Amitiza and ibs
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No white wheat bread, and see if avoiding wheat and rye helps. If that helps, you may have gluten sensitivity even if not Celiac disease. Eat lots of vegetables. Raw is good if your system can handle it, but cooked is okay if you can't. Eat lots of fish and poultry unless you seem to react. Some red meat is fine unless you have cardiovascular/cholesterol issues. Lots of whole fruits, not juices. Try to eat kale and other greens every week. Brussel sprouts too.
This looks like "official" matter. What meds are in question?
Colonoscopy showed something?
IBS is not a disease at all, and there's no drugs for IBS, as I know (my opinion). Zelnorm was even withdrawn from the (U.S.) market last year, now it might be back again.
Was put on Amitiza and then Linzess which work well for some but not me but I can be sensitive to meds. It was my GI doctor at Stanford that suggested I try the Iberogast. I was skeptical but gave it a try. You can mix it in something to mask the taste. I actually but it in my morning coffee and only use it once a day. Took some time but I have a BM almost daily. It has to be helping as there are really no other changes to my meds.
I have these bloated, distention, nausea, constipation (sometimes) for about 20 years. Colonoscopy and gastroenteroscopyn always show clear and fine. I was prescribed Amitiza 8 mg 2 years ago. There was a point that I felt ok for 3 months in a row recently. But unfortunately, it came back again. It really bothers my daily life and work. What should I do?
Treatment is controlling the constipation and getting exercise and being outside. If you have constipation with your IBS, be sure you take magnesium supplements to help. When I work outside doing manual labor for my job, I don't need as much help, but with a desk job I need to take Amitiza and lots of supplements.
hi everyone , im 24 male and have been having alot of stomach / intestine problems for about 6months , my doctor thinks its ibs and a stomach ulcer but any ibs treatment i,e antispasmodics he gives me makes everything werse , i disagree that i may have ibs because i have been using alot of pain medicine since june 2009 i,e codiene , tramadol ,ibuprofen and amitrtiptyline for a nerve condition i have so i believe that it could be something else , my gp is reluctant to reffer me to a specialist or
It seems evident we are all lucky if we have 7 minutes in the office with the physician! Due to all the other tests coming back negative, he has decided to go with IBS. He put me on Amitiza, 24 mg twice daily for eight days, then 8 mg twice daily. I was not pleased to discover the limited literature available on this medication. So far, side effects seem minimal. I think it will take some time to see if it is really working as I was on vacation and out of my daily routine starting the Amitiza.
I am on milk of magnesia, amitiza, and dulcolax and my doctor wants me to try to get off the milk of magnesia. You can try using other medications for constipation to see if that works better. Amitiza is a new one out there but sometimes certain ones work better than others. Has your doctor ever mentioned abdominal migraines?
Usually people with constipation need a high fiber diet, but occationally this will actually make things worse. Look up to see which fruits and vegetables are low-fiber and only eat those, along with other low-fiber foods. The only other laxative I would recommend trying is called magnesium citrate which I've found is one of the strongest laxatives out there. How much water are you drinking every day? If you are not drinking enough water, the laxatives won't do anything.
All they have done for me is a CBC and Metabolic blood test and they keep chalking it up to IBS. I asked why they wouldnt do more testing since I have to call out of work and cant do daily things like chores very often because it can be very unbearable, and they say i am too young to have any serious problems. I have felt at a loss for words because i am sitting in the docs office on the verge of tears telling them that FODMAP diets dont work for me, nothing does but do not feel heard.
I have done the doxycycline and a few other therepies that my gastrointerologist recommended. They would work for a while and then would get worse agan. I am now taking Amitiza and am doing pretty good with it. Though I have now started noticing a correlation to my menstral cycle and the onset of these symptoms. A week before i start my period I will stop haveing BMs. Completely. I won't go again until I start. And then I usually have to induce it somehow.
I am a 36 y.o. female. On Jan 21st I was 136 pounds. 6 days later I was at ER -177 pounds w/ severe abdominal bloating and constipation.I was constipated given Miralax. One week later I am in ER again @ 180 pounds,sft tissue pitted edema in right leg & calf, &l no bowel movement & ab swelling. I've been tested for Celiac and was neg..Had numerous GI tests all negative.I ws diagnosed w/ IBS-C and given Amitiza. I was in the hospital again on Friday.
m also a 25 year old female and have had problems for about 6 years. I have IBS-C and my main symptom is extreme bloating. It is always present and definitely worse after eating. I have just started taking Amitiza, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything except making me more bloated. Is the Colace helping you?
I had my gallbladder removed 5 years ago and have been taking Nexium for acid reflux since that time.
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