Posted by Ritch on September 19, 2002, at 9:34:04
In reply to Re: pelvic pain from Effexor XR ? » Ritch, posted by sid on September 19, 2002, at 9:04:52
> Thanks Ritch for the info,
> I'll see what the tests say. If it's a side effect, I can live with it. I am just worried it may be something else at this point. If we find nothing wrong, then I'll be OK. It's discomfort more than pain per se; it feels like some pressure sometimes.
> As I read your message, I remembered that I started having ostheoarthirtis this year. Related to Effexor XR perhaps? My feet hurt especially and it takes 10 minutes of warming up every morning before I can walk straight. I now take Tylenol-arthritis every morning and evening. I'm a bit too young for my taste to start having that kind of problem! My doc said exercise is the best I can do to prevent it from progressing, so I don't let the pain stop me, although sometimes I walk funny.
> Darn drugs, they do us good, but weird stuff happens too.
>
> - sidEffexor gives me the *least* amount of GI discomfort of the SSRI's and my foot doesn't hurt on it, that's why I am taking a little bit of it now instead of one of the other SRi's. It tends to cause my upper back, shoulder, and neck muscles to get very tense and stiff, though (the other Sri's didn't do that-they hit different areas!). Your symptoms could be mild IBS. The ideal med for folks like us (I think) would be a serotonin reuptake inhibitor that also has 5-HT3 (gut serotonin) antagonist properties. Maybe they are workin on it? ;)
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