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What Causes Nausea After Taking Meizitang?
i recently started taking Meizitang, a weight loss sofft gel capsule. Yesterday i was nauseous and was vomiting every 10-30 minutes, and easing around lunch time. Today i feel just as bad, if not worse and it has just occurred to me that maybe this pill doesnt sit well with my birth control pill. Could i be pregnant?
Tue, 26 Nov 2019
Hi,
Okay. Cannot comment on the possibility of pregnancy. Without an exam, I can only give general information. First, you have no guarantee there is anything in these unregulated pills. If they have what they say is in them: cassia seed is a digestive irritant. That is what it does.
Many Chinese medicine things most of which aren't even for weight loss in Chinese medicine. Various drugs, mostly dangerous, have been found when reputable labs have analyzed it.
St. John's wort NOT supposed to be in Meizitang, DOES lower the effect of birth control pills so herbals can do this. No idea if this one does, but then, as mentioned, it might or might not have enough ingredients to do anything.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Sameen Bin Naeem, General & Family Physician
Okay. Cannot comment on the possibility of pregnancy. Without an exam, I can only give general information. First, you have no guarantee there is anything in these unregulated pills. If they have what they say is in them: cassia seed is a digestive irritant. That is what it does.
Many Chinese medicine things most of which aren't even for weight loss in Chinese medicine. Various drugs, mostly dangerous, have been found when reputable labs have analyzed it.
St. John's wort NOT supposed to be in Meizitang, DOES lower the effect of birth control pills so herbals can do this. No idea if this one does, but then, as mentioned, it might or might not have enough ingredients to do anything.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Sameen Bin Naeem, General & Family Physician
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