[blparent] Reglan (was Nursing and not sleeping through the night.)

Fri Jun 1 05:48:00 UTC 2012

Yuck.  I guess I was lucky I got off the drug within a month or so.  I was 
miserable beyond description, but I didn't get any of the more serious side 
effects the link mentions.

Jo Elizabeth

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a 
song."  Maya Angelou

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From: "Robert Shelton" <rshelton1 at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 10:32 PM
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Nursing and not sleeping through the night.

> When I saw the mention of the drug reglan, my skin started to crawl.  My
> wife, Linda, was on it for a while due to GI problems, and she got into 
> big
> trouble.  I've seen commercials down here for lawyers trying to line up
> plaintiffs for lawsuits against the company which made the stuff.
> Interestingly enough, when Linda mentioned her issues with reglan to the 
> M.D
> who prescribed it, he said it was all her imagination.
>
> ---Linda Wrote:
> my symptoms begin to appear within a month and progressed to the tardive
> dyskinesia within 3 months
>
> http://www.tardivedyskinesia.com/reglan/risk-factors/side-effects.php
>
> Metoclopramide became popular in the late 1990s after its predecessor,
> Cisapride, was found to cause serious side effects. Unfortunately for many
> patients who had already begun to take metoclopramide, a study published 
> in
> 2004 found the medication could cause a movement disorder known as tardive
> dyskinesia.
> These symptoms were more likely to occur in older female patients who had
> taken the drug for an extended period of time, but others taking the drug
> were at risk as well. This ultimately led to action by the Food and Drug
> Administration, requiring a "black box" warning on all packages of Reglan.
>
> -- 
> Linda,
> They are all our children
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) [mailto:REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 7:58 AM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Nursing and not sleeping through the night.
>
>        I'm wondering this too.
> And I'd say this is a public health issue, especially if these 
> side-effects
> are not being openly shared with consumers.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 5:13 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Nursing and not sleeping through the night.
>
>
> I'm wondering, Angie, about what drug you took that had side effects. 
> Write
> me off list if you want, and if it's none of my business, feel free to say
> that as well.  But I had serious issues with a drug, also, and I'm just
> curious if it's the same one.  If it is, my heart goes out to you.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a
> song."  Maya Angelou
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Angie Matney" <angie.matney at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 12:38 AM
> To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Nursing and not sleeping through the night.
>
>> Every baby is different. Jacob started sleeping through the night
>> before we stopped nursing. Unfortunately, we had to stop because I had
>> chronic low supply issues. I tried everything to maintain my supply,
>> including using a medication to aid with lactation. But it had some
>> unfortunate physical and emotional side effects. so we stopped nursing
>> a little while back. I'm off on a tangent, sorry. Just wantend to say
>> that my son did start sleeping through the night while he was still
>> nursing.
>>
>> Angie
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/29/12, Erin Rumer <erinrumer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Oh, I know it is, but for now I will keep nursing him because my
>>> son's not ready to wean and I'm alright with waking briefly a couple
>>> times per night.
>>> I just make sure to go to bed early enough so I don't gyp myself on
>>> sleep and feel drained the next day.
>>>
>>> Erin
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Allie
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 3:44 PM
>>> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
>>> Subject: [blparent] Nursing and not sleeping through the night.
>>>
>>> I wonder if that has to do with the fact that you're nursing him, Erin.
>>> Gabbie didn't sleep through the night 'til after I weaned her off the
>>> breast. Coincidence?
>>>
>>> Allie
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Erin Rumer
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 4:58 PM
>>> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Introduction
>>>
>>> You ladies are blessed!  My son is 19 months and not sleeping through
>>> the night yet.  It's not horrible though because we co-sleep and he
>>> just wakes me a couple times per night to have a booby snack and we
>>> then both fall asleep right away again.  I think a lot of it is that
>>> he's growing so fast and just can't go through the night without
>>> having some sustenance and that's alright by me.  I know that when he
>>> does start sleeping through the night, there will be a short period
>>> of time when I will keep waking on my own because my body is so used
>>> to it.
>>>
>>> Erin
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Angie Matney
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 5:59 PM
>>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Introduction
>>>
>>> Hi Bernadetta,
>>>
>>> That's great that he's sleeping through the night already. Jacob was
>>> about seven months old before he did that consistently. I think he
>>> did it just in the nick of time to save my sanity (or what little
>>> there is of it, anyway).
>>>
>>> Angie
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Bernadetta Pracon" <bernadetta_pracon at samobile.net>
>>> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 6:31 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Introduction
>>>
>>>
>>>> Wow, my goodness, your right. It's eleven months, not over a year. lol.
>>>> Ok, I've never been great in math, but I thought I could do basic
>>>> subtraction without a problem. Guess this sleep deprevation is
>>>> getting to me. *grin.
>>>> It's a good thing that my little one has recently started sleeping
>>>> through
>>>
>>>> the night finally. It's been happening for about a week now; He's
>>>> sleeping
>>>
>>>> for seven, eight, even ten hours at a time now. He doesn't even
>>>> fully wake
>>>
>>>> up when I change his diaper. I was really concerned at first; I
>>>> never expected him to sleep that many hours at a time, but the
>>>> pediatrician says
>>>
>>>> it's ok as long as I check on him every now and then.
>>>> Yeah, I heard teething isn't fun. Fourteen teeth, wow, that means
>>>> your little guy is almost home free as far as that's concerned. Mine
>>>> hasn't started teething yet, but he's beginning to drool a bit and
>>>> trying to put his toys into his mouth, so I'll bet that's going to
>>>> occur soon
>>> enough.
>>>>
>>>> Bernadetta
>>>>
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