Re: I need some help....
08/28/06 04:31 AM
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Ulrika
Reged: 08/20/06
Posts: 581
Loc: Uppsala, Sweden
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"Lactosemonohydrat" doesn't show up in the list of ingredients in the Imodium I have or on their Website.
You're right. In Sweden they only sell Imodium as white pills and these seem to be colored caplets, right? The pills have lactosemonohydrat in them at least in Sweden.
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I know there are people on the Board who take a lot of Imodium every day, but I prefer to be cautious with it myself.
My advice is to use Imodium as a preventive to start, taking one tablet every morning or perhaps one in the morning and one at night. While the Imodium is keeping your tummy calmed down, I second K2's advice about trying Heathers's dietary approach and Stephie's advice about trying an SFS and cutting out trigger foods, even those you think aren't bothering you.
I agree, that of course it's good to see if you can do without drugs, but it can also be a help while you do try to chance your diet. It can help you have a better life in the process so to speak and that will give you more energy to work with other approaches. And then if diet makes a major difference you should be able to cut down on the medicine after a while.
Personally, I think my IBS is more sensitive to stress and too little sleep than food. But I still try to follow the IBS diet since I figure that is the best way to avoid adding potential triggering factors on top of daily stress et.c. And I do know that I am very sensitive to IF foods. Still I need my 2 daily doses of loperamide to stay stable.
So if you need loperamide you should of course use it, but of course it's a good idea to cut out all possible triggers anyway. In that way you really minimize the risk of problems.
/Ulrika, IBS-D
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