xchocoholic
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Hi All,
I'm confused. Again ...
I'm not sure where to put this since this med affects so many symptoms that could be from multiple
causes. Swelling is a common response in allergies / mast cells. Fluid retention is common in congestive heart failure because the heart's unable to move the blood properly so I thought POTs / orthostatic intolerance may apply. I have chronic disabling orthostatic intolerance. Being supine isn't an option.
I noticed that I was having more swelling, upper body not legs, lately and the antihistamines are only helping
a little. Ibuprophen helped a little too but never enough. Ibuprophen plus hydrocodone helps the pain but
doesn't decrease the swelling enough.
I was just going to try a diuretic but when googling these I ran into a common combo for premenstrual relief.
Seeing as how my swelling is in my upper body, I thought this might work. It's helping me feel better within an hour but I can't tell why. I'm noticing decreased muscle tension all over. And when I wake up the next
morning, I'm noticeably thinner in my upper body. It doesn't last past breakfast tho.
I'm NOT urinating more frequently which surprised me since diuretics are supposed to make our kidneys
flush water and sodium out of our cells.
Tylenol / acetaminophen has never helped my swelling and pain so I ruled that out.
I bought Diurex ( 50 mg pamabrom) yesterday and will try just that today. I'm eager to see if this makes me urinate more. The other med I took only had 25 mg of pamabrom.
I can't find pyrilamine anywhere in the US but several other countries have this. On the premenstrual
relief package it says this is a diuretic and antihistamine. Anyone know why ?
A pharmacist I spoke with yesterday didn't know why they're calling this a diuretic but he was new to pyrilamine too. He told me yesterday that they make a presciption combo of this + phenylephrine but it's very expensive.
Fwiw tho, this is an old H1 antihistamine and crosses the bbb. I feel a little off with this but not as much as Benadryl. The diuretic + pyrilamine combo appears to work better on my swelling from allergies than Benadryl.
I tried cvs premenstrual formula, 500 mg acetaminophen, 60 mg caffeine and 15 mg pyrilamine and it helped too. Obviously, I'm
having a positive response to something here but I'm not sure what to make of it. Also, the caffeine
in this med didn't make me jittery.
Got any ideas ? Has anyone tried these meds ? Or just diuretics ?
Thanks .. X
I'm confused. Again ...
I'm not sure where to put this since this med affects so many symptoms that could be from multiple
causes. Swelling is a common response in allergies / mast cells. Fluid retention is common in congestive heart failure because the heart's unable to move the blood properly so I thought POTs / orthostatic intolerance may apply. I have chronic disabling orthostatic intolerance. Being supine isn't an option.
I noticed that I was having more swelling, upper body not legs, lately and the antihistamines are only helping
a little. Ibuprophen helped a little too but never enough. Ibuprophen plus hydrocodone helps the pain but
doesn't decrease the swelling enough.
I was just going to try a diuretic but when googling these I ran into a common combo for premenstrual relief.
Seeing as how my swelling is in my upper body, I thought this might work. It's helping me feel better within an hour but I can't tell why. I'm noticing decreased muscle tension all over. And when I wake up the next
morning, I'm noticeably thinner in my upper body. It doesn't last past breakfast tho.
I'm NOT urinating more frequently which surprised me since diuretics are supposed to make our kidneys
flush water and sodium out of our cells.
Tylenol / acetaminophen has never helped my swelling and pain so I ruled that out.
I bought Diurex ( 50 mg pamabrom) yesterday and will try just that today. I'm eager to see if this makes me urinate more. The other med I took only had 25 mg of pamabrom.
I can't find pyrilamine anywhere in the US but several other countries have this. On the premenstrual
relief package it says this is a diuretic and antihistamine. Anyone know why ?
A pharmacist I spoke with yesterday didn't know why they're calling this a diuretic but he was new to pyrilamine too. He told me yesterday that they make a presciption combo of this + phenylephrine but it's very expensive.
Fwiw tho, this is an old H1 antihistamine and crosses the bbb. I feel a little off with this but not as much as Benadryl. The diuretic + pyrilamine combo appears to work better on my swelling from allergies than Benadryl.
I tried cvs premenstrual formula, 500 mg acetaminophen, 60 mg caffeine and 15 mg pyrilamine and it helped too. Obviously, I'm
having a positive response to something here but I'm not sure what to make of it. Also, the caffeine
in this med didn't make me jittery.
Got any ideas ? Has anyone tried these meds ? Or just diuretics ?
Thanks .. X