using Kenalog-40 as a replacement for Depo-Medrol to control my sinus swelling caused by allergies. I had been using the Depo-Medrol for about 16 years. Kenalog-40 has been great for treating my ailment, but it also helps considerably with my other medical issues; inflammation due to damaged spinal discs, inflammation of a multiple surgically repaired knee, and Raynaud's Syndrome (blood vessel constriction caused by cold temperatures). If not for Kenalog-40, I would be in a great deal of discomfort. | M | 53 | 2 years 1 ML 1X AN | 5/24/2012 | 1 | allergies | This drug is awful. If you are a woman do not take it! Have had nothing but menstrual irregularities and other problems since it was given at my me's office. Md's should give the patient a list of the horrible possible side effects BEFORE giving it to their patients! This is the worst drug ever and I hope someday it is taken off the market! | F | 1 days | 5/19/2012 | 5 | Severe Allergies | None | M | 31 | 2 years 40 MG | 5/10/2012 | 1 | bulging discs in neck and lumbar | Update from 2/18/12: Still have tingling and a deep itching sensation in arms/hands/legs/feet, 3 months after last injection January 2012. | Tingling and deep itching sensation in arms/hands/legs/feet continues, 3 months after last injection January 2012. According to 2 doctors who seem somewhat informed (not the docs who administered the injections), it's nerve irritation which is a possible side effect of Kenalog (it seems that the workings of Kenalog are not fully understood by anyone). Like so many others here, I was told that these injections are safe and carry very low risk. I was not informed of any side effects other than the possibility of the face turning red. The docs who administered the injections had apparently never heard of or seen the side effects I have although it's detailed in the Kenalog package insert material; I provided them w/a detailed account of the reaction I had and they suggested more injections. | F | 44 | 1X day | 4/27/2012 | 1 | LBP and herniated disc | UPDATE from 2/20/2012. Besides from missing my menses cycle, I had non-stop bleeding from late Feb 2012 to late March 2012. Had to have Pelvic U/S which showed severely inflammed endometrial lining and need Endometrial Biopsy done!! Now taking broad spectrum antibiotic to treat inflammed and infected uterus..caused by Kenalog. I was fine before this injection in January 2012. Problems started almost immediatley..very frequent urination,GI issues, and menstrual irregularites.:( :( :( | I KNOW I am not the only patient who was not informed about the side effects/affects of this steroid. I asked questions and was told it was "safe". My back doctor never "heard" or "knew" about the health problems this steroid causes. | F | 41 | 1 days 40 1X M | 4/25/2012 | 5 | seasonal allergies | None that I'm aware of. | Good relief for seasonal allergies. Nothing else helped! Helps me a lot! No side affects that I've noticed. I only get one shot a year in April in my buttocks/hip. Please keep making this drug!!! | M | 41 | 5 years 1X O | 4/21/2012 | 5 | Severe Seasonal Allergies | No problems until last year I ended up with a large indentation in my buttock where the injection was given. Found out it is actually atrophy of the muscle because the incompetent nurse did not place the injection deep enough in the muscle. | Receiving a Kenalog shot once a year has worked every time for me, giving me back summer outdoors with my family. Drs have tried to talk me out of getting it, but over the counter drugs have never worked and this does. | F | 50 | 17 years 40 1X O | 4/19/2012 | 5 | hayfever | the third time I received the shot I noticed a hole in mu buttocks but it went away. i was also wondering if it messes with a womans ability to get pregnant. i have been trying to conceive with no luck, and i was wondering if it could be from the shot. | F | 36 | 5 years 1X O | 4/13/2012 | 1 | Piriformis Muscle Syndrome | Humpback, supraclavicle pad pads, midsection obesity, fat pads throughout my body, ankles, knees but never moonface like so,e may have posted. | It took doctors nine years before they realized my pain wasn't a common sciatic problem. Instead it was later diagnosed as inflammation of the piriformis muscle, which had been caused by repetitive motion In my situation I started with my first injection. Within 24 hours I had felt significant promise that this drug was going to finally stop this pain that has plaged me for 10 years. When I returned the following week for my second injection. I had said what ever your useing continue to use it again...because its working. I ask him what the name of the drug was...he didn't have a answer for me. What he said was he didn't have that information in front of him. 