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Is It Possible To Absorb Meds Differently When Starting Diet?

jesscarmel

By jesscarmel
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jesscarmel
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Hi

In my quest to understand my migraine associate dizzines/vertigo that have only begun when i started the gluten-free diet i am wondering if it is possible that as i began to absorb food i also began to absorb my birth control pill differently. i take apri, a side effect is migraines. maybe before the diet i was absorbing the pills in a way that did not cause the side efftects. is this at all possible? i may be just trying really hard to blame something that will be easy to fix for this dizziness :)

thanks for any input

Jess

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marciab
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You have a good point. I started feeling drugged all day long from my Klonopin after being on the diet for 7 months. I was only on .5 mg, so it wasn't the dosage. I actually called the pharmacist and had them call the manufacturer to make sure they had given me the right dosage ... I had no idea this could happen ... Marcia

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You have a good point. I started feeling drugged all day long from my Klonopin after being on the diet for 7 months. I was only on .5 mg, so it wasn't the dosage. I actually called the pharmacist and had them call the manufacturer to make sure they had given me the right dosage ... I had no idea this could happen ... Marcia

hi marcia

whats weird with me though is that this started very soon after the diet, like a few weeks! could i start absorbing food that quickl? it has gotten much worse though whihc i guess could prove the theory that i heal more, i absorb more?!

marciab Enthusiast
marciab
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You look much younger than me, :lol: , I am 51, so you would heal a lot faster ...

Have you verified that your pills don't have gluten in them ? OR you may have problems with the binder in the pills too ...

Just some other ideas ... marcia

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kbtoyssni
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Apri is gluten-free, and yes, it's possible that you're absorbing more of the meds so getting more of the side-effects. It's certainly worth trying a different brand. And now that you mention it, I've been getting odd headaches behind my eyes ever since I started taking Apri again...

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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I would certainly expect that there could be absorption issues until the gut has healed. But it's really hard to say until healing has occured what the 'end state' will be. :( Good luck.

marciab Enthusiast
marciab
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Jess,

I may have been feeling the side effects of this drug sooner than 7 months after getting the gluten out of my diet. But since I have been sick for 16 years and sleepy or dopey feeling most of the time, I would have chalked it up to my CFIDS. :blink::angry:

The only reason it caught my attention this time was because I was so drugged I couldn't hold my head up ... Reducing the Klonopin stopped that immediately. <_<

You can always try getting off the pill and see if it helps ...

Marcia

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As the small intestine heals, it will become better at absorbing everything - food or meds. My daughter had her thyroid meds lowered about 3 months after going gluten free. It was recommended by both her endocrinologist and gastro doc to have blood taken 3 months after starting the gluten free diet for that very reason.

So it most definitely affects how meds are absorbed and how they work in our body.

Sandy

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