Posted by Alex on April 22, 1999, at 18:18:42
In reply to "burning" from meds, posted by Laurie on April 18, 1999, at 15:28:04
> I have been put on Prozac and Pamelor for treatment of chronic headache (the result of a viral infection). Both medications have caused me to have a severe burning sensation on my head (with prozac it spread from head to toe). Both were low doses. Now I'm stuck with this sensation even after stopping the meds. Help -- what is this???
Burning of the skin may be a symptom of anxiety. Discontinuing certain medicines such as benzodiazepines may cause a burning sensation in the jaw, mouth or tongue. There is a poorly understood disorder, the burning mouth syndrome, that may persist after more generalized burning sensations have subsided. Burning in the extremities (causalgia) may be
associated with peripheral neuropathies such as those found with type I diabetes mellitus. I cannot explain your generalized burning sensations, but I would consider consulting a neurologist about your headaches and the possibility that your medications triggered an unrecognized anxiety reaction.Alex
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