Re: Acacia for IBS-C input needed please
04/17/07 04:34 PM
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Reged: 08/23/06
Posts: 132
Loc: Jasper, GA
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Hi Christie,
Before I started taking the Acacia, I took Benefiber. Besides being expensive, it didn't seem to do anything. My stool was pencil thin,and very hard to get out. I purchased the Acacia in August, 2006, and started with the same amount of Acacia as Benefiber. This was the wrong thing to do. I was miserable. I stopped taking it, then a week later I started again with only 1/4 teaspoon twice a day. Once a week I upped it by 1/4 teasoon until I was at 1 tablespoon twice a day. During this time I was adding IF to my diet and taking Miralax, but as I increased the Acacia I decreased the Miralax by the same amount. Now, my stools are "normal" size and I have a BM most mornings. For me it is worth it.
I feel gram per gram the Acacia is less expensive. Hope this helps in your decision making.
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Snookie, IBS-C
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