Gilenya Side Effects?

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Hello,

Does anyone out there have experience of how it feels when you start on Gilenya? I started on it only about five days ago now and after day three I got completely ‘whacked’ with a whole lot of pains and aches (like flu), bad headache, cough, diarroeah, sick tummy Oh boy!! Not sure how to ‘ride this one out’ but I’m feeling a bit scared because it all came on so quickly. I had to spend yesterday in bed all day 'cause I just couldn’t function at all. But today, I’m feeling a little bit better thank God.

Does anyone know how long it takes for your body to get used to this medication? If these are side effects, I hope they won’t be permanent…

Best wishes to you,

Ro

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I started on Gilenya in mid-February. I don’t think I experienced any side-effects at all. But I know everyone is different and I think several people have posted on here saying they felt bad when starting on this drug. Have you tried putting Gilenya in the search box?

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Thanks Sewingchick, I will put it in the search box now and see what comes up. Thanks for the suggestion. ro