Guest guest Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 I am up early this morning. I had another attach yesterday AT SCHOOL right at the end of the day. I had to have someone drive me home. I discovered I forgot to take my mantainence dosage of meclazine yesterday morning. It appears if I stay on diazide ( water pill that depletes the extra water and not pottasium) and if I take one 25 mg. meclazine pill in the morning, I don't get attacks. I had tried to get off of diazide last week and I think that triggered the fluid, vertigo and joint pain. I have read in the tasigna medication guide that it possibly causes fluid to build around the heart and lungs. It doesn't mention other places. It has been my personal side effect with gleevec and now tasigna, to have fluid build up within the joints... and in the inner ear I beleive. It appears that my personal 'side-effect-of-choice " on any BCR ABL inhibitor is going to be water retention of some kind. My doc said everybody'd different.Wow, I really want to be different!! My questions are these: does anyone here have vertigo that you believe is directly related to the drugs? And, if so, what do you do to treat it? I have tried the exercises Bobby gave me ( posted on the files section here) and they work some. I also am doing low salt, no caffine, alchohol, treating it like a mid life disease and not drug related. I am doing all I can. What info or suggestions would you all have? Love and peace Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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