soda HCO3 trigger?
#366752 - 01/26/12 11:39 AM
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mavera
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I'm thinking about asking my GP to change my stoolsoftener, because it contains an artificial sweetener (Na-saccharinate). My (pain)symptoms are getting worse, perhaps that could be the trigger..
I found a different one without flavourings and sweeteners, but it contains Na-HCO3 (180mg). Could this be a problem (creating excess CO2)?
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PI-IBS-C/A nausea & very bad gastric pain
meds: lansoprazol+macrogol
started EFI +FODMAPs 1/2011. 'Relapse' for 8 months. Now partly back on track again with the diet..
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You can take up to 2 grams of NA-HCO3 four times a day as an antacid. A 180 mg of sodium bicarbonate is quite small so it likely won't have much effect. It is worth a try. Presumably the active ingredient is sodium docusate?
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Thanx!
The active ingredient is macrogol (same as the one I'm using now).
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started EFI +FODMAPs 1/2011. 'Relapse' for 8 months. Now partly back on track again with the diet..
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Macrogol contains propylene glycol which is an osmotic laxative. In North America this is generally considered a laxative not a stool softener. Generally speaking stool softeners contain emulsifying, wetting, and dispersing agents such as found in Docusate .
Osmotic laxatives are harsher than stool softeners. Could it be the laxative that is causing problems not the non-active ingredients?
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Ok, thank you for the information. My doc called it a stoolsoftener I guess (or I've translated it wrongly  ). I also don't need more of it over time.
I got it today and going to try for a few days to find out if my symptoms subside.. I hope so, because macrogol has been working fine for me for over a year.
But I'll keep the docusate in mind.
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meds: lansoprazol+macrogol
started EFI +FODMAPs 1/2011. 'Relapse' for 8 months. Now partly back on track again with the diet..
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Do you know of any other (real) stool softeners?
I tried to find the docusate, but they only have it for rectal use over here..
The only oral 'stoolsofteners' (that's really what they call it) I can find are all based on macrogol (plus electrolytes).
I guess the macrogol is indeed causing symptoms at the moment  . Allthough my symptoms are different (and less heavy now than they were with the added sweetener).
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started EFI +FODMAPs 1/2011. 'Relapse' for 8 months. Now partly back on track again with the diet..
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As I recall you live in the Netherlands. Please correct me if I am wrong. You can find a number of ads for Docusate tablets in the Netherlands by search Google as follows:
Ducosate site:nl
For example here is a link to the manufacturers web site in the Netherlands that has contact information that you can use to find out where to buy the product
Dulcolax
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That's right, I live in the Netherlands!
I can't find the 'dulcoEase' or anything else with ducosate in the dutch assortment ( dulcolax nl)... Only the bisacodyl or picosulfate stuff etc.
I'll see my GI doctor on friday, I'll ask her about the ducosate sodium/dulcoease.
Well, hopefully the AD therapy is going to work for me, so I don't need another stoolsoftener..
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