MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

I take Boswellia Serrata for my Lymphocytic Colitis and have found it to be helpful in managing the pain/cramps. However, I take a much higher dose (400mg 3 times a day). You may ask your GI if they recommend you increase the dose to help with Colitis symptoms as well. Lisa, I found similarly high ...

Your intake of magnesium (glycinate, malate, threonate are all good ones) should be 10 mg per kilo body weight. Lilja, thank you for your post. I've done a lot of reading on the forums, but I didn't see that dosing. Is there a reference somewhere I can see so I can learn more? Based on this dosing,...

If you have had a cholecystectomy, has anyone recommended a trial of cholestyramine, a bile binder? Many who have diarrhea after a cholecystectomy have found this med to be a lifesaver. Polly, my GI did mention it briefly pre-colonoscopy, but after the colonoscopy led to this diagnosis, the decisio...

Thank you for what you do for us, Tex. Civilian gastroenterologists also leave a lot to be desired when it comes to understanding MC, but at least they're willing to talk with a patient, even though they don't know much about successfully treating the disease. My current GI is also civilian, just wo...

I still have a lot of questions about biopsy results, diagnosis, and the way forward... but I'm getting treatment... sort of. I'm military, so I feel like I need to tread carefully with how I proceed so that I don't find myself forced out the door (either out of the doctors door or out of a job enti...