#bentyl

[study-live-repeat]

Advice

Anyone else get really super hurt when a friend tries to help them calm down while you’re having an episode/reaction to a medication involving super fast heart rate and increased emotions and they tell you in a really harsh tone to shut up and “you need to stop that”????

You really think I can control this? Really?!?! Hello! You’ve seen me in the ER, you’ve seen me doing the medical testing, you’ve seen me taking my meds and you have the wherewithal to tell me to just “stop that”??? Wow.

Just a newsflash to friends and family of people who might deal with this, we don’t control side effects or this any of this stuff. We don’t “turn it on”, therefore we can’t simply stop it. So instead of shutting us down when you can clearly see something is wrong, and then later criticizing us for being off the wall, maybe calmly suggest we take a few deep breathes every couple of minutes or sip on some water. But don’t isolate us and make us feel like an enemy. That’s how you hurt friendships.

[buck--y]

sooo my gastro put me on bentyl for my ibs. i'm supposed to take it three times a day as needed. i only took it once yesterday and today and holy shit, i felt as if i was high all day. this is from only taking a third of the needed dose! however, my pain is coming back, so i might have to take a second dose. (yikes) does anyone have any experience with bentyl and can offer some advice on dealing with the side effects? that'd be highly appreciated!

[siglerprescriptiondrugcards]

Dicyclomine Hydrochloride

Brand Name: Bentyl

Generic Available

Common Dosage Forms:

Capsules: 10 mg

Tablets: 20 mg

Syrup: 10 mg/5 mL

Injection: 10 mg/mL

FDA Indications/Dosages:

Treatment of functional and irritable bowel syndromes: Oral: 10-20 mg three to four times daily, 30 minutes before meals. Intramuscular: 20 mg four times a day.

Pharmacology/Pharmacokinetics: Dicyclomine HCl causes inhibition of acetylcholine at postganglionic parasympathetic receptor sites in smooth muscle, secretory gland tissue, and to less degree in the central nervous system. Dicyclomine HCl intramuscular injection is approximately twice as bioavailable as oral dosage forms. Peak plasma levels are reached in 60-90 minutes after an oral dose with an initial half-life of 2 hours. A secondary phase of elimination has a slightly longer half-life. Excretion occurs primarily through the urine.

Drug Interactions: May decrease the actions of phenothiazines and haloperidol.

Contraindications/Precautions: Contraindicated in patients with urinary tract or intestinal obstruction, intestinal atony, unstable cardiovascular status in acute hemorrhage, myasthenia gravis, severe ulcerative colitis, paralytic ileus, or glaucoma, and in ifants less than 6 months of age. Use with caution in patients with prostatic hypertrophy, autonomic neuropathy, hepatic or renal disease, ulcerative colitis, hyperthyroidism, hypertension, congestive heart failure, cardiac, arrhythmias, coronary artery disease, and in patients with a hiatal hernia associated with reflux esophagitis. Pregnancy Category C.

Adverse Effects: Dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting, dry mouth, drowsiness, constipation, and difficulty in urination.

Patient Consultation:

May cause dizziness or drowsiness. Use care with operating machinery or when mental alertness is required.

Avoid alcohol while taking this medication.

May cause dry mouth or difficulty in urination.

Store in a cool, dry place away from sunlight and children.

Contact a physician if the above side effects are severe or persistent.

If a dose is missed, skip it and return to normal dosing schedule.

[myaekingheart]

So, quick question: does anyone else who takes dicyclomine/Bentyl ever get this really weird feeling in their mouth/throat? It’s hard to describe but like...it’s kind of like dry mouth but kind of not? It’s like this musty aftertaste, sludge in your throat, cotton-mouth-esque type thing. I’ve only gotten it a handful of times when I’ve taken this medication but every time I get it, it always throws me for a fucking loop and has me feeling kind of panicky and nauseous and just overall...off? I don’t know, anyone else ever get this? 

[mxdelacroix]

someone please invent an antispasmodic that doesn’t make me feel like a small child is sitting on my chest. 

[saywhatbuttercup]

Okay, so I took my first dose of Bentyl last night. I have to take one Benadryl before I go to bed or I will scratch my leg until I bleed (something about allergies...I just get all itchy) and the one Benadryl never makes me drowsy. I don't ever feel it. But last night after taking the Benadryl and the Bentyl, I got SO drowsy. I fell straight to sleep. I wonder if it was the two medications together or just the Bentyl that caused the drowsiness. It didn't bother me because I was going to bed anyway, but if it causes drowsiness like that all the time, I won't be able to take it during the day. On a good note, it took the pain right out of my stomach!

[saywhatbuttercup]

As I post quite often, I have IBS. It sucks. It has never really been too bad, but recently I've been feeling a lot more cramping than normal and I've really just started feeling worse more often. It isn't 24/7 all the time, but enough for me to seek out more treatment than I had been looking for before. Last week I went to the doctor and he prescribed me Bentyl to help with the cramping. I just now needed to take one. I guess we’ll se how this goes.

Does anyone have any experience with taking Bentyl or other things for IBS symptoms?

[justibsthings]