Hi Guys

My name is Marie have had MG for 16 yrs Asking Question for Friend who also has MG can anyone tell me when first starting with Mestinon you have diarrhea and feel Sick churning feeling in your tummy and youv only had 30 mg dose Is there anything you can do ?? over a few days will symptoms pass ???
I knw it is a side effect much appreciated
M

Hi,

Does your friend take Propantheline Bromide as part of her tablet regime? I do I take
Pro Banthine which is a tablet that help disorders in the gastrointestinal tract to help stop spasms.

I think a lot of people who take mestinon for MG take this tablet to help with the discomfort etc mestinon causes.

Thanks Carol0 No she just takes Mestinon will pass it on and she can phne her GP

Hi,

Someone I know takes his mestinon with a little bit of banana; he says it stops the diarrhoea for him and the banana doesn't seem to interfere much if at all with absorption of his mestinon. I tried it, but the banana didn't help with my mestinon induced diarrhoea, but it could still perhaps be worth a try; we all respond differently to these things.

Dusty

Hi Dusty,

I'll give that a try as well.

Carol x

Good tip Dusty thank you will pass on

I tend to take my first one after I take Lansoprazole with glass of skim milk. This was recomended to me by my Neuro and I also read that it helps somewhere. I suffer IBS attacks, so any effect can be very quick for me. I also eat bananas as part of my breakfast routine. It does seem to help a bit. I started on 30 x 4 per day, and then doubled to 60 x 4 tab's per day. Drinking a little bit of flat zero coke may help too. (For nausea). Tell you pal to keep trying for a week and see. If it still does not settle, then fybogel taken prior to mestinon may help a little. I have some for days when I get IBS due to other tab's I also take. The diabetic ones sometimes contra indicate with the MG one's - but at the end of the day, I have to try and function as best I can and sometimes I have to compromise.

Thanks will pass on not speaking to her again until Fri

Hey what type diabetes you have??
Im diabetic too type 1

Type II. Diagnosed 2003. The drugs I currently take are:

Byetta injection 2 x day
Metformin SR 2000mg day max dose
Gliclazide 160mg day
Furosemide 40mg day
Prednisolone 50mg day max dose
Mestinon 240mg day
Azathioprine 200mg day could go upto 400mg/weight ratio dose
Sudafed 240mg day
Lansoprazole 30mg day
Fybogel when I need to
ADcal D3
Alendronic acid 70mg x week
And now and again Flucloxacillin Anit bio's

It is the steroids that send my sugar spiking in middle of day. So I have to take Gliclazide to help counter that, but if I ever get rid of steroids that has to go due to my job. Assuming I am still in one by then! DVLA issues and hypo's, but one of those is fairly unlikely at moment.

Hi Marie,

I have moved this topic to treatments, there are a lot of former posts about mestinon and various suggestions by members over the years as this subect has come up many times, you may find that helpful to look at.

ok thanx very much

ok thanks