Antispasmodics? Things have not been going well for me...
#342827 - 03/04/09 05:14 PM
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My GI doc prescribed Hyomax (Hyoscyamine)for me, saying it might help with my symptoms.
Anyway, she said I could take it twice a day if I wanted, or once a day. I took it once a day for two days.
I didn't have a good experience with it. Heres what happened
On saturday I took a double dose of a vitamin D gel in fish liver oil. I believe that is what caused cramps/quasi D for two days. After that experience, I was fed up, and decided to go on the antispasmodic. After the first day, my stomach felt calmed, but I felt like C was coming on, so I ate more fiber than I usually do
(for full detail, I had a pumpkin kashi bar in the morning, that has 3g SF/1 g IF. I just got two new kinds of granola bars, so I had one of each, 2 g SF/2 g IF each)
So, I felt like I really had to go to the bathroom last night/this morning. For the first time in about a year, I got bad cramps today before even eating anything. Usually, that leads to inevitable D, but it didn't today. I had a normal BM, but don't feel fully evacuated. Its not a good feeling
Anyway, this has never happened before, so I can be fairly certain in attributing it to the antispasmodic. I have a feeling antispasmodics aren't right for someone with IBS-A.
Any thoughts?
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I take Bentyl, an antispasmodic as well. I am mostly C but sometimes A. It has never affected me like you are talking about. For the first few days, it made me calm, but not anymore. I don't see where it helps much, to be honest with you. I think it is just a waste of money. I take it in the morning, and my GI said I can take it up to four times a day, if needed. Once I get an attack, however, they don't help. They only help me for pain and spasms if I take it before an attack, and how in the world can you tell if you are about to have an attack? I can't, I just start spasming and turn six months pregnant in 5 seconds flat. Ha ha. It's not funny to laugh about IBS pain/symptoms, but if you have to live with it, might as well take it! I hope something of this helps! 
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I have tried a few of different antispasmodics. Most had little or no effect while a couple made my symptoms worse and one - I don't recall the name - made me quite ill.
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Bentyl is dicyclomine and is similar. I take it when needed. It does help relieve cramps and pain, especially when taken early or when I get knotted up. To me they are like pep caps only stronger (my GI doc told me to try pep caps before every meal and if they didn't work to go to bentyl. I just take it occasionally). The side effects are dizziness and RLS (jimmy legs) for me, but when on it years ago it also gave me C. Now the restlessness is all I get and not always immediately.
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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Just a thought. Could the cramps and D be from the Kashi bar, too? I've been out of the States for a little while, but I remember the last time I looked at the package for the Kashi granola bars they all had milk in some form in them. That would set me off really fast.
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