Anyone take Paroxetine for IBS?
#246138 - 02/14/06 07:33 AM
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angelina98
Reged: 02/11/06
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Loc: Missouri, USA
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Has anyone taken Paroxetine (Paxil) for IBS? If so, has it helped you?
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If you do a search on paxil, using the search button with no time limits, you'll find lots of feedback on this. Some have loved it, but lots have hated it. I am one who hated it. Could not handle it for longer than a week or 2. And it's one of the hardest ADs to come off. So, be warned!
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Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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I been taking it for a few years for depression but recently found out it may help IBS. I recently went off it. Boy, was that a mistake! I got very bad IBS-C when I went off it, the only think that would help me was laxative to go to the bathroom. Now I just started back on it, but would hate to have to take it the rest of my life because of my IBS. But, I guess it is better than having all the pain I had when I was off it.
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I couldn't take Paxil CR at all, gave me bad side effects. I could barely take it a week. Yet I can take regular Paxil without any problems.
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Hi Angelina, I'm one of the people "who loves the stuff".But
it's not like I crave it or anything, it simply works for me.
I gobble 37.5 mg's of it per day, and as far as I can tell,
it's been helping me to go and my anxiety has gone way down.
Statisically, I think it's like a 50% chance it will work.
My former GI doc said that's about what his results were
with his patients. When I asked him if he had other IBS
patients, he laughed, and said Oh yeah!, like over half of
his total patients. -Bob
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Angelina, That is strange. As far as I know, it's exactly the
same stuff, one's just "controlled release", and that is what
I'm taking. -Bob
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Yeah, Maybe the CR kind stays in your body longer, no idea. But talked to other people that can't take regular Paxil, yet can take the CR kind.
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Ok, I'll try and get to the bottom of it in the meantime.-Bob
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