Guest guest Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 Hi Chris A little, nothing too bad. Aggie side effect Does anyone have diarrhea as a side effect of the Lex? Ever since I started on it I get terrible cramps and diarrhea. Sorry to be so descriptive. in St. Louis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 Does anyone have diarrhea as a side effect of the Lex? Ever since I started on it I get terrible cramps and diarrhea. Sorry to be so descriptive. in St. Louis How long have you been taking it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 about 3 weeks. -- Re: side effect Does anyone have diarrhea as a side effect of the Lex? Ever since I started on it I get terrible cramps and diarrhea. Sorry to be so descriptive. in St. Louis How long have you been taking it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 I have IBS. I wonder if that could be from the Lexapro. The Dr. never said anything about that being a side effect. It sucks! > Does anyone have diarrhea as a side effect of the Lex? Ever since I > started on it I get terrible cramps and diarrhea. Sorry to be so > descriptive. > > in St. Louis > > How long have you been taking it? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 I'm finding I've had a bit of an 'upset stomach' setting in over the last couple of days....a bit of nausea too....whereas I was fine up until then. Ah well, I'll just each plenty of bread and try and counter-act it that way LOL > > Does anyone have diarrhea as a side effect of the Lex? Ever since I > > started on it I get terrible cramps and diarrhea. Sorry to be so > > descriptive. > > > > in St. Louis > > > > How long have you been taking it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 I know I've been here before but I still want to take this poll. I want to know how many people have problems with vomiting. --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 can you tell me more about this how do you feel before vomiting do you get weak and feel shakey like you need to lay down. This can be Adrenal crises or Adrenal Fatiuge. http://www.lammd.com/A3R_brief_in_doc_format/adrenal_fatigue.cfm Norsworthy <norsworthy_david@...> wrote: I know I've been here before but I still want to take this poll. I want to know how many people have problems with vomiting. --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 More often than not it's just random. I'm getting tired of puking on myself as I drive down the road. Sometimes there may be a slight weakness but I usually feel better afterwards, like " what a relief " . Doc has no idea either. Granted, on page 19 of Dr. Shippen's book, vomiting is a listed side effect but I'm the only guy my doc knows is vomiting. As a result, I may not want to eat or I find myself eating less. philip georgian <pmgamer18@...> wrote: can you tell me more about this how do you feel before vomiting do you get weak and feel shakey like you need to lay down. This can be Adrenal crises or Adrenal Fatiuge. http://www.lammd.com/A3R_brief_in_doc_format/adrenal_fatigue.cfm Norsworthy <norsworthy_david@...> wrote: I know I've been here before but I still want to take this poll. I want to know how many people have problems with vomiting. --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 You can do a morning cortisol blood test this will tell you something about your cortisol levels. If this test comes back on the low side then do a saliva test that checks it 4 x's in a day. A lot of guys on TRT are finding out they have Adrenal Fatigue and Thyroid problems. So it is best to check this. Norsworthy <norsworthy_david@...> wrote: More often than not it's just random. I'm getting tired of puking on myself as I drive down the road. Sometimes there may be a slight weakness but I usually feel better afterwards, like " what a relief " . Doc has no idea either. Granted, on page 19 of Dr. Shippen's book, vomiting is a listed side effect but I'm the only guy my doc knows is vomiting. As a result, I may not want to eat or I find myself eating less. philip georgian <pmgamer18@...> wrote: can you tell me more about this how do you feel before vomiting do you get weak and feel shakey like you need to lay down. This can be Adrenal crises or Adrenal Fatiuge. http://www.lammd.com/A3R_brief_in_doc_format/adrenal_fatigue.cfm Norsworthy <norsworthy_david@...> wrote: I know I've been here before but I still want to take this poll. I want to know how many people have problems with vomiting. --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 I never have and have been on TRT for 3 years. Arkansas - Dan Norsworthy <norsworthy_david@...> wrote: I know I've been here before but I still want to take this poll. I want to know how many people have problems with vomiting. --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Hi, I never heard of this side effect from TRT of any form. I have been on pellet therapy since 1991 and never had nausea. There is a chance you are mixing several other products you are taking and either the combination or one of them specifically could be the cause of the nausea. ernestnolan > > I know I've been here before but I still want to take this poll. I want to know how many people have problems with vomiting. > > --------------------------------- > Building a website is a piece of cake. > Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 There is a chance this is a symptom due to something unrelated to your hormone therapy. Because you are concentrating on one subject here you may fail to consider some of the common causes of nausea. ernestnolan > I know I've been here before but I still want to take this poll. I want to know how many people have problems with vomiting. > > --------------------------------- > Building a website is a piece of cake. > Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Pellet therapy sounds like a slow, stable form of therapy. I'd like to consider it. I'd be guessing of course but it seems that sometimes after a shot, about 5 days after, and like I said I'm guessing, the T to E process kicks in due to the excessive T introduced in my body. Now that I'm past that I'll be fine for the rest of the month. How are the pellets applied? ernestnolan <ernestnolan@...