Waaaaayy TMI (moreso than last time)

[puddingcat]

I forgot my tablet yesterday morning. My tablets have a very short half life. By 4pm I was feeling spaced out, and on the bus on the way home I was having hot & cold sweats, feeling nauseous & getting head rushes every tie I blinked. Thankfully, they stopped within half an hour of getting home & catching up with the druggage, so I could enjoy my Chinese takeaway & celebrate in (some sort of) style.

The TMI bit, though. Hoo, boy. One Big side effect of Venlefaxine is constipation. Seriously - even with prunes and bananas and ExLax. It turns out that going 19 hours without the stuff is quite enough to sort that little problem out. Blimey.

I'll find out tomorrow what my GP's doing about the 75mg tablet shortage. I'm running out and nowhere here has them any more. Wyeth are being pants & aren't fixing the manufacturing problem, which (iirc) dates from before Christmas.

Thanks to vulgarcriminal for the use of her favourite tag.

Comments

[nannyo.livejournal.com]

cos memory lapses aren't connected at all to the use of any ahem recreational drug use...
Aye, side effects are a bugger... Our vets sometimes use the side effects of particular drugs to treat other finicky health problems. This makes me think that using venlefaxine as a way to stop the runs might be a bit ott!

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Yes... My cognitive powers receovered within a few weeks of baing put on a sensible dose. From the MSc research I did, I distinctly remember long-term memory deficits being linked to - er - unprescribed substances, since the approved medicines are tested to make sure they *don't* have long term detrimental effects. I'm going from memory there, though, so feel free to correct me :)

I wasn't quite bad enough to call it the "runs". I was just amazed at the capacity of my innards...

[nannyo.livejournal.com]

Having a good old "clear-out" then? Hope you're not feeling hollow inside!

Erk, sorry, couldn't help myself.

On the plus side, and totally unrelated, I have scored 400g of beautiful Slytherin green icelandic lopi wool for 2squid from a charity shop.
N.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Ooooh :)

I've just ordered a load of lace patterns from White Lies, after that Brit Knits post yesterday. $72 including P&P - but that is for 7 patterns :)

[nannyo.livejournal.com]

aren't they beautiful? Which patterns did you get? oooh, oooh, I might have to get the old photocopier o'doom a heating...
N.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

http://syndicated.livejournal.com/stuffonmycat/219426.html?nc=2

Erm - Marta, Milinda, Bella, Madeline jacket, Amelie, Sarah's Shawl-Collared Cardigan, and the Heirloom Lace Jacket.

And if I finish them all, the world will end :)

[whotheheckami.livejournal.com]

Fair point, well made. But I wish I could remember what we were talking about ;@)