tecfidera (bg12 update - 3 weeks in, side effects and none.....

So here's my 3 week in update on tecfidera (bg12). Lets begin with flushing. The flushing was much more apparent in the first week and barely noticeable now. If I am flushing I recognize it by a brief runny nose, similar to niacins effect on me personally. Niacin however is much more harsh and the flushing on niacin in my personal experience is one hundred times stronger.

Stomach upsetting side effects have not been a symptom that I have experienced yet although I did one evening have a belly ache three days into augmentin treatment for a sinus infection. Coincedentally I aquired an upper respitory infection 3 days into my dosing and was immediately placed on augmentin which in itself causes the same symptom of stomach disturbance. I am certain that it wasn't bg12-tecfidera,or a decreased white blood cell count that caused me to fall ill, because the rest of my household fell prey to the same bug which was introduced to us by my notoriously sick preschool goddaughter.

One thing that I will say that has become a drastic improvement with the BG 12 treatment is in my bladder function. I never associated waking up in the early am hours like 5 am daily to urinate with ms. Actually I thought it was a sign of old age and have heard my mother complain of this for years. But since I began this therapy I have not once woken up to empty my bladder. Perhaps that's part of the anti-inflammatory properties. The tingling in my left arm dissipated as well even when I feel stress. This is all good stuff so far ......fingers crossed

 

One of my greatest concerns initially when taking this drug was interactions with other ones. Its so new here in the USA, and its not like we can pick up the phone and call a skin/psoriasis doctor in Germany to ask these questions..... So with experience I can tell you whats ok so far with my own trials and tribulations. For me that is. Let me run a list of drugs sampled while on tecfidera. Obviously you should check with your doctor , as im not in the medical field, holding only a degree in MS survival from the university of life experience.

 

xanax- .25 mgs at night for sleep

fluvoxemine - 50mgs hmmm, not depressed, guess i use it to retain the extra 20 pounds it initially put on my hips and belly.

augmentin - sinus infection

advil - liquid gell

magnesium

vitamin b d,c,and omega

elderberry occasionally

Hope you found this helpful, because being a crash test dummy for a newly marketed drug can be a very scary proposition! Off I go to swallow my daily vitamins since I neglected breakfast this am......