Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: daily amount of slippery elm

Hi

From what I read a small amound helps with d and a larger amount helps with c and I have IBS-d.

I guess I should also say that recently I had to go to the emergency room because of such a bad pain that I couldn't bend or even move. I was still having bowel movements that where loose so my doctor kept telling me to take more and more immodium (up to 12 a day so I could go to work). At the emerg room the x-rays showed I was extremely compacted and had to take 2 full bottles of laxatives and do an enima. With my IBS and doing so much I did not feel well again for over a week and never want to go through that again. (Needless to say I switched dr.'s) I am very careful now of what will constipate me or make me go the bathroom non-stop.

I did check out the website you recommended and didn't see a specific dosage. I did e-mail to see if I could get a specific amount.

I have actually purchased the capsules so i'm not sure how much would help me. I confused. I'm very nervous about taking slippery elm and aggrivating my my IBS especially when i'm at work because I don't get breaks and it's super busy with one bathroom and often I work alone.

Thanks

Edited by Robyn (09/01/03 10:05 PM)

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