Help Please! Urgency/ Frequency of bathroom visits

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Kootz
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Help Please! Urgency/ Frequency of bathroom visits

Postby Kootz » Sun Oct 07, 2018 12:38 pm

Hello,
I'm curious what others are doing to regulate as close to normal as possible. I'm currently taking 1 anti diarrheal, & 1 fiber pill daily. This seemed to work for awhile, however recently my system will be "quiet" for a few days, then I'm making 10-30 trips to the bathroom again (similar to after my reversal surgery).
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Re: Help Please! Urgency/ Frequency of bathroom visits

Postby TheSquire » Thu Dec 06, 2018 9:12 pm

I don’t have an easy answer for you. Call you doctor. It definitely is not something to mess
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Re: Help Please! Urgency/ Frequency of bathroom visits

Postby ginabeewell » Thu Dec 06, 2018 10:56 pm

My doctor prescribed opium tincture when I couldn't control diarrhea with regular Imodium and Lomotil thoughtout the day. I'm only on day one of it, but it seems to be doing the trick to slow down my gut.
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