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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: pdpatty on September 03, 2011, 02:51:58 PM
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Anyone taking this? Does it make you sick enough to vomit?
I take 2 30 mg a day,one in am ,which doesn't seem to make me sick ;but one in pm makes me so sick I will sometimes vomit.
I have also developed an excessive amount of mucous in sinus which drains into stomach and causes nausea.Can it be connected?
Doc also put me on low dose of Fenafrbrate(cholesterol reducer) ,wonder if anyone has or is taking this and did it make you sick.
I am sick of being sick and puking!
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Yup, the Sensipar made me throw up a lot. I finally gave up taking it - my PTH was so high anyhow that surgery was already scheduled.
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I took sensipar for a few yrs. In the beginning I got really bad low pressure, and nausea.
I talked to my PD nurse about this. She told me to never take it on an empty stomach.
Also if possible take it with the fattiest and/or heaviest meal (not that she encourage a fatty meal).
I found on my own that if I took it before I went to bed it worked better for me.
Of course each case is different, as we can see by these posts.
Sensipar worked beautifully once I figured out what worked for me.
It sure kept my numbers within goal.
Hope you find what works for you soon, pdpatty!!
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Hubby has been taking sensipar for a couple of years with no problem. He always eats about half of his meal, takes the sensipar and then eats the rest. He takes it with breakfast. It does have side effects though and a major one is the nausea.
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I gave up on it prefer the zimplar.
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pdpatty, why are you taking 30 in the morning and 30 in the evening? Hubby started with 30's then went to 60 mg , then back to 30's, then back to 60's and now 90's. Trying to get the dose right for him. He takes the full dose the one time in the morning with his breakfast. Maybe if you took the full dose at once in the morning it may not make you sick.
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I only took 20mg Sensipar 3x/week (On occasion 4x/week.)
Also .5 Calcitriol the 4days.
My PTH would sometimes be in the 150's with those doses.
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I do fine with Sensipar because the alternative was the surgery which I hate. Ask your Pharmacists. Maybe he/she could give you suggestions.
:waving;
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It's interesting how it's affected people differently. I'm still on it, though technically I'm not supposed to be (apparently the govt here will only pay/support it if the patient is on dialysis so I'm going to finish up when my current script is up. My PTH is medium not huge but not where it should be which is a bit unusual. Danny not quite there yet I guess).
Anyway over the last I don't know 3-4 years I've been on it I've never had any issues with it. I had 30's and at one point was taking 2x30. I always had it in the evening, mostly because I was told to NEVER take it at the same time as calcitricol, which I've also been on at times over the journey. I have also recently been an anti-cholestorol drug (Pravastatin 10mg) and I have that at the same time and have had no issues.
Just a data point I guess.
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Yes, Sensipar makes me sick to my stomach, espically if I take it w/o eating something first.
This past weekend, I mixed up my AM pills and my PM pills. I take Sensipar (1 x 60mg) at night, but Saturday, my eyes must not have been focused, and I took, the PM pills (with the Sensipar) before I ate, and I was sick all day long.
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i'm not in sensipar, but i am in fenofibrate. no issues to report, despite the fact i'm also on lipitor.