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Talked to my Gastro today
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Talked to my Gastro today
I talked to my Gastro today and she told me it would be ok to take tylenol for pain. She also wants me to take desipramine because she says I have functional bowels or something so that it would help. I think its an SSRI, but she said it would help, I dont know. A while back I also stopped taking my anxiety meds which was Buspar and VAlium. She says I should start on that again that they will help along with the Entocort. It seems like a lot to take, but I was wondering what you guys think.
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Seems like we have quite a few people here with anxiety. I also have it, along with agoraphobia. I quit taking my meds for it when I learned that ssri's can actually cause this MC problem. So many times I have wanted to start taking my meds for it again, but I'm still on the fence with it, just not sure what to do.
As far as the tylenol, I think it's ok, but avoid advil and other like it.
As far as the tylenol, I think it's ok, but avoid advil and other like it.
Lisa,
Desipramine is a tricyclic antidepressant. It interacts with a lot of drugs, but I don't see Entocort, Buspar, or valium on the list. Be careful, though, because it is known to cause suicidal thoughts in some people. Here's some info on it:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000665
Doctors love to write prescriptions, because they think that most patients expect them.
Tex
Desipramine is a tricyclic antidepressant. It interacts with a lot of drugs, but I don't see Entocort, Buspar, or valium on the list. Be careful, though, because it is known to cause suicidal thoughts in some people. Here's some info on it:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000665
Doctors love to write prescriptions, because they think that most patients expect them.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Tex,
The desipramine was given to be by the GI, she said it helps with my functional bowel disorder at a low dose 10mg. She said it helps with sleep. I took one last night and it didnt do much. The Buspar and Valium on the other hand I have been on them for years, but decided to stop a few months ago and did farely well without it. I used to take Remeron for sleep occasionally and wonder if that would be better than desipramine. Dont know if there are interactions with Entocort, I dont think so.
The desipramine was given to be by the GI, she said it helps with my functional bowel disorder at a low dose 10mg. She said it helps with sleep. I took one last night and it didnt do much. The Buspar and Valium on the other hand I have been on them for years, but decided to stop a few months ago and did farely well without it. I used to take Remeron for sleep occasionally and wonder if that would be better than desipramine. Dont know if there are interactions with Entocort, I dont think so.
Remeron, (mirtazapine), is probably a safer drug than desipramine, since it interacts with far fewer other drugs, and mirtazapine is one of the most effective anti-depressants on the market.
The reason why many GI docs like to prescribe anti-depressants for IBDs, is because virtually all anti-depressants have constipation as a possible side effect. Anti-depressants do tend to have a calming effect on the enteric nervous system, (the enteric nervous system controls the GI tract), but anti-depressants do not address the primary issue with IBDs, namely, inflammation.
Tex
The reason why many GI docs like to prescribe anti-depressants for IBDs, is because virtually all anti-depressants have constipation as a possible side effect. Anti-depressants do tend to have a calming effect on the enteric nervous system, (the enteric nervous system controls the GI tract), but anti-depressants do not address the primary issue with IBDs, namely, inflammation.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.