emily has a question!!!

[ronipow]

hey, do you guys know when is the right time to take the three pepto bismol tablets? like before or after you eat?

-emily

[Carrie]

Hi, Emily. I don't use Pepto Bismol now but when I was your age I used to take the liquid just before eating. My mother's theory was that it helped by coating my stomach.

Emily, you remind me a lot of myself when I was your age. I had all sorts of digestive problems and other illnesses. But around my 18th birthday things suddenly got much, much better! I've had no digestive symptoms since then except for LC that started last year and is now in remission.

Hang in there, Emily. Everyone here at this forum is routing for you 1000%!

Love, Carrie

[tex]

Hi Emily,

If you are on a long-term treatment program, I don't believe the exact timing matters as much as taking uniform doses at regular intervals, so that the walls of your GI system is continuously coated. The PB will help to supplement the usual mucus coating in your GI tract, and provide additional protection, so that the lining of your GI tract will be better protected from irritants, and have an improved opportunity to heal.

I wish you the best of luck with your treatment, and will keep my fingers crossed that it works.

Tex

[kate_ce1995]

I don't have any thoughts on timing except when my D was at its worst, if I took one in the morning I'd be okay for several hours. I always took the pills so I wouldn't taste it.

Katy

[TendrTummy]

Emily, I'm SO GLAD you decided to find your voice!!! :)

When I did the Pepto treatment, I took it 3 times daily, at regular intervals. One dose at 5am, one at about noon, and one right before dinner, usually around 6pm. It DID help while I was on it, with the pain and nausea, bloating, and some with the diarrhea, but did not bring me "norman"; HOWEVER, I was just starting the GF diet at the time, and quick results as far as that goes aren't really expected. It can take days or months to heal the gut depending on the person.

But in your case, I wish you all the best!!!! And stop by more often!

Christine

[Marsha]

Hi Emily!
Just in case you think it's making you worse: some people can't take the pills, but they do take the liquid. There is a different kind of sweetener, or something about the pills that upsets some people's stomachs. (Imagine me raising my hand and nodding!)

[TendrTummy]

A sidenote on Mars' comments..

I preferred liquid. Tastes nasty, but it coats the stomach as well as the esophagus MUCH better.

Christine