Thanks for pointing that out. Sorry that part of my response was misleading, because I made a bad assumption while reading your post.
Tex
Antibiotics and MC
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Re: Antibiotics and MC
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Re: Antibiotics and MC
First I want to thank you for all your information. Just wanted to give an update to taking 1 citrucel for 9 days in a row. I thought I was doing better for the first 4 days and then I went downhill. After nine days I quit taking it. I hope I get back to feeling like I did before taking the Citrucel. I am now going to Amazon to purchase one of your books.
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Hi Tex, after my 3 month Budesonide treatment I was somewhat doing good for about a month. I am now back in a flare. I did not expect this since I was in remission 21/2 years after my first use of Budesonide. The first time I never changed my diet (except for pasta). This time I went gluten free.
I cannot see my gastroenterologist until Nov.
I did buy your book and I am currently reading it. You talked about antihistamines and I was wondering if I should take Allegra even though it contains nsaids. I don’t know if nsaids bother me or not. I always take Tylenol. Do you think it is worth a try?
Thank you and I find your book very informative.
I cannot see my gastroenterologist until Nov.
I did buy your book and I am currently reading it. You talked about antihistamines and I was wondering if I should take Allegra even though it contains nsaids. I don’t know if nsaids bother me or not. I always take Tylenol. Do you think it is worth a try?
Thank you and I find your book very informative.
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I didn't realize that Allegra contained NSAIDs. The capsules contain lactose, but it shouldn't be enough to bother anyone, because our immune system does not produce antibodies to lactose, lactose is just not digestible when our intestines are inflamed. I'm not sure there would be any point in taking an antihistamine anyway, if you're still in a flare (unless you're taking it for an allergy, such as pollen). It normally only helps MC patients, by preventing a relapse when they end a treatment using budesonide. For most of us, it won't stop the diarrhea, otherwise.
When ending a budesonide treatment, many of us extend the taper well past the taper that gastroenterologists recommend. After tapering down to one capsule per day, we move on to one capsule every other day, for a week or two, then one every third day, etc. Some MC patients here go as far as one capsule every six or seven days before ending the treatment. And after that tapering process is ended, those of us who still don't feel secure, can gain a little extra insurance by beginning to take an antihistamine each day for a week or two beginning the last day of the budesonide treatment.
Tex
When ending a budesonide treatment, many of us extend the taper well past the taper that gastroenterologists recommend. After tapering down to one capsule per day, we move on to one capsule every other day, for a week or two, then one every third day, etc. Some MC patients here go as far as one capsule every six or seven days before ending the treatment. And after that tapering process is ended, those of us who still don't feel secure, can gain a little extra insurance by beginning to take an antihistamine each day for a week or two beginning the last day of the budesonide treatment.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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Thank you Tex for this information. I wanted to extend my Budesonide but the gastroenterologist would not do. So I could not get a prescription. I regret that I did not push harder, however I am pretty sure it would not make a difference. This site and your book help me not to feel so hopeless. I will be seeing a different gastroenterologist in Nov. Thank you again.
Rose
Rose
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I am so very sorry, I just reread the Ingredients in Allegra and I did not see NSAID. Not sure what I was looking at. Again, very sorry.
Rose
Rose
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Hello Rose,
No need to apologize. Manufacturers tend to use different ingredients in different versions of the same medication. For example, as I recall, Allegra tablets have different inactive ingredients compared with their capsules, and pharmaceutical manufacturers sometimes change ingredients without notice. That was even allowed by the FDA, during the pandemic, because of the difficulty some companies had sourcing ingredients.
I hope your new gastroenterologist will be more cooperative, considerate, and helpful. You might even luck out and get one who knows a little about treating MC.
Tex
No need to apologize. Manufacturers tend to use different ingredients in different versions of the same medication. For example, as I recall, Allegra tablets have different inactive ingredients compared with their capsules, and pharmaceutical manufacturers sometimes change ingredients without notice. That was even allowed by the FDA, during the pandemic, because of the difficulty some companies had sourcing ingredients.
I hope your new gastroenterologist will be more cooperative, considerate, and helpful. You might even luck out and get one who knows a little about treating MC.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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Hi Tex, I took an SIBO test this morning. I subsequently had a fecal incontinence episode. This has not happen to me before, not with my current flair or my past flares. Do you think it could be from the lactulose? It seems today is one of my worst days which surprised me based on what I ate yesterday, preparing for the SIBO test.
Thank you, Rose
Thank you, Rose
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Lactulose is a laxative, so it's not surprising that you would have diarrhea problems.
Tex
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.