Re: drugs

[Guest guest]

Hi Carole,

My name is . I'm on carbimazole, two tables a day. (10mg overall) I

have been on this dose for about three weeks and I haven't developed any

rash yet. I was on 4 tablets a day before and I had a horrible rash, but the

doctor stop the medication because I went hypo.

I also have an upset stomach if I don't have my pills with meals, so I have

found that having the pill during my meal is best for my stomach. If I have

it at the end of my meals I can still get a upset stomach (a burning

sensation)

I also feel very stressed sometimes because I'm worried about developing eye

problems. So far I don't have any problem, just sore eyes sometimes. It is

natural that your daughter feels so depressed or in bad moods. I can also be

very irritable sometimes and I can't control it. I just started some sort of

hipnotheraphy. I read in an article that it may help to reduce your stress

levels and improve the inmune system function. I will let you know how I go

with my next lab tests.

Regards

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Hi, just read your post and I had severe pain in my right eye it was like

someone was poking a hot needle in it. It was diagnosed as trigeminal neuralgia

and after my opthamalogist consulted with my neurologist they increased my

neurotin from three daily to four daily and it has helped with even the pain

near my temple that I had blamed it on the brain tumor I have on the right

frontal lobe. Good Luck and God Bless!!!!

Debra Beckmann beckmann@...> wrote:Hi guys,it has been a long time since

I posted.Lots going on and some of it not so good. I have had left eye pain for

almost a year now and my neuro-ophthalmologist said after the first exam it was

not eye related(he had to make certain it was not iritis as I have had that

before).He has thought it was migraine related and more recently most positive

that it is and that it needs aggressive treatment. While awaiting the neuro

appointment my family doctor has ordered Topamax(is this on the mito No-No

list?) but the pharmacist filled it and warned my daughter that the physician

ordered half a tab for one week then half a tab twice a day HOWEVER, you are not

supposed to cut,crush or chew this med and it is not scored. Of course the

family doctor is out of town this week. I am at a loss about what to do...if my

eye didn't hurt so badly I would forget the whole thing!

Debra

[Guest guest]

Topomax shoulb be acceptatble. Dr. Cohen and Dr.

Whiteman recommended it for our daughter to help

control tics and seizurelike activity. She has been

taking it for over a year with no apparent problem.

The local neurologist had us break the tablets at the

score line when she first started the titration

process.

--- Debra Beckmann beckmann@...> wrote:

> Hi guys,it has been a long time since I posted.Lots

> going on and some of it not so good. I have had left

> eye pain for almost a year now and my

> neuro-ophthalmologist said after the first exam it

> was not eye related(he had to make certain it was

> not iritis as I have had that before).He has thought

> it was migraine related and more recently most

> positive that it is and that it needs aggressive

> treatment. While awaiting the neuro appointment my

> family doctor has ordered Topamax(is this on the

> mito No-No list?) but the pharmacist filled it and

> warned my daughter that the physician ordered half a

> tab for one week then half a tab twice a day

> HOWEVER, you are not supposed to cut,crush or chew

> this med and it is not scored. Of course the family

> doctor is out of town this week. I am at a loss

> about what to do...if my eye didn't hurt so badly I

> would forget the whole thing!

>

> Debra

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

Joanne Kocourek (mom to , lies, and )

visit us at: http://www.caringbridge.org/il/annakris

[Guest guest]

Debra

Topamax was mentioned at the conference as being used more and more

with mito - as an alternative to Lamictal and Nerontin.

laurie

> Hi guys,it has been a long time since I posted.Lots going on and some of it

not so good. I have had left eye pain for almost a year now and my

neuro-ophthalmologist said after the first exam it was not eye related(he had to

make certain it was not iritis as I have had that before).He has thought it was

migraine related and more recently most positive that it is and that it needs

aggressive treatment. While awaiting the neuro appointment my family doctor has

ordered Topamax(is this on the mito No-No list?) but the pharmacist filled it

and warned my daughter that the physician ordered half a tab for one week then

half a tab twice a day HOWEVER, you are not supposed to cut,crush or chew this

med and it is not scored. Of course the family doctor is out of town this week.

