Tecfidera – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
I
started Tecfidera 9 months ago, I kind of expected side effects but I
was trying to be positive so I expected none. Well, I got them; I got
sharp pains in my abdomen, pains like I never experienced ever before
but with medication my doctor recommended and eating fatty kind of foods
like blueberry muffins when I took my medication during meals it helped
with the pain. Diarrhea was also a side effect; not normal diarrhea
but the kind that woke you up in the middle of the night running to the
bathroom and not being able to make it. I lost lots of clothes due to
this as well as the feeling that my whole body emptied with each episode
which was only one time a day (there was nothing left inside me, I
think stuff from high school came out, really). My doctor gave me
medication finally for this as well.
After 2
to 3 months the side effects were gone, only occasional episodes when I
ate something that wasn’t healthy for my body I guess, tacos,
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Spaghetti , anything that had spice in it. You have to be careful what
you eat and understand if it causes symptoms take it out of your diet.
I
was doing so well with Tecfidera. I noticed I now had leg strength and
I felt almost normal where I could now accomplish more things and could
overdue it without getting too sick now. I felt good. I thought this
was a great medication for me! I have tried everything else so there
was really nothing left to try and this one was working.
Two
months ago everything changed; my diarrhea was now back and back with a
vengeance. It got to the point I could not even eat soup without it
happening, everything I ate caused problems
