Thursday, April 01, 2010

Doped up

I started the medicine last night. My doctor put me on cabergoline instead of bromocriptine, which I know means nothing to anyone. But, what it means to me is that I'm less likely to have side effects, and I only take the drug twice a week instead of twice a day. Cabergoline is supposedly more expensive, but I have (thankfully!) very good health insurance, so it's cheap for me. I'm on a ridiculously low dose for the first two weeks. I feel what I think could be side effects-- kind of feel like I'm in a daze-- but I'm guessing that's probably just anxiety about the medicine, rather then the medicine itself. :) I read a fascinating study of this drug that showed what percentage of people on the drug experienced different side effects but then showed what percentage of people on a placebo experienced those side effects. 27% of people on the cabergoline felt nauseous, but 20% of people on the placebo felt nauseous too! So, I'm trying to ignore side effects and hope they're in my head.