In May of 1999 I was given an injection of Toradol in my right hip..
Within a few minutes I was having severe chestpains and I was numb
from waist to my foot on my right side. I also had difficulty
breathing, and in general I just felt ill. Within another 10 minutes,
I couldn't stand on my right leg. The hospital did an EKG on me and
said it should go away and they sent me home. But I was in worse shape
than before I went to hospital (I went for a spasm in my left
shoulder). About an hour after I returned home I started bleeding from
either from kidneys when I would urinate. I felt pains in my left
kidney but I couldn't feel my right side. My husband wanted to take me
back to the hospital, but I waited and after about an hour and a half
it stopped. All during that night I felt really ill. My husband would
have to take me to the bathroom and I couldn't urinate anymore than a
teaspoon. The next morning I had an appointment with my allergist, Dr.
William McCall in Winston-Salem, NC. At the time he only worked a day
or so a week, he had nearly retired. I had been seeing him for about
25 years. He told me to see my regular doctor, who was in the same
office. I tried to see my doctor that day, but he didn't have an
opening for me (Dr. Patrick Healy of Forsyth Internal Medicine). I
went home and go to bed, and I felt deathly sick, and then I went back
to the hospital. They then X-ray my back and it doesn't show anything.
They call my doctor's office while I'm there (Dr. Healy), and he was
supposed to call me in the morning. All this while I still can't
urinate. So finally I called Dr. Healy's office, but he couldn't see
me that day so he makes an appointment 2 days from then. I told him I
couldn't wait that long so I went to his office. After I went to his
office he delayed all his patients to see me. He knew what had
happened to me because he works for the hospital. He told me it was
the Toradol that had caused my problems. Now it's 5 years later and I
still have to use a walker or wheelchair to move around. I'm still
bleeding from my kidneys, and bowel incontience. I still can't feel
anything on my right side from my waist down. There's much more to
this but this is a warning to people considering Toradol. I've been
written in the FDA records and many other people have been as well,
and many have died from the drug. FDA sent me many records about
people being injured from Toradol. Hoffman La Roche wine and dine the
FDA and send them on vacations to keep this drug on the market. There
are other alternatives to this drug if you're in pain. I don't want to
see anyone else in my position. It ruined my life. And the doctors
tried to cover it up. The only sincere doctor in the case was Dr.
Travis Jackson, a neurologist.
Now they think I hemorrhaged in my spine and kidneys. The drug can
cause you to hemorrhage in various places. I had a life before
Toradol, make sure you do. Don't take it. If anyone else has had
adverse reactions, please e-mail me about it at r__tuttle@hotmail.com