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Posted 8/14/2008 5:11 AM (GMT -7)
SO i took my first pill last night before bed & woke up this morning feeling terribly nauseous
anyone know if there is an adjustment period & will this pass eventually?
I don't know if i can deal with this feeling everyday!!
Posted 8/14/2008 5:56 AM (GMT -7)
I have seen a number of posts here from 6mp users who experienced nausea and reported that it eased or vanished in time. Like a lot of drugs though, it seems to be an individual thing . . . I'd give it at  least a week to see. And hopefully you are on a regimen of blood draws to monitor your white count for a while.

Posted 8/14/2008 9:48 AM (GMT -7)
I didn't notice nausea when I started 6mp but I am still on it and I usually have a lot of stomach spasms from early morning until about 10 or 11 a.m.  Maybe it is related to the 6mp.  If so, I've been on it for almost 2 years and I still have the problem.  I hope to be tapering off starting later this month.  If I notice that the stomach spasms go away, I'll let everyone know.

Posted 8/17/2008 7:55 PM (GMT -7)
I've been on 6MP for a few months now. I am now on 3 X 50mg a day. Waves of nausea come during the day but it did bring me out of a bad flare.
Posted 8/18/2008 12:57 PM (GMT -7)
Did you try eating a small snack with your pills?
Posted 8/18/2008 1:26 PM (GMT -7)
Thanks all - i actually started taking the pills with dinner & i think it has definitely helped. I haven't felt as bad as i did after that first day when i didnt have much to eat the night i took the pill!

Thanks again - there is nothing better then first hand advice!
Posted 8/18/2008 2:53 PM (GMT -7)
I always took my 6mp in the morning and never noticed a problem. But I was off of it for a few months and after having read all the posts about taking it at night, when I started it again, I started it at night just in case. It should go away in time, but I think its more like a month or so, not a week. If it is particularly bad you can ask for an anti nausea med to help in the mean time.
Posted 8/18/2008 7:49 PM (GMT -7)
When I first started taking 6MP I got really nauseous on the fourth day. I got really nauseous before I ate, when driving as a passenger in a car, etc etc

I was eventually taken off of 6MP due to it affecting my liver (I was on it for about six months) and have to say that I was pretty much nauseous my entire time on it. It came and went, but definitely hit me at random times.
Posted 8/19/2008 10:07 AM (GMT -7)
I wanted to post the same question.  I've been on 6MP for 2 months and still get nauseos at times.  I'm curious how what percent of people saw this go away with time.  In a way, I don't understand why this would change as the drug is a chemotherapeutic (at much lower doses than those used in cancer...)
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