Patient Log of Experience Using KENALOG-40
DRUG RATINGS REPORTS HISTORY FOR A PATIENT TAKING KENALOG-40
| Key to ratings for KENALOG-40: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| Rating | Reason | Side Effects | Comments | Sex | Age | Time Taken and Dosage | Date Added | |
| 1 | Inflammation, pain | Intense pain @ injection site, extreme vertigo and dizziness to where I can't function, thrush, pain & burning in muscles & joints all over; insomnia, depression, anxiety, nausea, feel like I'm in a bubble. Unending flulike symptoms, fatigue, migraines, heart palpitations, BP gone crazy, wheezing, irregular spotting. NEVER again. | I had a round of Kenalog several weeks before this recent round, thought it helped. The repeat of the injections hit immediately and HARD. Bad vertigo & pain, inability to function, and burning in the muscles I had the shots in for the purpose of STOPPING any inflammation. Burning and muscle spasms all over, actually. Migraines & pressure in the eyes, it is HORRIBLE. The symptoms are actually increasing the further I get from the shot. Doctor says this is impossible, but my pharmacist found all my sx easily, and several ER docs & my GP said this is quite common with steroid overload & that I must just ride it out. I got these shots to feel better, not slip into complete disability, even for a month or two. No one knows what to do to mitigate the SX, but all acknowledge (except the ones who gave me this drug) that it is definitely from the Kenalog-40. These symptoms are right on the package insert, why are we not warned? Never will I allow a steroid treatment again. | F | 38 | 22 days 40 mg/mL 1X D | 11/14/2014 | |
| 1 | Inflammation, pain | Intense pain @ injection site, extreme vertigo and dizziness to where I can't function, thrush, pain & burning in muscles & joints all over; insomnia, depression, anxiety, nausea, feel like I'm in a bubble. Unending flulike symptoms, fatigue, migraines, heart palpitations, BP gone crazy, wheezing. UPDATE: menstrual period now lasting 18 days, esophageal spasms. READ THE WARNINGS! All symptoms I have are in the package insert, but I wasn't warned and doctor denies them. | I had a round of Kenalog several weeks before this recent round, thought it helped. The repeat of the injections hit immediately and HARD. Bad vertigo & pain, inability to function, and burning in the muscles I had the shots in for the purpose of STOPPING any inflammation. Burning and muscle spasms all over, actually. Migraines & pressure in the eyes, it is HORRIBLE. The symptoms are actually increasing the further I get from the shot. Doctor says this is impossible, but my pharmacist found all my sx easily, and several ER docs & my GP said this is quite common with steroid overload & that I must just ride it out. I got these shots to feel better, not slip into complete disability, even for a month or two. UPDATE: Now having to have multiple tests for adrenals and all hormones; on day 18 of a very heavy menstrual period with heavy clotting, it just will not stop & no way still to stop the symptoms that continue, muscle and tendon pain, esophageal spasms (1-2 per day) and heavy bleeding. Had to take a med to try and counter these symptoms and NOT happy about that, or the THOUSANDS spent trying to help the pain, run tests, get treatment for symptoms I never before had. Depression unlike anything imaginable, panic & irrational fear, inability to concentrate, FACIAL hair growth (!!). Anything that can wreak this level of havoc on the body shouldn't even be on the market! Terrified tendons could have been weakened to the point of damage beyond the pain alr | F | 38 | 53 days 40 mg/mL 1X D | 12/13/2014 | |