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Anyone else have GI issues from cholesterol meds?
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Geez, @cheyne. You are getting run through the wringer. I found it helpful when one doc frame it up for me…there are 3 responses to meds:
* a net negative when the side effects are worse than what we are trying to improve - don’t want it!
* a net positive when what we are trying to improve outweighs the side effects - want it!
* a net neutral when side effects are not desireable but help what we are trying to improve - tough call!
Does this sound like your choices? How do your doctors approach it?
I am looking forward to hearing how this week goes for @jacquejwal .
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Hi,
Four AM and right now it is more like gross negative for me. You think I would learn not to try new medications by now, but the urge for treatment out strips the the need to be comfortable. Trialing a new insulin, for me, currently, 36 hours of intense migraine, Tramadol hasn't put a dent in it. Woke this morning with the migraine continuing, shaking, joint pain, vertigo kicking off yet again and unusually feeling quite nauseated. Not something I usually get regardless of the medication taken. BP hit 186/117 and not sure if it is a reaction to the insulin or not, glucose level has dropped. Lord knows what will happen if I get to increase the dosage past this initial starter dose. Day three and ready to throw in the towel, but I have to resist that urge and give it a fair go. I resisted researching the known side effects in order not to influence the outcome, now after doing due diligence discover the known side effects are exactly the effects I have been getting with all previous medications trialed. I guess yet again I will be labelled psychotic!
Cheers