Enteric coatings should not be crushed. The pellets are the delivery mechanism. Stomach upset was my main issue with erythromycin too.

The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time.

How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week? Not on erythromycin but the pattern is familiar.

Everyone here blames the drug. Half the time it is the appointment schedule, not the molecule. Six weeks in on erythromycin and it lines up.

Same here.

Same here.

Not on erythromycin but the pattern is familiar.

The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time.

Print the page.

Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way.

Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.

Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable.

Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time. Not on erythromycin but the pattern is familiar.

Function over score.

My pharmacist has become my actual doctor and I am at peace with it.