EDS...Medicine side-effects on an EDSer...like Augmentin, and nice website link.

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It worries me that one or more of my MANY medications might be contributing

to my EDS or other joint Hyperextensibility or hypermobility. I say this

because over the last three years some of my EDS symptoms are worse. For that I

suspect being home bound disabled and thus under-exercised is part of this

problem. I do try to eat reasonable and take my vitamins. As a lady over fifty I

was

expecting stiffness...not more flexibility. lol.

I take Augmentin 875 mg when needed for suspected GI rupture. It helps me

maintain my GI problems by " releasing " my adhesions. For me that is good because

of my mobile redundant transverse colon that can get in the wrong place

sometimes. My longer than normal colon is best where it belongs on my left side.

So,

1750 mg a day for a day or two, can straighten out my GI problem and helps

any other joint pain. Maybe. So, here is my question.

QUESTION: Does anyone know a source of information about EDS side effects of

medication and EDS symptom? It would be nice to know if there are certain

medications that a person with collagen problems should avoid. I saw information

about NSAIDS but not for blood pressure medication.

I tried some weeks ago a new BP medication called Labetalol. My lips peeled

completely. I stopped the medicine. A search online then told me it caused skin

peeling in some people.

Well, I just did a search and found this site. You can do a search for your

own medicine. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html.