I had a huge, very stressful, mixup with my medication at CVS. Because of it, my baclofen and my neurontin are not able to be refilled until Tuesday. My face is twitching today in multiple areas. I'm certain some of it's from stress, but my emergency baclofen expired. five days ago. I'm icing my face, but I need some advice on how to bring the twitching down? I have appointments today and tomorrow and I'm super embarrassed about this. Thank you so much!
Jen
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Re: Need help
by jimmylegs » Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:04 pm
can you get to a nutrition specialty store for some magnesium glycinate?
odd sx? no dx? check w/ dietitian
DRI=MINIMUM eg bit.ly/1vgQclQ
99% don't meet these. meds/lifestyle can affect levels
status can be low in ms & other cond'ns
'but my results are normal'. typical panels don't test all
deficits occur in 'normal' range
DRI=MINIMUM eg bit.ly/1vgQclQ
99% don't meet these. meds/lifestyle can affect levels
status can be low in ms & other cond'ns
'but my results are normal'. typical panels don't test all
deficits occur in 'normal' range
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Re: Need help
by lyndacarol » Sat Jan 19, 2013 6:16 pm
audrina2k wrote:I had a huge, very stressful, mixup with my medication at CVS. Because of it, my baclofen and my neurontin are not able to be refilled until Tuesday. My face is twitching today in multiple areas. I'm certain some of it's from stress, but my emergency baclofen expired. five days ago. I'm icing my face, but I need some advice on how to bring the twitching down? I have appointments today and tomorrow and I'm super embarrassed about this. Thank you so much!
Take a deep breath, Jen. If you feel that baclofen will help you and your "emergency baclofen expired" only five days ago, your emergency supply is probably still good. Call any pharmacy – even at your local hospital – and confirm that it is still safe for you to use. If your mix up is at CVS, take your prescription to a different pharmacy or insist that CVS send your prescription to a different pharmacy.
I agree with jimmylegs: magnesium is supposed to help muscle spasms; CVS probably has some of this on the shelf. It is worth a try. All the best.
My hypothesis: excess insulin (hyperinsulinemia) plays a major role in MS, as developed in my initial post: http://www.thisisms.com/forum/general-discussion-f1/topic1878.html "Insulin – Could This Be the Key?"
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Re: Need help
by jimmylegs » Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:54 pm
not sure if cvs has magnesium glycinate.. is there a vitamin shoppe near you?
check out this product
http://www.vitaminshoppe.com/store/en/b ... id=KA-1954
check out this product
http://www.vitaminshoppe.com/store/en/b ... id=KA-1954
odd sx? no dx? check w/ dietitian
DRI=MINIMUM eg bit.ly/1vgQclQ
99% don't meet these. meds/lifestyle can affect levels
status can be low in ms & other cond'ns
'but my results are normal'. typical panels don't test all
deficits occur in 'normal' range
DRI=MINIMUM eg bit.ly/1vgQclQ
99% don't meet these. meds/lifestyle can affect levels
status can be low in ms & other cond'ns
'but my results are normal'. typical panels don't test all
deficits occur in 'normal' range
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Re: Need help
by audrina2k » Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:53 am
Thank you for your help. I did try the magnesium glycinate, and while it didn't help me automatically that day, I noticed the number of twitches has gone down. Also, when I sneezed a bit ago, instead of my nose twitching like crazy, I had nothing happen. Thank you again, so much!!
Jen
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Re: Need help
by jimmylegs » Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:47 pm
sometimes, esp if mag levels are low to start with, it can take a couple days to build up enough in your system for you to feel the effects. what specific product did you find, iima? was it the KAL product? curious re the amt of elemental magnesium per pill. you may be able to take more daily until you're topped up 
and, you're more than welcome 
and, you're more than welcome odd sx? no dx? check w/ dietitian
DRI=MINIMUM eg bit.ly/1vgQclQ
99% don't meet these. meds/lifestyle can affect levels
status can be low in ms & other cond'ns
'but my results are normal'. typical panels don't test all
deficits occur in 'normal' range
DRI=MINIMUM eg bit.ly/1vgQclQ
99% don't meet these. meds/lifestyle can affect levels
status can be low in ms & other cond'ns
'but my results are normal'. typical panels don't test all
deficits occur in 'normal' range
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