@lisanihaoighleain 

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lisanihaoighleain

Stomach Problems

Hi I am looking for tips for stomach problems. My husband has ms and he is on Techfidera 240mg twice a day. He is on pantaprozole and probiotics but often his stomach is still sick. Has anyone else dealt with this or does anyone have any tips? Thanks in advance
@Vivien

How long has hubby been taking tecfidera for? I only ask as I'm taking it, too and it took around 10 weeks to get in control of it. I still have the occasional blip, but mostly due to not sticking to my routine. You need to take it with / after a meal, never before food. My MS nurses top tip was nut protein to calm down any queasiness - I find nibbling some raw cashew nuts helps if I feel sick later on. I never used to eat breakfast until 2 hours after I started work, either. I now have 1/2 a bowl of cereal with lots of milk, followed by 2 rashers of grilled bacon 🥓, fat trimmed off before I get washed and dressed in the mornings. I was also advised to keep at least 10 hours between doses and find that helps, too. I'm sure some other trusty msers will be along soon with their individual take on this, but try searching 🔎 using the tecfidera category that I've added to your post, plenty on the subject recently. Tell your hubby to chin up, it will get better, he just needs to work out what foods work best for him. 😘

@Highlander

Hi Lisa and welcome, I'm soon to be starting on tecfidera soon. So have been reading a lot about it here. Use the magnifying glass top left as if you use a search engine and type in tecfidera and you'll find all the references that have been posted in there. Hope this helps, The rest of the gang will be along soon. call the ms nurse if available .