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s/o TTC
I have researched all of my meds and none of them are "safe" for those who are preggo. One of them is to prevent migraines and the other is used to treat my bile-acid malabsorption (which, if untreated, results in chronic diarrhea). I am going to be one unhappy pregnant lady, if/when that happens.
Re: s/o TTC
or, you'll just be happy to be pregnant.
doesn't GBCK take similar meds? you should have a conversation with her. i think she's figured a few things out, ya know.
Maybe being pregnant will result in horrific constipation and you won't have to deal with the runs.
I'm actually excited about the prospect of having my IBS non-medicinally controlled for 9 months.
Yeah, I talk to her about a lot of migraine issues. I've learned more from her than my stupid neurologist. Dr. Hott Sexxx says it's OK, but he is pretty loose and free with the prescriptions. <-one of the reasons why I love him.
I definitely vote for something magical to happen (although I accidentally skipped a beta-blocker [they're grudgingly approved] this weekend and for the record, no beta-blocker = pain--not quite full blown but bad enough)--not that the migraine gods take my vote into consideration.
Your doc might be willing to work with you...the beta-blocker was considered grudgingly OK and they OKed the other one as long as I was very very VERY careful--ie, POAS at earliest possible day, quit ASAP if I catch the PG (of course, they didnt love that idea, they only agreed to that because of the IF. ANd it ended up being moot because I was going to start taking them as soon as AF showed up...and she never did.)
Most importantly, VICODEN = SAFE :-)
(although I don't think I could keep it down right now. I haven't had to try)
Vicoden doesn't help me. I need the imitrex, I think.
Dr. Hott Sexxx is the one who prescribed the beta blocker and one of his nurses took it all through her pregnancy and her baby was healthy, so I could probably get it from him. Although, he said he would defer all decisions to by OB/GYN. As did my gastroenterologist and neurologist. <-both dudes, too. I think the lady garden stuff scares them.
everyone, thus far, has been OK w/ me continuing the beta-blockers.
I'll clarify that on Friday but I did ask over the phone.
I know that they were OK w/ me trying th botox for it while PG...or while TTC. (encouraged actually).
I"m 95% sure that Imitrex is that pesky 'class c" which means "probably safe. But we don't do tests on PG ladies so we don't know." (because that's one reason they had me try it. Didn't work but we tried)
(when we started trying, we started reading...basically all of the 'dangerous' drugs I was on? not REALLY dangerous. By dangerous they meant the very few (and I mean very few--really, no tests on PG ladies!) studies done showed that there were X number of miscarriages/deformities/etc for the Y # of women taking the drug...and in nearly all cases, the 'background level' of miscarriage (meaning, the # of women who miscarry/have problems/whatever in a control group) was the same.)
So the study saying 1 out of every 10,000 babies has a problem when mom is taking imitrex is kinda useless if it fails to take into account that 3 out of every 10,000 babies in general has a problem.
And that's generally what we found. The beta-blocker? the rate of problem was inexplicably LOWER than the background level of problem (probably accounted for by the fact that women who take beta blockers = receiving medical care? probably?) in the population as a whole.
(ETA, but it isn't 'proven' safe so it's listed as 'may cause problems in X out of every Y pregnancies'. WHich is somewhat eyeroll worthy)
Am I explaining that so it makes sense?
I really think you'll find a lot of your drugs fall into that category.
Found it I think:
http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/medications-421730-5_2.html
"According to the CDC, the prevalence of major birth defects in the United States is 4%. "
Rate of problem w/ Imitrex?
4.6%
Yeah...if you CAN go off it? do. But if you can't? those are odds I'd play.