Side effects? What side effects?
I haven't been able to answer the question, "Are you experiencing side effects?" because I haven't been sure what all the side effects might be. The paper that came with the meds was very generic - not specifically about Inrebic at all. Dr. Gerds told me that diarrhea was common - but yesterday I wasn't having diarrhea.
I did have a cough and chest congestion. But my son's family and other families in the church had the same thing last week. Seems likely this is a gift from them.
I also had a lot of arthritis pain. But I've been working on getting a bathroom exhaust fan installed in our master bath. Some people probably handle this better than I - but for me it involved multiple (5? 10?) trips into the attic crawl space and some very cramped working conditions. No wonder I'm sore.
But today - day four - I believe I have begun experiencing a true side effect of Inrebic. Sure enough, the diarrhea has arrived! (Got that bathroom exhaust fan installed just in time!)
It could be worse - the cramping is not too terrible. I have made frequent trips to the bathroom, but I haven't exactly spent all day in there. So far I have not even taken Immodium. (Maybe I will do that before bedtime tonight?)
While I could stand to not have diarrhea and I hope it goes away fairly soon, having the one true side effect that I know about is kind of reassuring. The medicine is working in my body like it has in most people for whom it also worked to decrease the symptoms from myelofibrosis.
I haven't been able to answer the question, "Are you experiencing side effects?" because I haven't been sure what all the side effects might be. The paper that came with the meds was very generic - not specifically about Inrebic at all. Dr. Gerds told me that diarrhea was common - but yesterday I wasn't having diarrhea.
I did have a cough and chest congestion. But my son's family and other families in the church had the same thing last week. Seems likely this is a gift from them.
I also had a lot of arthritis pain. But I've been working on getting a bathroom exhaust fan installed in our master bath. Some people probably handle this better than I - but for me it involved multiple (5? 10?) trips into the attic crawl space and some very cramped working conditions. No wonder I'm sore.
But today - day four - I believe I have begun experiencing a true side effect of Inrebic. Sure enough, the diarrhea has arrived! (Got that bathroom exhaust fan installed just in time!)
It could be worse - the cramping is not too terrible. I have made frequent trips to the bathroom, but I haven't exactly spent all day in there. So far I have not even taken Immodium. (Maybe I will do that before bedtime tonight?)
While I could stand to not have diarrhea and I hope it goes away fairly soon, having the one true side effect that I know about is kind of reassuring. The medicine is working in my body like it has in most people for whom it also worked to decrease the symptoms from myelofibrosis.
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