Side effects
Side effects
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Hi Laino,Laino107 wrote:Hi all! Started Tecfidera about 10 days ago and wanted to know what side effects everyone is dealing with. I had the heat/bad flushing for a day or two. My main concern is the nausea and stomach pain. My MS dr actually had me cut back to one pill a day to alleviate some of this. Anyone else experience nausea/stomach pain? So hard not to be able to find more info on side effects because the drug is so new. Help!
Diagnosed in 1998
Welcome to ThisIsMS. The prescribing information for Tecfidera indicates that patients should start out at a 120 mg dose for one week before switching over to the 240 mg dose. http://www.tecfidera.com/tecfidera-pres ... ation.html How did you do on the low dose or did you start out at 240 mg?
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Anyone else having these symptoms?
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I think I had an MS flair that started about the time I started Tecfidera. Woke up extremely dizzy one morning. Stumbled around the house trying to get dressed. This is a new problem for me. After about ten days, I am still somewhat dizzy, but it is much better. Today I actually feel almost normal again. It was hard to know if the nausea was meds or the dizziness. However, the abdominal pain/diarrhea was meds for sure. I hope it doesn't last long. I was on Avonex for four years and the side effects never lessened at all. Thanks for all posting. Maybe we can get this new drug figured out!
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Same here but I've started with a lower dose. I still have flushing of face, neck and arms every second time. After 30 minutes it's nearly away. I had some watery diarrhea but not very disturbing.MarketingMaven wrote:I'm in week 4 - no stomach problems, but still experiencing flushing of face, neck and arms, intensity varies quite a bit day to day.
I take it right before breakfast on an empty stomach and that's where the side effects are the most. I eat several times per day and have less side effects when taking it later the day.
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I'm not sure if that's a good idea. The capsules are treated to be resistant to stomach acid. If you eat before they can't pass the stomach fast enough the reach the enteric where it should be effective. So you would probably don't get the full effect.kromer wrote:I am thinking it might be better to eat first before taking.
I can imagine that it has much lower side effects than Avonex. I was on Rebif years ago but only for a short time as the side effects were unacceptable.
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