citrucel tablets.. so confusing!
#36464 - 01/10/04 10:35 AM
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Ang
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I am going to take a week long trip to Mexico soon and am thinking of switching from Citrucel powder to the caplets. It'll be a lot easier to take my fiber! What I usually have now is 3/4 of scoop before breakfast and the same before supper. So how many caplets do I need?? The directions on the box have really confused me!
So do I take 2 caplets in the morning and 2 at night? Or am I way off? Thanks for the help!
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There are 2 grams of fiber from each serving of the powder and 1 gram of fiber from each two-caplet dose.
from web page
For each dose, looks like you're taking about 1.5 grams or so. So, I think about 3 pills = what you're taking in powder now.
Have fun in Mexico! 
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Mags, thanks so much for the help! I'll give it a try.
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I thought there was 1 gram of soluble fiber in 1 citrucel tablet and 2 grams in 1 tsp. of citrucel mix? Help anyone
cjc 
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IBS-D, extreme pain and cramping - GERD - lactose/dairy intolerant, OCD, Fibromyalgia
DX: w/ Multiple Sclerosis 3/10
I can do all things through Christ who strenghtens me. Phil 4:13
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I thought there was 1 gram of soluble fiber in 1 citrucel tablet and 2 grams in 1 tsp. of citrucel mix? Help anyone
cjc
I got that info from the Citrucel website. I know on the container of the powder, it says 1 scoop is 1 heaping tablespoon. That's how I came up with my answer.
Honestly, I have to look them up all the time, because I can't remember. Where did you get your info from? Was it on the boards?
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Citrucel Capsules
#36559 - 01/10/04 05:31 PM
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Bevvy
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Each Citrucel CAPSULE contains only a half gram of fiber -- not nearly enough!
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I think I got my info from a book about OTC soluble fibers and their contents mixes vs. caplets? Maybe I'm wrong?
cjc 
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IBS-D, extreme pain and cramping - GERD - lactose/dairy intolerant, OCD, Fibromyalgia
DX: w/ Multiple Sclerosis 3/10
I can do all things through Christ who strenghtens me. Phil 4:13
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Thanks Bevrs, where did you get that info. Here all along I thought my one caplet had a gram in it 
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DX: w/ Multiple Sclerosis 3/10
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I got it off the bottle. It said that each capsule contained 500mg. Since 1g = 1,000mg., that's a half gram.
I used to take the capsules until -- like you -- I checked on the AMOUNT of FIBER in each and was shocked to discover I was WAY below the minimum. I stopped taking the Citrucel, ordered Heather's acacia, and am just now starting to increase my acacia. (And I feel a LOT better because of it!)
By the way, I "discovered" Citrucel from my GI, who had a "display" of the stuff in his office. He never bothered to tell me how MUCH to take, so for YEARS I was taking FAR too little!
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GI Docs
#36579 - 01/10/04 08:01 PM
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joanmarie
Reged: 11/09/03
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Those GI Docs make everything such a big secret. If you don't ask the right questions, you don't get any info. Don;t they realize the more educated we are about the disorder, the better we can manage it?
Joan
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