Med side effects - rant!

Well, it seems Zantac is off my list too. I spent pretty much all day
yesterday in bed. Didn't really feel sick at that point but didn't really
feel well either and was really exhausted. By last night I had a killer
headache. Didn't relate it to the Zantac at first. Duh!

Not long after the headache started I got sick to my stomach. Threw up
about 5 times. That seemed to be the gastroparesis and most likely came
about from eating 12 olive bar olives with lunch. I seem to be able to eat
the cheapish ones from a can or jar but not the ones from the olive bar. I
think they have more fat in them or something. I managed to eat a few on
Father's day and they didn't give me problems but I didn't eat that many.
Guess I should just stop trying because I hate throwing up.

Headache only got worse to the point where I was seriously wishing I would
just die right then and there. But it didn't happen. Eventually became
concentrated around one eye and down into my neck. I stayed in bed again
all day today but it was rather torturous since I slept so much yesterday.
At one point I even felt like I had drifted out of my body and then began to
feel pain free.

Daughter was out all day with husband. She came home at dinner time and
then laid down with me for a while and rubbed my neck. That helped to
lessen the pain.

Am feeling much better now. Still hurts a bit around the eye and neck is
still a bit stiff but it's much more tolerable. I have used tweezers to
pick all the Zantac out of my pills for the week. Of course I did just
stock up on the damned things and the package is open so I can't return
them.

I don't know what's next. Dr. said with Barrett's Esophagus I can't go
without some kind of meds for it. So far every one of them has given me a
crushing headache and some have had additional problems as well like nausea,
diarrhea or the bubbling sensation of having swallowed a few whole Alka
Seltzers followed by a water chaser. Gah!

I am not going to start the statin until at least next week. I don't think
it's a good idea to take two new pills at once.

neighbor Julie Bove wrote:
>
> Well, it seems Zantac is off my list too. I spent pretty much all day
> yesterday in bed. Didn't really feel sick at that point but didn't really
> feel well either and was really exhausted. By last night I had a killer
> headache. Didn't relate it to the Zantac at first. Duh!
>
> Not long after the headache started I got sick to my stomach. Threw up
> about 5 times. That seemed to be the gastroparesis and most likely came
> about from eating 12 olive bar olives with lunch. I seem to be able to eat
> the cheapish ones from a can or jar but not the ones from the olive bar. I
> think they have more fat in them or something. I managed to eat a few on
> Father's day and they didn't give me problems but I didn't eat that many.
> Guess I should just stop trying because I hate throwing up.
>
> Headache only got worse to the point where I was seriously wishing I would
> just die right then and there. But it didn't happen. Eventually became
> concentrated around one eye and down into my neck. I stayed in bed again
> all day today but it was rather torturous since I slept so much yesterday.
> At one point I even felt like I had drifted out of my body and then began to
> feel pain free.
>
> Daughter was out all day with husband. She came home at dinner time and
> then laid down with me for a while and rubbed my neck. That helped to
> lessen the pain.
>
> Am feeling much better now. Still hurts a bit around the eye and neck is
> still a bit stiff but it's much more tolerable. I have used tweezers to
> pick all the Zantac out of my pills for the week. Of course I did just
> stock up on the damned things and the package is open so I can't return
> them.
>
> I don't know what's next. Dr. said with Barrett's Esophagus I can't go
> without some kind of meds for it. So far every one of them has given me a
> crushing headache and some have had additional problems as well like nausea,
> diarrhea or the bubbling sensation of having swallowed a few whole Alka
> Seltzers followed by a water chaser. Gah!
>
> I am not going to start the statin until at least next week. I don't think
> it's a good idea to take two new pills at once.

Statins are pretty hard on the stomach.

Sad to read about all your difficulties.

May GOD bless you in HIS mighty way making you healthier (hungrier)
than ever.

Prayerfully in Jesus' awesome love,

Andrew <><
--
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Cardiologist

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:11:31 GMT, "Julie Bove" <juliebove@verizon.net>
wrote:

>I don't know what's next. Dr. said with Barrett's Esophagus I can't go
>without some kind of meds for it.

What's special about Barrett's, Julie? I keep thinking about what J
David was saying about gentle electrical stimulation - that makes a
lot of sense to me, assuming the bit that's not working is in range of
the machine!

>I am not going to start the statin until at least next week. I don't think
>it's a good idea to take two new pills at once.

Yah. One lot of bad side effects a week... : (

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 100ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.6% BMI 25

My wife took priolosec? i think it is and had no problems...

Sorry to hear the zantac made ya sick!

Least now ya know for future..not a good way to learn tho..yuk!

