mcbec1 - hi. Now, this is something I've wondered about for some time. What exactly is Crohn's? From the "little" I've read, it sounds EXACTLY like IBS, the diarrhea type. When I say I've read "little" about Crohn's, its because I just happened to read an article in our weekly Sunday paper about someone with Crohn's. This was before I found this board or was diagnosed with IBS - this person sounded "so much" like me - I remember thinking, "there is someone else with the same problems as me"... she had explosive diarrhea and couldn't hold it, like me, she ALWAYS had to KNOW WHERE the bathrooms were, like me, and she said food goes right through her, within 1/2 hour, like me... so I "thought" at that time that I must have Crohn's! Now that I've been diagnosed with IBS, I "still" don't understand the difference..Therefore, I don't know how to advise you. All I can say is that my diarrhea is controlled with Caltrate Plus - it has helped many (not all) of us with our diarrhea. I don't know if you have Crohn's, if it would help you too. For me, I have regained my ability to "hold it", a miracle in itself!, and I've also lost the really "urgent" need to go - I can actually "wait" to go if I'm not in a place where I can go - although I gotta admit, I still don't have "much" time sometimes - but this is definitely better than "filling my pants" like before. I wouldn't want to "push" it, however, although sometimes now I can really hold it and I like to see if I can "stretch" it a bit, just testing... - but other times, I just "know" that I'd better be going "soon"...! But the Caltrate is really doing the trick for me, compared to before.Also, me - I'm lactose intolerant, which also I think, added to my diarrhea problems. So, I take Lactaid. Also, my doctor put me on Metamusil which apparently is for both diarrhea and constipation - supposed to regulate a person she said. She must have "something" there because when I stopped taking the Metamusil, back to the diarrhea again. So, for me, I guess I need the above "combination" to be "normal"... don't know if one or all of these things would be of help to you. Hope so.Take care. And good luck to you.