> wrote: There is a chance this is a symptom due to something unrelated to your hormone therapy. Because you are concentrating on one subject here you may fail to consider some of the common causes of nausea. ernestnolan > I know I've been here before but I still want to take this poll. I want to know how many people have problems with vomiting. > > --------------------------------- > Building a website is a piece of cake. > Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:48:56 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: >Pellet therapy sounds like a slow, stable form of therapy. I'd like to consider it. I'd be guessing of course but it seems that sometimes after a shot, about 5 days after, and like I said I'm guessing, the T to E process kicks in due to the excessive T introduced in my body. Now that I'm past that I'll be fine for the rest of the month. > > How are the pellets applied? The primary down side of pellets is that you can't tweak or play with dosages much. You get what you get for three or four months, and if it's too high or too low, it's not subject to fine tuning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Hi, I was told by my endocrinologist, the conversion rarely happens when the T level is stable like the dissolving of pellets 24/7. The reason pellets have not taken off in popularity is because there are too few endocrinologists that provide this form of therapy. Even when they do they may not be experienced enough to give more than the supplier has written on the box as a normal dosage. I have no excuse for the dosage being too low on the box. My doctor, Dr. Gambrell, passed away a few months ago but his office in Augusta GA still carries on with another on the staff caring for pellet therapy patients. It is not a big money maker for either the compounding pharmacies that provide the pellets or the doctors who provide them. Pellet doctors are trying to make themselves known by listing on the internet on various web pages so you may be able to find some in your area. His formula for dosage was to subtract 30 pounds from your total weight and for every remaining 10 pounds, you should get a 75 mg pellet. I received 20 pellets every 4 months at a cost of about $450 for the normal patient but medicare picks up most of that in the Augusta GA area. If you do the math, I get a total of 1500 mg which amounts to 12.5 mg/day. They are installed in the doctors office using a trocar after the area is numbed with local anesthesia. The pellets are inserted into the trocar and shoved out the end several inches from the incision where they can not spurt back out. Much to my surprise only about 65% of those that see the benefit of the pellets, continue according to Dr. Gambrell. 45% of those using another form of T therapy continue. ernestnolan > > I know I've been here before but I still want to take this poll. I > want to know how many people have problems with vomiting. > > > > --------------------------------- > > Building a website is a piece of cake. > > Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 To the best of my knowledge there has not been any problem if the dosage is based on patient weight like other medications are administered. Some have portrayed patients having the pellets dug out which as far as I know never happened. A PSA test shows whether it is safe for you to have the pellets inserted. In a few rare cases the pellets have not dissolved in the expected 4 months but have taken much longer due to poor blood circulation in the fatty tissue around the pellets. The next set of pellets may dissolve normally. This amounts to too little T over the 4 months but is not a problem for most patients. ernestnolan > > >Pellet therapy sounds like a slow, stable form of therapy. I'd like to consider it. I'd be guessing of course but it seems that sometimes after a shot, about 5 days after, and like I said I'm guessing, the T to E process kicks in due to the excessive T introduced in my body. Now that I'm past that I'll be fine for the rest of the month. > > > > How are the pellets applied? > > The primary down side of pellets is that you can't tweak or play with > dosages much. You get what you get for three or four months, and if > it's too high or too low, it's not subject to fine tuning. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 To the best of my knowledge there has not been any problem if the dosage is based on patient weight like other medications are administered. Some have portrayed patients having the pellets dug out which as far as I know never happened. A PSA test shows whether it is safe for you to have the pellets inserted. In a few rare cases the pellets have not dissolved in the expected 4 months but have taken much longer due to poor blood circulation in the fatty tissue around the pellets. The next set of pellets may dissolve normally. This amounts to too little T over the 4 months but is not a problem for most patients. ernestnolan > > >Pellet therapy sounds like a slow, stable form of therapy. I'd like to consider it. I'd be guessing of course but it seems that sometimes after a shot, about 5 days after, and like I said I'm guessing, the T to E process kicks in due to the excessive T introduced in my body. Now that I'm past that I'll be fine for the rest of the month. > > > > How are the pellets applied? > > The primary down side of pellets is that you can't tweak or play with > dosages much. You get what you get for three or four months, and if > it's too high or too low, it's not subject to fine tuning. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 I had this problem (pucking) a few years back and I was diagnosed with gall stones. I would ask your doctor if this could be a problem. I've never had any problems with T shots other than high E2 levels. Steve On 9/20/07, ernestnolan <ernestnolan@...> wrote: > > To the best of my knowledge there has not been any problem if the > dosage is based on patient weight like other medications are administered. > > Some have portrayed patients having the pellets dug out which as far > as I know never happened. A PSA test shows whether it is safe for you > to have the pellets inserted. > > In a few rare cases the pellets have not dissolved in the expected 4 > months but have taken much longer due to poor blood circulation in the > fatty tissue around the pellets. The next set of pellets may dissolve > normally. This amounts to too little T over the 4 months but is not a > problem for most patients. > > ernestnolan > > > > > > >Pellet therapy sounds like a slow, stable form of therapy. I'd like > to consider it. I'd be guessing of course but it seems that sometimes > after a shot, about 5 days after, and like I said I'm guessing, the T > to E process kicks in due to the excessive T introduced in my body. > Now that I'm past that I'll be fine for the rest of the month. > > > > > > How are the pellets applied? > > > > The primary down side of pellets is that you can't tweak or play with > > dosages much. You get what you get for three or four months, and if > > it's too high or too low, it's not subject to fine tuning. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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