Colestipol

[Cat Granny]

Hello Guys I started a pretty significant flare back in early April. We were due to leave for a family vacation, so I caved and started taking budesonide. This was my second round on budesonide. It worked very quickly for me and was very effective. But I don't want to take it indefinitely as I was concerned about long term side effects.

My GI's office wanted me to start taking colestipol before I finished with the budesonide. So I started taking colestipol as I was finishing my budesonide taper.

It seems to be working quite well for me! I am honestly thinking it's too good to be true, and I keep looking over my shoulder! Since late August I've had mostly normal movements, and I haven't had any problems with the medication. I take three each evening before bed. I worked up to this dosage gradually over a week or so. It was several days before I noticed the full effect.

So I thought I would share my experience here with you all! If you haven't talked to your GI doc about bile malabsorption yet, please do so. This medication, as near as I can tell, causes no side effects unless you take too much and become constipated. You do need to watch your fat intake. There is a good FB group about BAM too.

I hope this information helps someone!

Nan