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[cc-tx]

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I have been contacted from my GI dr and my GP dr for a new drug study. FDA has it on the fast track from what they say for a new medicine for IBS-D. I went and wanted to participant (anything to make things better) but I would have to get OFF my meds. Told them I couldn't do that and work! Hope they find people and have positive results we need something NOW! I have had this for 30 years and they stil keep just trying drug after drug that doesn't work.

[jmc09]

The drug trials i go on allow you to take anti diarrhoeals if you need them and the trial drugs arent helping.Do you know the name of the drug your doctor offered to put you on a trial of?

[cc-tx]

The drug trials i go on allow you to take anti diarrhoeals if you need them and the trial drugs arent helping.Do you know the name of the drug your doctor offered to put you on a trial of?

No, It jus had numbers on the pages and I couldn't even take Imodium! They called someone to even ask for me! That was the big NO WAY!

[jmc09]

There are current trials for a new drug named MuDelta so Im hoping they are the ones I'll be trying in a few months time.Maybe because you are US based your drug is different.

[cc-tx]

There are current trials for a new drug named MuDelta so Im hoping they are the ones I'll be trying in a few months time.Maybe because you are US based your drug is different.

Oh you know that does sound like the name she called it. What do you know about it?

[jmc09]

Oh you know that does sound like the name she called it. What do you know about it?

Its the latest drug to be trialled for IBS D and maybe IBS A but I'm not certain of IBS A though.Its supposed to help regulate bowel movements into normal urges for those of us with IBS D and there are no reported serious side effects. Its also reported to be much more effective than loperamide too.http://ibs.about.com/b/2011/01/28/new-ibs-d-drug-mudelta-in-testing.htmhttp://www.furiex.com/pipeline/discoverydevelopment-pipeline/mu-delta/http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22671931?dopt=CitationHere are a couple of articles on it.

[Goofy3987]

Okay what is IBS A??

[Kathleen M.]

A=alternating between constipation and diarrhea.

[cc-tx]

That was it.. Oh I hope it works and gets approved soon. I go to another gi dr Wednesday, the last one rolled her eyes when she gave me pamine and I asked if I could come back in 4 weeks instead of 4 months in case in doesn't work and we can try something else. I swear I know more about IBS than any of these idiots and I.m sick of them just pretending to listen. Yes I know you can.t fix it but dammit maybe we can keep trying something until something helps. I miss at least one day a week form work (thank god for FMLA). By the way pamine gave me severe stomach pains. Bad enough to make a trip to the er. Stopped taking it and pain went away by the second day. Back to square one! Oh yeah I've been doing this for 30 years.