Every time I post my personal opinion on the subject I get flamed. In
any event, keeping it brief....
Go to: http://www.savvypatients.com/ibd.htm
and read the Galland
articles on Leaky Gut. In fact read them all. If you are in the NYC
area, make an appointment with him - he was still practicing the last
time I looked.
I became convinced that intestinal flora (yeah bacteria) was the cause
of my problems when a course of Cipro gave me 100% relief.
I went 100% carb free. Mostly because of the 50 pounds of steroid
weight I gained. I took the herbal supplements mentioned in the article
for 6 weeks, two weeks before the end I began probiotics, several
different kinds, only bought refrigerated varieties.
I continue to take some probiotics on occasion, but they have gotten old
and are likely useless at this point.
Everyone complains of gas pains with probiotics - it is normal when you
are changing the mix of bacteria in the gut.
I must say that before doing this procedure, I resolved my GERD, after 6
years of Zantac and 3 years of Previcid. It has been written here
before that stomach acid is im****tant to kill off bacteria that doesn't
belong in the gut.
JK
anon wrote:
> What helped you go into remission? Were there any foods you preferred or
> avoided?
>
> "Anon" <anon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:OCj4k.4283$LL4.596@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> I had problems with Canasa, but in my opinion a drug delivered to the
>> problem, that doesn't go throughout your body is better.
>>
>> While I hated oral steroids, the cortisone suppositories and enemas
were
>> very effective for me. Again, different people have different results.
>>
>> I had severe crohns colitis for about three years, but am currently
>> without a serious problem for 4 years and am not taking any meds for
three
>> years.
>>
>> me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>>> I'm age 50 male with UC diagnosed abt three years ago.
>>>
>>> I'm currently using only Canasa suppositories..... one
>>> at night before bed. fairly good results but nor
>>> perfect...still have problems.
>>>
>>> I saw an add on TV last night for 30 day supply of oral
>>> drug Lialda....so I signed up for it and go the coupon
>>>
>>> Now I just have to get the doc to make a scrip for me
>>> for it.
>>>
>>> I'm curious what people think abt oral ASA vs
>>> suppository style ASA and if its worth me giving the
>>> oral meds a try?
>>>
>>> see link
>>>
>>> http://www.lialda.com/aboutLialda/aboutLialda.asp
>
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