Does Viibyrd Cause Dead Intestines

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My husband became sepsis with sections of dead intestines, after using Viibyrd for 1 month. He died 9 days later.

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Hello, Jeanette! How are you? I am so very sorry for your loss. That's horrible!

The FDA does list that this mediation can cause gastroenteritis, which is a type of intestinal infection, but it's usually self-limiting and goes away within a few weeks.

Was he experiencing severe diarrhea at any point?

Sepsis usually denotes a bacterial infection that has run rampant throughout the body.

Did the doctors have any idea of what caused it?

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I have no words. My thoughts and prayers to you. I will immediately stop viibryd 20mg which I have taken 16 days with unimaginable stomach upset.

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I am okay, thank you. My husband remained rather subdued during the month and tried to ignore the diarrhea, which wasn't overwhelming, as I recall. He had begun to hurt and experience a lot of bloating about 2-3 days prior to his one month appointment. When he went to his follow-up appt, his doctor told him to stop the Viibryd and give his a system a break before starting a different medicine in 3 days.

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The doctors did run tests in an effort to determine the cause, but no conclusions. Three days after having 4 feet of dead intestines removed, he started getting worse and it was suspected that more intestine had died because the fluids from the tube feelings began to come back up. He had third spacing swelling very badly. From the time he presented to the ER and was given Dilaudin he never became lucid during the 9 days he lived. The swelling of his tissue was so bad that his skin eventually broke open. I think his physician should not have encouraged him to "tolerate" this medicine which was known to cause intestinal problems. My husband was told that if he could tolerate the medicine for one month, it would be the best medicine for him. He believed the doctor, and just suffered with the side effects, not having idea it could kill him.

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Omg! I'm so sorry to hear this! I quit viibryd because my diareaha got worse n worse, then I ended up with c-diff! Now I'm wondering if it was all caused from viibryd! Was thinking about taking this again but now know for sure I am not!

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