Levsin/Hyoscyamine
#310006 - 06/27/07 02:45 PM
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Pud
Reged: 06/20/07
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Anyone taking Levsin (Hyoscyamine)? My GI just gave me an Rx for it... just wanted to know what everyone thought of it...
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Long Island
IBS-D & SIBO - main symptom GAS 
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not a single person?
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I've used it and it was alright. Others on here swear by it. Try doing a search on the board because it has been discussed many times.
Edited by Gracie (06/28/07 04:00 PM)
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what do you take?
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The only medicine I take is Imodium on occasion. I follow Heather's diet, take acacia and an L-Glutamine supplement, and I'm on BC, which helps me tremendously.
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I took it for about a year when my IBS was really bad. I started out taking it a couple of times a day. It worked, but I got sick of being so tired from it that I was in bed by 8 or 9 every night and tired all day long to boot.
I slowly tapered off to once a day after about 3 weeks, then once a week, once a month, and then not at all.
As I became more stable and tweaked my diet (thanks to this site & Heather's books), I needed it less and less. I would not want to take it all the time.
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I am currently taking it. I took it years ago after trying bentyl and donnatol, which neither worked, after my IBS became more severe I was switched to Librax which I took for almost 8 years, Ibs starting getting worse, so my GI decided to try the Levsin again, I've been back on it for about 8 months. Right now I feel it is working ok, it does make you a little tired and give you a dry mouth, but I deal with that. My favorite GI doctor said that if it is prescribed to be taken 4 times a day, TAKE IT 4 TIMES A DAY not when you feel like it, when I took it in the past when I would get stable, I'd just take it as needed, so I am faithful this time.....except for a day or two I have never been without an anticholenergic and basically with the way my stomach cramps and the pain I am scared not to. My doc also told me you can take up to five a day (provided you are taking the .125mg) especially if your tummy starts cramping, slip one under your tongue (provided your get the sublingual ones) Hope this helps!!
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Hello,
Does Levsin help with bloating? I take Bentyl, which helps me for pain, but does nothing for bloat/gas.
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The sublingual (under the tongue) levsin has a tad of peppermint in it, which help with the bloating, but for my bloating nothing seems to work as well as gasX and Heather's pepperming caps........I do also drink a lot of peppermint tea.
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DX: w/ Multiple Sclerosis 3/10
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