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Yes, 2 weeks and I had all the facts about it I wouldn’t have taken it.
I had a reaction went to bed OK 1 AM left leg and foot very swollen called. The nurse line told me to get to the ER.
The doctors did all kinds of testing and everything came out negative. They told me to go home and watch it as I had an appointment coming up with my main doctor. I put on 10 pounds of fluid in my left leg and it hurt. As soon as my doctor saw my leg, he knew what it was.
It is a drug you cannot just stop. You have to Titrate off. I did a half a dose for a few days, Then they cut it again, two more times before they told me not to take anymore. The first night I didn’t sleep I was wired.
But then I react to everything
I wish you the best
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I took it for 9 months and kept telling them I was not liking the hyperactivity. It was so bad that I could not even get to the therapeutic dosage. They were insistent that I stay on it for a different issue, but they think it was related to Fibromyalgia that the abdominal wall pain was imitating another chronic issue I have. Finally, I demanded to stop due to it was affecting every aspect of my life including my job. And then I had to titrate off slowly. I too am someone who reacts to everything, they did genetic testing and yes the genes match the reactions. I have a pharmacist and allergist and they both said it would be an ok med, it was not. I had them put it on the do not take or try again list.