I am at a loss about what to do...if my eye didn't hurt so badly I would forget

the whole thing!

>

> Debra

>

>

[Guest guest]

Severe eye pain can be due to sinus problems, from allergies or an

infection. Did your GP rule that out? Breathe Right strips help my

sinuses clear out without medication, you could try those.

I can't tell you how many people I know who thought they had

migraines, and ended up having sinus issues instead. Sinus issues

might respond to migraine meds somewhat, as they improve blood flow.

Take care,

RH

> Hi guys,it has been a long time since I posted.Lots going on and

some of it not so good. I have had left eye pain for almost a year

now and my neuro-ophthalmologist said after the first exam it was not

eye related(he had to make certain it was not iritis as I have had

that before).He has thought it was migraine related and more recently

most positive that it is and that it needs aggressive treatment.

While awaiting the neuro appointment my family doctor has ordered

Topamax(is this on the mito No-No list?) but the pharmacist filled it

and warned my daughter that the physician ordered half a tab for one

week then half a tab twice a day HOWEVER, you are not supposed to

cut,crush or chew this med and it is not scored. Of course the

family doctor is out of town this week. I am at a loss about what to

do...if my eye didn't hurt so badly I would forget the whole thing!

>

> Debra

>

>

[Guest guest]

Debra

Well I know what I would do, either

1) Try to break a pill as best I could (this only rarely results in more

than two roughly equal parts) then crush a one-half-looking piece, or

2) Crush an entire pill and then divide the powder into two roughly equal

piles. Take one, and store the other, for the next day or later that day. A

slip of wax paper folded around the pile should work for temporary storage.

Actually, #2 could be the back-up plan if #1 doesn't work well, on a given

day. :-)

BUT NOTE the above is predicated on my personal belief, namely that in most

cases the dosage doesn't really need to be THAT exact. For instance, I'm

guessing that the doc is more or less winging it when he/she suggests half a

pill daily for the first week. Why EXACTLY one-half and EXACTLY one week,

before going to a higher dose? This is obviously an attempt to up the dose

gradually but where the granularity of the " gradually " doesn't have to be

precise. To BETTER increase the dose gradually, one could say 1/8 on the

first two days, 1/4 on the next two days, 3/8 the next two, and so on. But

he/she didn't say that. So my presumption is that the half a day is only an

approximation anyway. If (say) 5/8 on one day caused a problem but 1/2 would

have been OK, I'd say that THAT would be one DANGEROUS drug, and also it

would be criminal for the manufacturer not to have 1/2 STRENGTH single pills

just for that usage.

I have some tabs for headaches, where the supposed dosage (left over from

long-ago issued instructions) was two as needed. But I've discovered that

1/2 (i.e. 1/4 the instructed dosage) works sometimes. So I simply bite the

pill, usually getting about half, and then I drop the remains into the

bottle for the next time I only want 1/2. YMMV.

By the way, I think I know

bid = twice a day

tid = thrice a day

qid = four a day

but does anyone know the abbrieviation for ONCE a day?

Steve D.

> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:21:18 -0500

>

> Subject: drugs

>

> Hi guys,it has been a long time since I posted.Lots going on and some of

it not so good. I have had left eye pain for almost a year now and my

neuro-ophthalmologist said after the first exam it was not eye related(he

had to make certain it was not iritis as I have had that before).He has

thought it was migraine related and more recently most positive that it is

and that it needs aggressive treatment. While awaiting the neuro

appointment my family doctor has ordered Topamax(is this on the mito No-No

list?) but the pharmacist filled it and warned my daughter that the

physician ordered half a tab for one week then half a tab twice a day

HOWEVER, you are not supposed to cut,crush or chew this med and it is not

scored. Of course the family doctor is out of town this week. I am at a

loss about what to do...if my eye didn't hurt so badly I would forget the

whole thing!

>

> Debra