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Reviewer: 55-64 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Reviewer: 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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No problem with this med-been on it since March 2012
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Reviewer: driller, 65-74 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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stomach upset, size of medication, frequence of medication, unknown side effects, little liteature
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Reviewer: Sasquatch, 35-44 Male on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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Taking for a year. As doage increased, constipation has gotten worse. Take 4 pills with food. Last Phosphorus was 10.2 and I eat right. I only have bowel movements 1 or 2 times a week. Also, blood pressure runs 80/40 since I started taking. Would not recomend to anyone. Stopped taking today. They gave me Fosrenol but I am afraid to take for similar reasons. Same class of meds with same side effect
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Reviewer: MJR, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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On hemodialysis for kidney failure for about 3 years. Take 3 renvela with each meal. Have been experiencing ongoing diaherrea and was told by the nurse at the dialysis clinic that I go to that Renvela would not cause diaherrea. Imagine my surprise when I read the reviews about how this drug can and does cause diaherrea.
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