Posted by person on December 22, 2003, at 19:41:11
In reply to Effexor - Severe Abdominal Pain, posted by mb7522 on September 12, 2003, at 8:23:04
> Hello,
> My wife is now on a 225 mg dose of Effexor XR and she has been suffering intense abdominal pain since increasing the dose. We have been at our family GP and then landed in the ER. She was tested for Crohns, Kidney Stones, Gall Stones, Appendecitis and a few others and ALL came back negative. They even gave her an enema for constipation. After 4 days in hospital and NOTHING, finally the doctor suggested might be anxiety.
> I have read that Effexor might cause abdominal pain. She thinks she's going nuts. Has anybody ever had these effects?
>
> WORST of ALL the hospital did not administer her Effexor during her stay, now she's suffering from withdrawl.
>
> PierreI got the same thing from Effexor, started in Aug 2000, docots did a lot of tests and only found tenderness in the liver area, otherwise absolutely nothing. I was told it was in my head, and one doctor said that its in my head, and the cure is Prozac, i came to realize all the doctors know how to do is give you drugs, and more drugs to counter the initial drugs... The one thing they gave me that had some effect was Motilium (Domperidone), which empties your stomach in 20 min. I started looking for the cure myself, reading any stomach related book i could find, i tried many things, the onyl thing i found that helped partially was HCL tablets (hydrochloric acid tablets). They can be found at some health food stores, and provide PARTIAL relief, i would take up to 20 500mg tablets per meal, when the recommended maximum dose was 2 per meal or 6 per day. Anyway, i saved up all my money for months and went to a naturopath, and i'm improving, slowly, hes given me several homeopathic ,one chinese, an enzyme supplement and several other things that are slowly making a difference, my suggestion is for her to see one herself, i could tell you exactly what i am taking, but it may not help her completely, since everyone has different body chemistries. If you really want to know, just ask. I stopped taking Effexor in Dec 2000, after i was throwing up so much, even without eating anything, i had to be injected with extremly high doses of gravol several times.
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