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Cramps and D...help
08/25/12 10:02 AM

hudlander

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I frequently alternate between IBS-C/D and bloating.
Rarely do I get cramps.

Last weekend however I started to get cramps and needed pepto.
On Tuesday I had extra lean ground turkey; and had violent cramps and d afterwards. The turkey was bad.

Since I have been having either no BMs or D; and have had mild cramping more than I can recall.

I saw a doctor who did not think it was an infection or any lingering bacteria issue. Instead she thought the meal on Tuesday triggered a really bad reaction and thinks the symptoms will subside a week from ingestion; around Tuesday. Till then I should eat bland, and take as needed (best before meals...up to four times a day) hyoscyamine and pepto.

I wanted to ask:

1) Should I follow this advice? I am VERY weary of taking medicine because when I take Pepto, for instance, it backs me up and bloats me.
-How big an issue is this with hyoscyamine?
uld work just as well without side effects (pepogest?)

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Cramps and D...help
hudlander
08/25/12 10:02 AM

Re: Cramps and D...help
Syl
08/25/12 10:30 AM

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