Posted by Kacy on October 3, 2003, at 9:04:54
In reply to Embarassing Question, posted by PHV on October 2, 2003, at 20:58:37
On a more serious note, I had that problem with Effexor starting in the third month, and had rarely had a problem with gas. Before, I could handle almost every food with ease.
My doctor couldn't believe that this side effect was going to be a deal breaker for the drug, but it was. I did some research. The first suspect is white flour. Oh, yeah…the grocery store had two-for-one Lean Cuisines or somesuch brand and I had been eating those pastas all month. White pasta in overcooked, preprocessed foods and snri's don't go together well. I dropped the meals and the problem was over.
Avoid white pasta, keep white flour to a bare minimum, and drop any food that causes the problem. Molasses-based (instead of corn syrup-based) licorice caused the problem. So did the usual suspect–refried beans. I just don't eat those things and I'm back to my usual self, thank God. That was terrible.
On the other hand, the bing cherries I always had to keep to a limit didn't cause a problem anymore.
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