Sorbitol Medicine
#316743 - 10/16/07 10:21 AM
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Zara
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My new GI doctor prescribed a medicine called Sorbitol to treat my C. When I asked if this was the same thing as the artificial sweetener he said "no" but then I looked it up and I am suspicious that that's exactly what it is! I react pretty bad to candies containing sorbitol so I am hesitant to take this medicine. He said it wouldn't make me bloated but that's exactly what sugar free candies do to me. Anybody has tried this medicine before?
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IBS-C, bloating, cramps
pregnant 
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Wow! I didn't know there was a medication that was just sorbitol. SCARY! I'm pretty sure that any of the sugar alcohols cause gas, bloating, cramping, especially in high amounts. I found this info about oral sorbitol, which is used as a laxative for occasional constipation and check out its list of side effects. Anal irritation?! Yikes!
Oral Sorbitol (Medicinenet)
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The doctor was warning me against D coming almost inevitably. So far nothing. I took the prescribed dose yesterday and 150% of the prescribed dose today. So far no BM but my bloating is persistent and I've been more gassy. I will wait until tomorrow and then probably stop taking it since I consider it more of a one-time-solution than something that I can take on daily basis.
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IBS-C, bloating, cramps
pregnant
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Have you ever tried Natural Calm magnesium? That stuff is fantastic!
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IBS-C with pain and bloat
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Yup, didn't really work.
Anyway I finally had a BM this morning. It was far from D it it was just perfect. However I can't tell if the bloating went away because I also got my period today so now I have bloating and cramps for a different reason 
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To sum it up - I would not recommend this medicine. I had to take a bigger dose than the doctor recommended (but he said in advance that I could do that if needed). I had a BM, then nothing for a day, then a really small BM, then nothing again. What I did have was a lot of gas and flatulence. Like I need any more of that, lol!
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pregnant
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