Let me begin this by saying no doctor told me that Atarax was definitely the cause of my recent problem. But it is an anticholergenic drug and they have been known to cause an ileus.
New Year's night I was admitted to the hospital with a possible ileus. I was in severe pain and had to have a tube run down my throat into my stomach to take the liquids and gas out of my colon. It was severely distended. On the ultrasound it appeared to be blocked. I spent all of the weekend there on i.v's.
The only meds I take are elmiron, atarax, and davorcet. My dr. and I decided on the davorcet because it is not an opoid drug that can lead to problems with constipation. Plus I can't take them because of other side effects which I dislike.
After some research I discovered that Atarax isn't recommended for a long period of time. I've been on this for two years.
Anyway, I thought it was worth passing this along to anyone using this drug so that you can ask your dr. about side effects.
New Year's night I was admitted to the hospital with a possible ileus. I was in severe pain and had to have a tube run down my throat into my stomach to take the liquids and gas out of my colon. It was severely distended. On the ultrasound it appeared to be blocked. I spent all of the weekend there on i.v's.
The only meds I take are elmiron, atarax, and davorcet. My dr. and I decided on the davorcet because it is not an opoid drug that can lead to problems with constipation. Plus I can't take them because of other side effects which I dislike.
After some research I discovered that Atarax isn't recommended for a long period of time. I've been on this for two years.
Anyway, I thought it was worth passing this along to anyone using this drug so that you can ask your dr. about side effects.
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