@jennymay1548 

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jennymay1548

Tecfidera

I’ve been on dimethyl fumarate for nearly 3 weeks and have had stomach pains/sickness for about 5 days now, I’m just wondering how long I’m going to be getting these side effects for as it’s slowly beginning to drain me. I’ve spoken to my ms team but they’ve only said to keep and eye on it🤦🏼‍♀️
@VeronicaKateC

Hey Jenny, so sorry to hear that! I’ve been on Tec for about 2 months now and can say what I’ve done - I get awful flushing and sometimes stomach upset but avoided being sick etc. not sure if just lucky or it’s been how I’ve been taking it. I take mine with lunch and dinner in the evening so it helps me have bigger meals with it, I do try to eat a substantial amount before I take it to make sure my stomach has a decent amount in. I’ve been drinking a lot of peppermint teas as well, plus mint imperials (they have real peppermint oil in) I have some ginger tea as well to alternate. Bananas seem to help as well. I got some omeprazole from the docs and in the first few weeks took one of them when my stomach felt acidic or dodgy. I don’t really get any sickness so think this all might be helping. Flushes are a whole different story 😅 no idea how to stop those lol x

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@VeronicaKateC

Ps. The peppermint seems to help me with the stomach pains you mention when I’ve had those. And a hot water bottle on tummy. X

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