Sular: Uses, Side Effects, Warnings, and Dosing Information

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My brother has been taking it for several years. I'm not sure of the dosage but he's 65 and has had Parkinson's since he was in his mid thirties. The side effects are terrible. He's convinced his house is full of rats - big fat ones. He's convinced people are in the garage at night starting the lawn mower over and over again. He sees people in black leotards in the hallway at night. When I try to rationalize with him that this isn't real, he just gets mad at me.

STAY WELL CLEAR UNLESS YOU ENJOY BEING PSYCHOTIC & TOTALLY INHUMAN!!! I did not feel the effects initially but after 8 days when I started taking 2 I felt myself changing uncontrollably. I wanted to die, harm others, I stayed awake for about 90 hours without sleep, constant REM, confusion, slurring of words, paranoia, night sweats, tremors and inability to eat. Absolutely terrifying and the worst experience of my life. I thought I was going mad. I've taken drugs recreationally and never felt like THAT! So strong. No concentration, voices in my head and thoughts of suicide (neither of which has ever happened to me before), uncontrollable mania, confusion, feeling of drunkeness, spaced out, isolated, away from reality. I wish I stopped taking them sooner. Totally screws with your head. I say don't do it, it's too risky. As soon as I stopped taking them i felt better. I was not warned of any side-effects by my doctor or asked any health questions before being prescribed, which is shoc

Cleared up a terrible infection within the first hour of taking it and thank god because I was in a lot of pain. The side effect profile is pretty icky but it works and the side effects are temporary.

After being poisoned by 2 statin drugs(prevstatin and simvastatin) my Dr. gave me a RX of Welchol. $240. for a box of powder packets! I'm a VERY sensitive person with drugs, I would've loved a free sample first. There is a site where you can get a free sample of this drug. I was warned to only take a pinch of it, on a empty stomach .... OMG ... I took a 1/4 teasp. I was sick/nausea, achy, spacey all day. Then I took a 1/8 teasp. with food, much better, but then my ears started ringing loudly and I had horrible insomnia while trying it. I also thought I had the flu(tired,achy body, upset stomach), but now reading the other posts, I think it was another side effect of this drug .... I'm afraid to try and take it again. There just has to be a better way than these drugs! You have NO quality of life while on them.

The XR I started off at 500 mg/day in the evening and had initial flatulence and nausea and would improve after 2 weeks until I cranked up the dosage again up to 2000 mg/day. The flatulence then got to the point where it was extremely embarrassing even though my glucose control was pretty good as long as I was reasonably disciplined (ie, usually stayed below 160 as long as I didn't decide to eat a whole bowl of udon noodles or a big chunk of cake). Then I went off Metformin and tried Januvia, which allowed people around me to breathe easier but sent my A1C up to 7.6 (got my A1C to around 6.5 or so in a few months from a 9 on the Metformin originally)Now I'm on JanuMet with the non-XR Metformin for a week and a half and feels like the side effects are worse this time around but I've heard that the XR is a lot easier to tolerate. So far I'm back to 115ish fasting instead of the "please let my fasting be below 140" ritual with Januvia. Let's hope my digestive system get