Re: Re: update on stopping Reglan

[Guest guest]

Dana wrote:

>

> ... Within 1 week, we have seen a

> huge improvement in his spirits and how he is feeling. It is amazing

> to me that

> this one drug has so many adverse affects and yet the doctor wasn't

> warning us

> about any of them.

>

If you want to make a report about Reglan you can do it at:

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch

That kind of reporting is one way the FDA has to lookout for problems

with drugs and to get an idea about how common those problems may be.

I notice in the imformation for Reglan that it says, " The risk that you

will develop tardive dyskinesia is also greater if you are taking

medications for mental illness, if you have diabetes, or if you are

elderly, especially if you are a woman. " At least they noted there is a

increased risk in the elderly.

As we age we also metabolize some medications much slower than before.

(I don't know if that is relevant to Reglan). My dad was given a

medication for some chronic pain that soon resulted in hallucinations in

the dark. He called his doctor and was told to stop it. We were not sure

that there wasn't something else going on but he had just started it so

we looked their first. Hallucinations were only listed as a symptom of

overdose but he was on the lowest starter dose. Many sites said nothing

about the level building up to overdose because of reduced metabolism in

the elderly. We did find that some doctors were avoiding this drug with

the elderly and in time it seemed clear that even at the low dose he was

having an overdose even though some sources of info didn't indicate the

possibility. It wasn't that this problem wasn't known it just wasn't

commonly described.

As we age our ability to absorb and to metabolize nutriments,

supplements and drugs can change. We may not get enough of some

nutriments and some supplements and drugs may not work because we don't

absorb enough of them. Other supplements and drugs may be too strong

because they build up in our bodies because we don't metabolize them as

fast as we should.

One size does not fit all. One person's fix is another's problem or for

another may do nothing at all. Reglan may be a valuable drug for some

but caution is needed and patients and family need to know what to watch

for.

notan

[Guest guest]

Thanks Notan!

-Dana in NC

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Re: Re: update on stopping Reglan

Dana wrote:

>

> ... Within 1 week, we have seen a

> huge improvement in his spirits and how he is feeling. It is amazing

> to me that

> this one drug has so many adverse affects and yet the doctor wasn't

> warning us

> about any of them.

>

If you want to make a report about Reglan you can do it at:

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch

That kind of reporting is one way the FDA has to lookout for problems

with drugs and to get an idea about how common those problems may be.

I notice in the imformation for Reglan that it says, " The risk that you

will develop tardive dyskinesia is also greater if you are taking

medications for mental illness, if you have diabetes, or if you are

elderly, especially if you are a woman. " At least they noted there is a

increased risk in the elderly.

As we age we also metabolize some medications much slower than before.

(I don't know if that is relevant to Reglan). My dad was given a

medication for some chronic pain that soon resulted in hallucinations in

the dark. He called his doctor and was told to stop it. We were not sure

that there wasn't something else going on but he had just started it so

we looked their first. Hallucinations were only listed as a symptom of

overdose but he was on the lowest starter dose. Many sites said nothing

about the level building up to overdose because of reduced metabolism in

the elderly. We did find that some doctors were avoiding this drug with

the elderly and in time it seemed clear that even at the low dose he was

having an overdose even though some sources of info didn't indicate the

possibility. It wasn't that this problem wasn't known it just wasn't

commonly described.

As we age our ability to absorb and to metabolize nutriments,

supplements and drugs can change. We may not get enough of some

nutriments and some supplements and drugs may not work because we don't

absorb enough of them. Other supplements and drugs may be too strong

because they build up in our bodies because we don't metabolize them as

fast as we should.

One size does not fit all. One person's fix is another's problem or for

another may do nothing at all. Reglan may be a valuable drug for some

but caution is needed and patients and family need to know what to watch

for.

notan