Pompeygirl said:
I have been taking it for 4 months just about and apart from the very odd tummy ache all my side effects have stopped. I had very bad tummy problems for a while sudden need for the loo and also quite a while of feeling quite sick. I take 2 morning and 2 evening. I would say i have been much better for 3 weeks or so. Have my appetite back too. I take them during my meal not after.
I'm just starting my second pack of 84 x 500 mg tablets ( @ 2/day) and the only problem I had was last week when, feeling by now a seasoned veteran and totally invulnerable, I took one without food. I always take them right in the middle of a meal, but I was in a hurry and reasoned that I had enough time to pop the pill but not to sort out something to eat.
Bad move on all levels. Pretty pointless too, as I then lost more time for 3 loo stops in very quick succession, than I'd saved cutting out the food.
Although the doc didn't offer me any guidance when he first prescribed them, I've also found that taking one with breakfast and other at teatime works for me, although I had wondered if cutting the tablets in half, and taking these 4 x per day, might have been a useful means of getting more used to them during the initial acclimatisation most people seem to need. I see the SR form has already been mentioned for those who can't get used to the cheaper form we all get given at first, but it's just a thought.