Re: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect

2008-08-17 Thread Beth In Alaska
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Re: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect

2008-08-16 Thread Gruss Gott
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Re: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect

2008-08-16 Thread Gruss Gott
> Hat wrote: > My Dr. put me on Cimbalta (sp?), 30mg to start, 60mg after a week. Not sure why you're taking it, but the best way to avoid the side-effects is, of course, not to take it. If you're taking it for depression, this book might be a worthwhile read: Each year, as many as twenty millio

RE: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect

2008-08-16 Thread Andrew Scott
Sunday, 17 August 2008 12:14 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect > Am I wrong in my thinking, that if the side effect is bad that you should at > least look at switching meds? No, but the very first suggestion (eat something before you take i

Re: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect

2008-08-16 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> Am I wrong in my thinking, that if the side effect is bad that you should at > least look at switching meds? No, but the very first suggestion (eat something before you take it) seems to have done the trick so far. As I said, the nausea is a temporary side-effect. According to the pharmacist a

RE: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect

2008-08-16 Thread Andrew Scott
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Re: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect

2008-08-16 Thread Dana
or gluten tolerance problem; that's just what I do. On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 1:05 PM > > To: CF-Community

Re: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect

2008-08-16 Thread Tony
this is my favorite part... "uhm no thanks" < why... because: 1. its natural? 2. its got less side effects? 3. it REALLY WORKS? -or- 1. because its synthetic? 2. they have really cool ads on tv for it? 3. someone in some office is making a lot of money on it? dude, just because its illegal

Re: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect

2008-08-16 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> where do you live again? in california and several other states you > could get a doctor's recommendation for medicinal marijuana to help > with the nausea. My sister used it during her chemo treatments and it > really helped her. Uhm, thanks but no thanks. I talked to the pharmacist and she sa

Re: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect

2008-08-15 Thread denstar
Yeah, isn't that just one of those funny things? Drugs are BAD... er, well... I'm just *really* *really* glad these adds targeting self-esteem and whatnot are happening more than specific anti-drug ones. Someone is maybe finally paying attention (which means they're living on borrowed time ;).

Re: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect

2008-08-15 Thread Robert Munn
not hippie-hype at all.i think there was an uproar on o'reilly (speaking of fox propaganda) or rush (can't remember, don't watch/listen to either) about "high school kids" here in san diego who were getting weed through a loophole in the system. it turns out that the typical young patient getting a

Re: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect

2008-08-15 Thread denstar
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > where do you live again? in california and several other states you > could get a doctor's recommendation for medicinal marijuana to help > with the nausea. My sister used it during her chemo treatments and it > really helped her. +1 I'll vou

Re: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect

2008-08-15 Thread Robert Munn
where do you live again? in california and several other states you could get a doctor's recommendation for medicinal marijuana to help with the nausea. My sister used it during her chemo treatments and it really helped her. On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 8:26 AM, C. Hatton wrote: > My Dr. put me on Cimb

RE: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect

2008-08-15 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 1:05 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect > > > Ginger ale? > > Or 7-up/Sprite > > M

Re: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect

2008-08-15 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> did you take it on a full or empty stomach? I did take it on an empty stomach, now that you mention - hmm. BTW, I'm now at a point where I feel like I can eat, though how much I'm not sure. Taking it light for lunch. > Ginger ale? or ginger chews certainly helped my nausea during pregnancy. >

Re: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect

2008-08-15 Thread William Bowen
> Ginger ale? Or 7-up/Sprite Make sure to get "classic" ginger ale, something made with sugar (not High Fructose Corn Syrup), let it go flat. For upset stomach it used to work like a charm for me when I was a kid. then recently tried it again and it wasn't working so well until I realized soda i

Re: Need suggestions on dealing with medication side-effect

2008-08-15 Thread Beth In Alaska
did you take it on a full or empty stomach? Ginger ale? or ginger chews certainly helped my nausea during pregnancy. also sometimes buffering stomach with milk can help? - Original Message - From: "C. Hatton Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 7