Posted by Potty on July 20, 2011, at 10:05:21
In reply to Re: Reboxetine/Edronax experiences » cactus, posted by msk09 on October 12, 2009, at 4:58:25
Hi!
Wow! I've finally found someone else with the same side effect from Edronax! Ever since I started on it a few weeks ago, my nose and I have been at war with each other after each game of basketball I play. The first time it happened after the game, as soon as I walked outside I felt as if someone had punched me in the nose it was that painful. And then it started to run, and run, and run. It was clear too. Then it just ran and ran, and my eyes started watering and I sneezed heaps and heaps for the rest of the night. I didn't know what was going on. It eased over the next couple of days, but was so disturbing and confusing that I said I was sick and couldn't play the next game a few days later. I just didn't want to experience that again so soon.
While not as bad, it has happened every game since then. It's winter here at the moment, and I'm positive the cold has something to do with it. When I breathe in really cold air, it hurts my nose.
I went to the doctor about it and big surprise he said Edronax wouldn't have anything to do with it and that it was just allergies. I told him that I have had allergies for years and not once have I experienced anything like this. I've also played basketball since I was 10 (now 30) and have neved had anything like this. He basically ignored me and just kept saying it was allergies.
For weeks now I've been trying to find something that confirms what I believe - that this isn't just allergies, that it's somehow linked with Edronax. So even though it was 2 yrs ago that you wrote this post - THANK YOU!!
Did you ever find out why our noses do this and if it goes away with time? What kind of nasal spray did you use that helped? Was it phelyephrine hydrochloride (decongestant) or some kind of saline spray?
I hope you're still out there. I'd love to know where you ended up with it all.
Thank you,
Potty> Hi Cactus
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> I thought I'd share some of my own experiences and what i've heard and seen in others (just so you know, it's not just you)
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> My sister and I both take Edronax and have experienced the same side effects you describe, but with a bit of a difference and I will go to explain...sorry, but bit of a story needed to explain clearly
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> My sister has been taking it for a little longer than me. We both take 2 x 4mgs twice daily.
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> I do find that it gives me a dry mouth, but because I don't drink enough water, it encourages me to do so, which becomes a kind of beneficial tool in the end.
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> I exercise regularly and have done so for a while, so I know that these effects are from the edronax.
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> I only get the runny nose (clear and like a tap also) if I go running and my sister experienced the same thing not long ago whilst running. The first time it happened, my nose ran for 4-5 days with constant sneezing which drove me mad! I thought I'd just caught a cold or something.
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> It stopped eventually, and I went running again. The same thing happened, but only lasted the rest of the day. I thought it bizaar as I hadn't experienced it before and have never had hayfever. The next time I went running again it happened again so I thought seeing as there was a pattern, I should investigate and experiment.
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> I asked a friend who is a qualified sports scientist about running, runny nose and sneezing. She said that some people get a runny nose when running becuase when the core body temperature rises, it liquifies the mucus in our body. She suggested that the sneezing was due to the runny nose irritating something. She suggested trying a nasal spray before running to clear the nose, and an antihistamine to prevent the sneezing.
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> This worked the first time preventing the nose running just after I'd stopped the exercise and therefore no sneezing.
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> I've been running many times since and have noticed that.....
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> ....if i dont use the nasal spray before, I get a runny nose for hours after (just discovering this now, as in today)
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> ....the antihistamine only stops the sneezing, not the runny nose.
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> I spoke to my doctor about it and he said that another patient had been complaining of sneezing and my sister couldn't stop sneezing whils we were running last week (which she said had never happened before like that)
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> I also notice that my nose is extremely senstive even after it stops running - a feeling as if it was icy cold and the cold air kind of almost hurts so you prefer breathing through you mouth only until it stops.
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> So I have come to my own little conclusion....
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> Somehow something in Edronax makes the inside of the nose more sensitive, which can cause it to run or..... Edronax causes the nose to run, which makes it more sensitive. I'm not sure which comes first yet, the chicken or the egg, but i'm searching for answers and a solution because apart from this side effect, I think it works very well for me and have no other reason to stop taking it.
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> I understand that in your experince, your nose runs constantly for long periods of time, without the exercise being a catalyst, but hopefully this post helps in finding a solution. Maybe you already have the answer (if you do, please share)
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> Hopefully the latter is the case for both of us
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> Stay well and hope to hear some replies soon
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> :)
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