MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Hello,

Pepto is linked to causing tinnitis. It is a posted side effect.

You might try cholestyramine. It is prescription but pretty benign. My PCP prescribed it.

Some prescription meds cause MC.

If you don't have Tex's book it is a good read. I believe there is a link to Amazon at the top.

Hello, I've taken the estradiol for about 6 months when I first got MC. I had to get off of it as it gave me headaches. Since then I've taken bioidentical hormones in creme form for a number of years with no ill effect to my MC. Magnesium foam and gel--I've bought these at Walmart. I think they are ...

Martha, I can tolerate a bit of the smaller canned beans. No way could I eat these daily. I'm okay with some chickpeas and small canned beans. I don't tolerate any of the larger black beans or pinto beans ets. I seem to be better with canned over soaked. There is a small white bean that is sold in a...

Hi Martha,

I'd check with your dental hygienist, your dentist and your doctor for additional remedies.

My dental hygienist has been helpful in the past.

Hi Jessica,

Welcome! I find when I'm in a flare I do best eliminating supplements. I'm not familiar with creon.

Hi NC, Welcome, Mom has had about 5 rounds of oral thrush in the last 2 years. It is painful. Recommend the following: 1. Run a vaporizor in your bedroom at night and your house in the day to put more moisture in your bedroom when you are sleeping. 2. We've been using something called biotene spray ...

Cholestyramine helps many many MCers.

I can eat small daily salads but I didn't even attempt them until around year 6 of recovery.

Welcome! I think we might have a Spanish language version of Tex's book around in an electronic version. It may be on Amazon for a nominal charge. Your English is very good but it may be helpful to have a copy of Tex's book in your native language. You can achieve remission but it will take time. We...

Hi Marcia,

My Dad took red yeast rice for years as he could not tolerate statins. He did not have MC.

Brandy

The urine may not be an issue with Enterolab but you need to contact them to verify.

Hi Carrie,

Have you tried the prescription for Cholestyramine? I'd say it is a step up from pepto but not a steroid.

If you decide to try either the cholestyramine or budesonide/uceris (steroid) your local GI can prescribe them
and in fact my PCP prescribed cholestryamine to me when I asked.

I have traveled a lot but try to eat out minimally when I travel. I just traveled for 5 days in Virginia. We ate out for 3 dinners and I cooked two dinners in and ate in for my breakfasts and lunches. I've had one bad reaction after eating in the Charlotte NC airport. I forgot to pack travel food an...

It is tougher to digest than white rice.

Hi Marcia, I'm pretty stable most of the time but I got violently ill the day after I ate some fried cubed potatoes (breakfast potatoes) at the Charlotte airport. I was starving and forgot to bring any food with me. I knew they had risk. I'm sure I reacted to gluten contamination in the fryer vat. I...

Hi, Thorne Methyl Guard Plus is the B vitamin mix that many of us take. It helped to clear my brain fog. It did not work quickly. I took it for around 45 days then my brain fog cleared. I could tell that starchy foods definitely contributed to brain fog. So that I could function at work and have a c...