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Wed-23-11-2011, 22:25 PM
Hi Snookams
I'm a 35y old from Ireland and have had P for 30yrs, I've been moved onto systemic drugs as I can no longer use UV treatment as I've used it too much over the years and my Doc has said that I can't go back to it ever again, so I'm afraid I'm stuck with the tablets. I was taking Methotrexate for 1y and was completely free of P for the first time years. The Metho was messing around with my liver a bit so I had to come off it and onto Fumaderm. Within 3 weeks of stopping the Methotrexate I was covered in P again, unreal!
I started taking Fumaderm 6 weeks ago and I'm currently taking 5 tables a day since the start of week 6. I had very little side effect up to now. I think I got 3 stomach cramps in 5 weeks, that's it!! Oh boy am I getting them now, it just took me two hours to eat my dinner as the cramps were so bad.
I woke up last night at 4am and had to run to the toilet! I get hot flushes also which make me look a bit mental! My stomach is constantly groaning as if I'm starving and more air is coming out of my behind than I'd like. I find taking an over the counter pill for an upset stomach does the trick though so far, might be worth looking into getting some. I also starting drinking low fat milk every morning and during the day. I'm not going to stop taking Fumaderm and will let you know how it's going next week.
Keep the chin up.
I'm a 35y old from Ireland and have had P for 30yrs, I've been moved onto systemic drugs as I can no longer use UV treatment as I've used it too much over the years and my Doc has said that I can't go back to it ever again, so I'm afraid I'm stuck with the tablets. I was taking Methotrexate for 1y and was completely free of P for the first time years. The Metho was messing around with my liver a bit so I had to come off it and onto Fumaderm. Within 3 weeks of stopping the Methotrexate I was covered in P again, unreal!
I started taking Fumaderm 6 weeks ago and I'm currently taking 5 tables a day since the start of week 6. I had very little side effect up to now. I think I got 3 stomach cramps in 5 weeks, that's it!! Oh boy am I getting them now, it just took me two hours to eat my dinner as the cramps were so bad.
I woke up last night at 4am and had to run to the toilet! I get hot flushes also which make me look a bit mental! My stomach is constantly groaning as if I'm starving and more air is coming out of my behind than I'd like. I find taking an over the counter pill for an upset stomach does the trick though so far, might be worth looking into getting some. I also starting drinking low fat milk every morning and during the day. I'm not going to stop taking Fumaderm and will let you know how it's going next week.
Keep the chin up.