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My doctor has not said I have IBS but put me on Zelnorm to try & control my constipation. I have been on this medication for several months with no side effects that I am aware of. It has cured my constipation but not my pain. My pain is is not in my abdomen it starts under my left shoulderblade & burns it's way to the right, my saliva glads work overtime like when you are about to throw up. It feels like someone has rammed a red hot poker thru my side. It goes away after I have a bowel movement. I also have GERD & a hiatal hernia. I take Prevacid for the GERD & seem to have that under control also. The pain from the reflux & the hernia (when I eat the wrong food) is located in the same area but without the burning. I have learned to tell the difference between them & when it starts to burn I head for the bathroom even if I do not feel the need to go. Invariably I will have a bm & the pain will dissappear. It doesn't happen ever time but I never know when it will or won't so I can't go anywhere alone because when it hits I can't drive. Ever heard of anyone else with the pain in this location?

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