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#1 User is offline   Supergwen 

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Posted 24 March 2006 - 09:35 AM

Can someone explain to me how meds absorb and from where? Stomach and intestines? 

The reason why I am asking is that I have had REALLLLLLLY bad IBS issues and I think they have affected med absorption and making me less medicated and therefore more crazy. 
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AM = 150mg Effexor, 200mg Lamictal
PM = 150mg Effexor, 200mg Lamictal, 2.5mg abilify


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Posted 24 March 2006 - 11:37 AM


This post has been edited by AirMarshall: 24 March 2006 - 11:49 AM

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Posted 24 March 2006 - 03:15 PM

You're like, the coolest person EVER!    Thanks so much for the info!  I am going to the doc next thursday so hopefully that will be the beginning of getting better.  Till then, I will deal. 
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PM = 150mg Effexor, 200mg Lamictal, 2.5mg abilify


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Posted 24 March 2006 - 05:09 PM

are you doing anything for your IBS?

it sucks super big time... but things like keeping a food diary (looking for trigger foods) taking a lot of probiotics (or organic yogurt with active cultures, preferable with no added sugar) taking fiber, drinking enough water, magnesium, etc... CAN help.  there's that med zelnorm, it didn't help me... but may help you. 

it's good to talk to your pdoc about this.

you may also want to talk to a nutritionist about ways to help your IBS. 

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Posted 24 March 2006 - 05:49 PM

I'd been wondering where the ibs sufferers might be hiding. Are there any threads about it?
I've been having a terrible time with it- i hate yogurt ( i also think it has been a trigger food for migraines), zelnorm is only for ibs with constipation- i keep flip flopping back and forth from one extreme to the other.
Help!!!
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Posted 24 March 2006 - 06:47 PM

mrsloony, on Mar 24 2006, 02:49 PM, said:

I'd been wondering where the ibs sufferers might be hiding. Are there any threads about it?
I've been having a terrible time with it- i hate yogurt ( i also think it has been a trigger food for migraines), zelnorm is only for ibs with constipation- i keep flip flopping back and forth from one extreme to the other.
Help!!!
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feel free to start a thread... i guess it would go in "i can't eat that" or "not otherwise specified."  most people with IBS treat it with special diet, which is why i think it may go in "i can't eat that" and also that i got some of the best IBS help from a nutritionist, not from my gastroenterologist.

have you tried taking a probiotic instead of yogurt to get the acidopholis, etc? 

are you eating yogurt with additives in it?

taking a good probiotic supplement works just as well or better than yogurt.  just make sure the vitamin store/ health food store has the probiotic  in a fridge.  the bacteria has to be alive, and so needs refrigeration.

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