couple guestions about tysabri

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dino84
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couple guestions about tysabri

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so just had my second infusion about 10days ago.
everything went well but two days ago i was little sick, i puked two times in the evening and had a little of stomach pain. no fever or anything else.
i dont think that i had eaten anything wrong.
it all was over in the next morning and i felt good again.
and still i feel very good.

i would like to know that is it possible that tysabri did cause that, still about 10 days after the infusion?

and a second guestion:
im using zolpidem (dunno if it is written correctly in english) because i cant sleep and sometimes i`ve taken it a few more then doctor has told me to..thats because of the tolerance i have now...

is that drug "good" to ms-disease and is it "ok" with tysabri?
and what about using other benzodiazepines and having ms?
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Re: couple guestions about tysabri

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dino84 wrote:so just had my second infusion about 10days ago.
everything went well but two days ago i was little sick, i puked two times in the evening and had a little of stomach pain. no fever or anything else.
i dont think that i had eaten anything wrong.
it all was over in the next morning and i felt good again.
and still i feel very good.

i would like to know that is it possible that tysabri did cause that, still about 10 days after the infusion?

and a second guestion:
im using zolpidem (dunno if it is written correctly in english) because i cant sleep and sometimes i`ve taken it a few more then doctor has told me to..thats because of the tolerance i have now...

is that drug "good" to ms-disease and is it "ok" with tysabri?
and what about using other benzodiazepines and having ms?
I strongly suggest that you talk to your pharmacist about this drug combination. He/she will likely know more than your doc about it.

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Post by catfreak »

dino,

I had the same experience with my first 2 infusions. Very sick about 10 days out. It went away after the 3rd infusion. I was told at my 1st infusion, by a lady who had been doing this for a while, to stay very hydrated while on Tysabri and it would help with the nausea.

I take Ambien or Zolpidem for sleep every night but no more than 10mg a night max.

I also take Clonazepam which is a benzodiazepine (for twitches) with my Tysabri.

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Post by dino84 »

its good to know that it was probably tysabri to cause that....really i must thank you a lot! :D

i take also one other benzodiazepine with that zolpidem and i take a pill for the pain too.
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