'I said look at you notes in front of you'. He added I don't keep those notes here...'because I record my notes. DAH! the go listen to the recorded notes, I would like to know....maybe next week he said. The name kenalog must have been a name he didn't want me to know. Of course I understand why it was a secret because I would have never agreed to having it administered. Anyway..everything was going well my buttock pain was feeling much better every week. I was scheduled for 6 injections one weekly. The day following my fifth injection ...as I was paying my co-pay he tells me my 6th injection was going to be puton hold. He was relocating his office and his office would be closed for the entitre next month...all in all I was in limbo for 37 days before he returned to resume my 6th injection. Well on the 37 day that I retu | F | 66 | 6 weeks 20 MG 1X W | 4/13/2012 | 1 | Pain from Hypermobility of hip join | I had two Kenalog intramuscular injections nearly 2 months ago. Since then I have had very heavy menstrual periods every two weeks whre before my periods where normal for 15 yrs. I have gained some weight that I had lost before the treatment. I have thinning facial skin and dry skin since which is also a new change. I also can't seem to digest carbs since then either | I will never have this poison injected into my body again. I am taking maximum milk thistle to try and balance my hormones and recover quicker. Please research this drug before having it | F | 34 | 2 months 1X AN | 4/6/2012 | 5 | Allergies | None..shot given on arm close to shoulder, no dimpling...I live in Arizona, I was recommended this shot by someone in Spokane, WA. I have many friends that swear by this as well. Based on all the negative feed back..perhaps this should be used solely for allergies..not arthritis conditions. | F | 33 | 1 days | 4/5/2012 | 1 | Allergies | I am still having constant dizziness / light headed not right at all. | Went to doctor had bloods done came ok won't admit its due to the injection even though I have never had this before in my life !! I just want it to go away now - I wish i could counteract it with something !! | F | 31 | 7 weeks 1X day | 3/30/2012 | 4 | asthma related breathing problems | Heavy vaginal bleeding; severe muscle cramps in my calves in both legs; itchy, red rash that doctor says is eczema (yeah right); fatigue; burning, itching in body; dizziness; blood sugar levels affected | I received a shot of kenalog for asthma related breathing problems and was told that I had a wet sound in my lungs. I was having extreme amounts of wheezing, breathing problems, and counghing fits. The Kenalog injection my doctor gave did help with these problems. Normally, this would have been greatly appreciated. Of course, I began to experience light bleeding and spotted with my monthly period then stopped. Several days later I began to have heavy vaginal bleeding. This has continued. My calves have both began having severe muscle cramps. I have an itchy, red rash on my elbows, around my ankles, and on one knee cap. The doctor that gave the shot said that I have eczema (yeah, right) and prescribed a cream for me. He gave me a sample of this cream to use for two days so the cost would not be so great. I was to use the steroid cream for two weeks only. I found out this is also the trima.... whatever the spelling is that is a steroid so this continues the bleeding and things because even once the kenalog leaves my body, there will still be some steroid from the rash in my system. I was told by the ob/gyn office not to be greatly worried that kenalog does this, but they are seeing me in their office to err on the side of caution. I have had bouts of dizziness and fatigue. It did cause some changes in my blood sugar level - while I do not have diabetes and my sugar level is always around 84 even with meals, etc. the kenalog cause me to have some periods where my s | F | 42 | 1 days 1 shot 1X day | 3/20/2012 | 1 | injuries & RA | Severe very deep itching, bone pain, vomiting, hormone imbalance, dry eyes, nose and mouth, dental problems. Flushing in face, infections. Scars from uncontrollable scratching/itching, skin burning and peeling. Hair loss. Burning sensation and hot, dry skin for about a month after last injection. Terrible joint pain and damage, chafed angry skin. Migraines, confusion, memory loss, depression, spasms, drooling, jaw and tooth infection, fever, complex partial and tonic–clonic seizures, vision changes. | Permanent, irreversible damage to connective and other tissue. I was never told this medicine was going to be used, nor was I warned of possible side-effects or adverse effects. Nasty drug. | F | 44 | 1 days unknown 1X day | 2/28/2012 | 1 | LBP/ Disc herniation | Abnormal menstrual cycle( missing cycles), very frequent urination 3 days after injection, GI problems. | Not happy with the side effects which I was never told about. I was told that the steroid injection was "safe". Doctor did not even know about some of the other numerous side effects including the ones I experienced. Was not told that it affects hormones even though I have Gyn problems and migraines. | F | 40 | 1 days 40mg 1X M | 2/20/2012 |