Constipation from bromo - why?

[MrRTTB]

I am always constipated, always. I eat lots of fibers, drink TONS of water. I'm so FED UP with this!!!! To be able to take a shit I have to take this thing that is horrble, making me shit like crazy within 5 minutes. It's awful( the awfull thing is that i do not take this stuff oral. You go figure..)

I do not like to drop the bromo because I'm on fina. I'm very dry in my mouth and my skin is also very very dry. Even though I drink like crazy I piss like a monkey and still do not retain much water. I don't know what the heck to do, so please advice me bro's

 

[MrRTTB]

buuuuuuuuummp!!!!!!

 

[MoreBeefPlease]

i don't know about bromo but clomid and nolva are excreted from your body in your crap. bromo may be similar and in turn have an effect on your system. if you piss all the time then you are not keeping fluids very long. in one end out the other. like i said i don't know much about bromo, what is the reason you are using it? are these the only sides you have experienced? how effective is it for whatever reason you are taking it?

thanks and good luck

 

[nvr2shredded]

no idea, niether I nor my brother experienced that.
what dosage are you taking? maybe its too much.

 

[nandi12]

Dopaminergic agonists slow down peristalsis, the movement of the GI tract that moves food through the intestines and colon. This is a common side efect of bromocriptine. For example, it is often reported in the treatment of acromegaly with bromocriptine:

Br Med J 1975 Feb 8;1(5953):299-303 Related Articles, Links


Bromocriptine treatment of acromegaly.

Thorner MO, Chait A, Aitken M, Benker G, Bloom SR, Mortimer CH, Sanders P, Mason AS, Besser GM.

The effects of oral bromocriptine in acromegaly have been studied. A dose of 5 mg six-hourly suppressed circulating growth hormone (GH) levels in nine out of 11 patients treated for seven to 11 weeks. This was associated with considerable clinical improvement in all patients, with abolition of excessive sweating, reduction in soft-tissue thichening, loosening of rings, decrease in shoe size, improvement in facial features, and loosening of dentures. Metabolic changes included improvement in glucose tolerance and reduction in hydroxyproline excretion. Unlike the actions of growth hormone release inhibiting hormone the suppression of GH was not accompanied by a reduction in insulin or glucagon secretion, though prolactin levels were suppressed. Side effects other than mild constipation were not seen when the full dose regimen was reached by slowly increasing the dose from 2-5 mg once daily. Bromocriptine holds promise as a safe and orally effective medical treatment to augment surgical or radiotherapeutic measures directed at the pituitary tumour. Its efficacy during longterm administration remains to be established.

 

[SOLID]

nice one nandi

 

[ichabodcrane]

Constipation, dry mouth, dry skin? Sounds like anticholinergic side effects. Not much you can do unless you stop the offending agent, or..... as you are already doing, take a laxative. Other than the bromo, are you taking any other meds; antidepressants, opiods, Fe2+, etc? Which laxative are you using? Maybe consider a stool softner like Docusate. Avoid the stimulant laxatives.