Allopurinol side effects? maybe?
I have been experiencing a few unpleasant symptoms, seemingly sinceI started taking allo, which seem reminiscent of colchicinesymptoms. For the last week and a half (since I “upped” to the full300mg/ day dose of allo) I have had a perpetually sour stomachaccompanied by horrifically sour sulfur belches. I have also hadchronic diarrhea and enough gas to fill the Hindenburg thirty timesover. No matter what I eat or drink, it remains just the same. Iexpect these symptoms with colchicine, but nothing I have read saysanything about these symptoms in regard to allo (and I haven’t hadcolchicine in a few days, just because I thought it may be theculprit). Typically these symptoms are gone within a day ofstopping the colchicine, but these persist.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? I could just have a caseof mild food poisoning or a stomach virus, but the coincidence ofthat happening just as I started the drug therapy has me wondering.
I am hydrating hard, and taking vitamins to reduce the chance that Imay become anemic again due to the loss of fluid and nutrients.
Let’s see, wieghing the balance of sitting on the pot until my legsgo numb from cut off circulation OR laying in bed because my kneesand ankles look like red softballs and hurt like a red hot pokerjambed in the joint… THE TOILET WINS!! Hopefully, this is justan adjustment period…
Sorry to be so graphic, but things are as they are.
Terrance Molock on June 22nd, 2007
arry..excess uric acid is known to be disposed of in biletoo.Your body could be in a serious mode of dumping thisstuff..WOOPS!/PARDON the pun..you certainlly don’t want to plugyourself up..OR dehydrate yourself..trapping this stuffinside..having the runs/dehydration is BAD..stick with LOTS! ofwater..I’ld eat obviouslly healthy..not make any drastic changes..andstick to stuff that stays in.I would lean toward dealing with thisruns issue AND the dehydration first.If a NICE! steak sandwich onthick toast sits well in your stomach..I’ld be furgettin’ about thegout..extra purine load for a bit and concentrating on mystomach..AND EATING! that sucker..the allopurinol is MORE thancapable of dealing with the extra u/a from it. Allo should be taken with food or milk
Maybe if neccessary cut back on the allo for a bit..ramp up again..