Amitiza

Does anyone have experience w/this drug? I am supposed to take it twice a day w/food- I took the first dose @ 8:30 and I am having horrible side effects- severe nausea, flushing, dizziness, dry mouth. It did "help", but it is not worth feeling like this.

I just got a prescription for Amitiza today.... are you still taking it?  Do the side effects get any better? 

I have no side effects, i JUST started  my own post on this subject!

I've taken Amitiza for motility issues.At first I took the 24 mcg once a day and got a heavy chest and nausea, but now I take the 8mcg once at night and I think it helps!

it made me go  everyday, every morning in the beginning. Everything was fine and dandy, now I am going back to my old ways (it has been like a month and a half)

I just got this prescription on Friday related to my ed and results from the colonscopy.  I have had side effects such as being tired, headaches, chest pains, dry mouth, dizziness,  but I think some of these side effects are ed related too...I have the hardest time eating regular food without severe stomach pain for days..I been off and on doing Ensure but I can't live on supplements forever...any other ideas?

im reviving this old thread thanks to NYCGIRL who pointed it out to me, i just started the drug a few days ago but i haven't seen any improvement yet.

i did notice that I'm a bit weezy in my chest lately but i don't know if im just getting a cold or if its related.

anyone taking it??

I'm still taking it although I stopped taking it in the am and just take it at night now.  When I took it in the morning I would get wheezy and like I need to cough all the time.  It took me about 2 months to really notice a good difference and that was when I was taking 2x daily.  I still notice an improvement over not taking it at all and every few months I take it back to 2 pills if I need to.  I would get with your doctor before switching things up but mine is a bit of a jerk so I didn't bother.    *He told me that the other side effects I had were not related to Amitiza even though it said it on the freaking drug sheet from the pharmacy.*  That's why I didn't bother....

Hope it works for you!

thanks!

i didnt realize some ppl take it 2/daily but the doctor did say its a med where the dosage is increased over time.  i dont know though, i cant tell if im getting a cold or just weezy, which i never am and i dont have asthma, it feels like a chest cold though.  ive never had neg side e ffects to any drug before so im not srue if its related or just a cold?  how long did it take for the med to kick in?

It took about 2 months for me to notice a difference but I was also eating a lot of insoluble fiber at the time and I just realized that my body can't handle that.  So I might have felt better sooner otherwise.  If it doesn't progress than it probably is from the medicine.  Does it get better after a few hours?  The wheezy part always stuck around most of the day but the cough only lasted a few hours. 

hi-

so you find soluble fiber to be helpful or what?  the weeziness comes and goes, today i was ok so well see...no cough though.

2 months to notice a change in the constipation, wow, long!  so weird, i never had asthma or anything before.

thanks!

Soluble fiber seems to be easier for my body to digest and seems to keep things a little happier than insoluble fiber. 

Like I said it might haven taken longer for me to notice a difference because of my Insoluble fiber intake.  Actually, I did feel really good for the first week or so and noticed a difference and then it sort of settled and it was like it took my body a while to get used to it or something.