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Re: metamucil backfire!
03/25/03 10:46 AM

Heather

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If you're well stabilized at 1T, then by all means stay there. 2T twice daily is basically the amount at which someone should have close to total resolution of diarrhea or constipation. But if it doesn't take that much for you, that's fine.

If you want to increase, you can take the 2T in 8oz of water as long as you have another glass of water right after that. I find it easier to take a smaller glass of the fiber itself, then a larger glass of plain water.

If you do increase, do it gradually. Maybe keep the 1T at night and add 1T in the morning, and stay there for a week. Then increase each dose by a teaspoon or so and try that for another week. Keep gradually increasing - there's no rush.

Best,
Heather

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03/25/03 10:12 AM

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