KROM

"Julie Bove" <juliebove@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:78Ifi.8960$XH5.3540@trndny02...
> Well, it seems Zantac is off my list too. I spent pretty much all day
> yesterday in bed. Didn't really feel sick at that point but didn't really
> feel well either and was really exhausted. By last night I had a killer
> headache. Didn't relate it to the Zantac at first. Duh!
>
> Not long after the headache started I got sick to my stomach. Threw up
> about 5 times. That seemed to be the gastroparesis and most likely came
> about from eating 12 olive bar olives with lunch. I seem to be able to
> eat the cheapish ones from a can or jar but not the ones from the olive
> bar. I think they have more fat in them or something. I managed to eat a
> few on Father's day and they didn't give me problems but I didn't eat that
> many. Guess I should just stop trying because I hate throwing up.
>
> Headache only got worse to the point where I was seriously wishing I would
> just die right then and there. But it didn't happen. Eventually became
> concentrated around one eye and down into my neck. I stayed in bed again
> all day today but it was rather torturous since I slept so much yesterday.
> At one point I even felt like I had drifted out of my body and then began
> to feel pain free.
>
> Daughter was out all day with husband. She came home at dinner time and
> then laid down with me for a while and rubbed my neck. That helped to
> lessen the pain.
>
> Am feeling much better now. Still hurts a bit around the eye and neck is
> still a bit stiff but it's much more tolerable. I have used tweezers to
> pick all the Zantac out of my pills for the week. Of course I did just
> stock up on the damned things and the package is open so I can't return
> them.
>
> I don't know what's next. Dr. said with Barrett's Esophagus I can't go
> without some kind of meds for it. So far every one of them has given me a
> crushing headache and some have had additional problems as well like
> nausea, diarrhea or the bubbling sensation of having swallowed a few whole
> Alka Seltzers followed by a water chaser. Gah!
>
> I am not going to start the statin until at least next week. I don't
> think it's a good idea to take two new pills at once.
>

In alt.support.diabetes on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:11:31 GMT in Msg.#
<78Ifi.8960$XH5.3540@trndny02>, "Julie Bove" <juliebove@verizon.net> wrote:

> I am not going to start the statin until at least next week. I don't think
> it's a good idea to take two new pills at once.

It is always good to try to limit variables like this if you can!

--
DonnaB
06-07-06 Diagnosis T2 hbA1C 8.1, D&E & Metformin 500mg
...................09-11-06 hbA1C 5.0
...................12-20-06 hbA1C 5.2
...................05-18-07 hbA1C 5.3

"Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to
believe, no matter the conflicting evidence." - Caedmon Erb, Politics and
Reality, DUNE: HOUSE HARKONNEN, Brian Herbert & Kevin G. Anderson, 2000.

I hope today is a better day. You sure do have sensitivities of meds.
I am sorry you have to go through all that crap. vomiting is a terrible
thing.

Loretta

"krom" <thekromremoveremove@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> My wife took priolosec? i think it is and had no problems...
>
> Sorry to hear the zantac made ya sick!
>
> Least now ya know for future..not a good way to learn tho..yuk!

Prilosec is the first thing they put me on. Instant sickness from that
one.

"Loretta Eisenberg" <sassybklynlady@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:15130-467FD439-615@storefull-3234.bay.webtv.net...
>I hope today is a better day. You sure do have sensitivities of meds.
> I am sorry you have to go through all that crap. vomiting is a terrible
> thing.

Headache came back last night and was pretty bad but not as bad as before.
I still have it, but at least it's tolerable.

"Nicky" <ukc802466929@btconnect.com> wrote in message
news:80dv73hmdkvfnnk4agro97dgg4krqodhip@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:11:31 GMT, "Julie Bove" <juliebove@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>>I don't know what's next. Dr. said with Barrett's Esophagus I can't go
>>without some kind of meds for it.
>
> What's special about Barrett's, Julie? I keep thinking about what J
> David was saying about gentle electrical stimulation - that makes a
> lot of sense to me, assuming the bit that's not working is in range of
> the machine!

Barrett's Esophogus means that you've had GERD for so long that stomach
tissue is growing into your esophogus. No machine is going to help with
that. I am talking GERD here. Not gastroparesis. Two entirely different
things.
>
>>I am not going to start the statin until at least next week. I don't
>>think
>>it's a good idea to take two new pills at once.
>
> Yah. One lot of bad side effects a week... : (

Yep.

"Julie Bove" <juliebove@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:lCUfi.4567$G85.997@trndny08...
>
> "Loretta Eisenberg" <sassybklynlady@webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:15130-467FD439-615@storefull-3234.bay.webtv.net...
>>I hope today is a better day. You sure do have sensitivities of meds.
>> I am sorry you have to go through all that crap. vomiting is a terrible
>> thing.
>
> Headache came back last night and was pretty bad but not as bad as before.
> I still have it, but at least it's tolerable.
>
Julie, you must feel miserable. I have a little trick... doesn't stop
headaches but relieves them a little while you're doing it. Simple,
*gentle*, slow brushing of the hair down to the scalp with one of those wire
hair brushes with the little plastic knobs on the end of the bristles is
very soothing for headaches. Not much but better than nothing. Hope you feel
better soon.

John

Not good!
:-(
So do they have any other things to try that hopefully wont make ya sic?

KROM

"Julie Bove" <juliebove@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:MBUfi.5769$pT4.5386@trndny06...
>
> "krom" <thekromremoveremove@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:f5oda6$u8h$1@aioe.org...
>> My wife took priolosec? i think it is and had no problems...
>>
>> Sorry to hear the zantac made ya sick!
>>
>> Least now ya know for future..not a good way to learn tho..yuk!
>
> Prilosec is the first thing they put me on. Instant sickness from that
> one.
>