[gptan1000]

Which high blood pressure medicine was causing your constipation?

co diovan

 

[Gooby]

After another infection, this time from dental work, and another round of antibiotics my chronic constipation came back and was worse than ever causing me bleeding hemorrhoids this time. My doctor ordered a colonoscopy to rule out cancer and fortunately they did not find any cancer, just hemorrhoids which went away on their own after I reduced my constipation problem again. I am retired now and able to tinker with various things and run to my bathroom as needed, so I am aware that many people will not be able to follow such a routine. I also realize that for many people on this forum, fiber simply will not work for them and may even make their situation much worse, so I put that disclaimer up as well. But now after several months of no constipation at all, and no laxatives of any kind being used, no miralax, no magnesium, no prunes or prune juice, etc., I feel safe in saying that for those people who can take fibers, this might work for you and significantly reduce or even eliminate your constipation all together. It has eliminated my constipation. I personally believe my constipation was from antibiotics disrupting my colon flora. So that is why this method works for me. It may not work for you if yours is not caused by antibiotics. With all that said I am going to list the probiotics and the prebiotics in descending order that I think make the most difference for me personally. I take all of these on a daily basis and my bowel movements are soft and easy to pass now and they smell heavily of butyrate. Which is supposedly able to reduce the chances of developing colon cancer.

1. Miyarisan Clostridium butyricum probiotic tablets (from Japan) 1 tablet with each meal.
2. Resistant starch mixture (1 tablespoon each of raw potato starch, raw green banana flour, raw Hi Maize 260 Resistant Corn Starch mixed into a glass of water and swallowed down like a supplement).
3. 2 raw pitted dates per day.
4. Jarrow XOS + GOS 3 tablets per day.
5. Jarrow Inulin FOS (with Orafti Synergy 1 mixture of long chain inulin and short chain inulin) 1 tablespoon mixed in a glass of water per day.
6. Nutraflora FOS (short chain FOS) 1 tablespoon mixed in water per day.
7. Whole Foods 365 brand "Ancient Grains" bread or any bread that has a wide assortment of whole grains to feed the bacteria. 2 slices per day.
8. Trader Joe's mixed nut butter or any nut butter that has a wide variety of tree nuts, or make your own. 2 tablespoons per day.
9. Handful of mixed berries such as blueberries, raspberries, blackberries.

 

[flossy]

I saw this article a day or two ago:

'Poop pill could be the secret to crushing it at the gym'

Poop pill could be the secret to crushing it at the gym

Created by looking at the eco-systems of high-performing athletes, a new probiotic pill may be the key to handling certain diseases and lose weight.

nypost.com

The last paragraph someone with IBS said he's taken (or takes?) them and has no more IBS anymore.

I haven't tried it but may.

Website link:

Nella Probiotics for Digestion, Sleep, Energy | Women & Men

Boost performance with Nella, the athlete-derived probiotic. Improve endurance, recovery and gut health with advanced microbiome science. Subscribe & save!

nella.fitbiomics.com

Innovative Microbiome Probiotics For Your Health | FitBiomics

Revolutionizing health by decoding microbiomes of the fittest and recoding wellness for all with our probiotics. Learn more about FitBiomics today!

nella.fitbiomics.com

 

[Gingeranddandelion]

I wanted to start a comprehensive list of food, herbal, medical, and physical remedies that have helped people in the past. Anything that has worked for IBS-C. I am in a really bad bout right now and that is what I am looking for. Many people come to this site looking for information that can help when everything else fails so I thought this might be a good idea. I will start the list. Things that have worked for me at some point: Herbal: Senna Leaf. Medical: Lactulose, polyglycol 3350, Ducolax, copious amounts of sea salt water. Food: Hemp Hearts, Spinach, Licorice, Prunes, strawberries, watermelon. Physical: Extended walks.Stuff that did not work: Chlorella. Colostrum.

I’ve been taking the Arrae Bloat pill after meals for a couple of months. It worked well in the beginning and then stopped working. My dr just put me on Linzess. So far it has been great (a true game changer for me) but I know people say it is hit or miss. My doctor also recommended Athletic Greens. I’m over the green drinks but for people who aren’t, it might be a good thing to try.

 

[Michelle Pendley]

I started taking magnesium supplements last week and that seems to have really helped the constipation. I have been constantly constipated for a long time but since starting the magnesium supplements I've had a bowel movement almost daily. I am also trying to get a lot of fiber but no more than before the magnesium and that never significantly helped before. I hope this lasts, I haven't had stomach pains really either since starting this. The one I take has magnesium oxide and stearate in it. (Unfortunately that is not the end of my problems, since the reason why I started magnesium in the first place was because I've heard it can help with muscle twitching... hopefully just stress though. But that doesn't belong in this thread)

Magnesium has really helped me. Not so much anymore. Maybe I shouldn't take it everyday but it works so well.

 

[flossy]

I've got something that's working for me pretty well: Fried chicken. I've been eating it almost every day for the past few months and boy does it help. Nice and oily for us IBS-C sufferers.

 

[Gooby]

I've got something that's working for me pretty well: Fried chicken. I've been eating it almost every day for the past few months and boy does it help. Nice and oily for us IBS-C sufferers.

That sounds very doable. How is working now, months later?

 

[Gooby]

I saw this article a day or two ago:

'Poop pill could be the secret to crushing it at the gym'

Poop pill could be the secret to crushing it at the gym

Created by looking at the eco-systems of high-performing athletes, a new probiotic pill may be the key to handling certain diseases and lose weight.

nypost.com

The last paragraph someone with IBS said he's taken (or takes?) them and has no more IBS anymore.

I haven't tried it but may.

Website link:

Nella Probiotics for Digestion, Sleep, Energy | Women & Men

Boost performance with Nella, the athlete-derived probiotic. Improve endurance, recovery and gut health with advanced microbiome science. Subscribe & save!

nella.fitbiomics.com

Innovative Microbiome Probiotics For Your Health | FitBiomics

Revolutionizing health by decoding microbiomes of the fittest and recoding wellness for all with our probiotics. Learn more about FitBiomics today!

nella.fitbiomics.com

Did you try it? Did it work?

 

[Gooby]

New year, 2024, and so far, knock on wood, all through the Holidays and up to now what has been working for me pretty well is a combination of two commercially available fiber products:

1. "
Metamucil Fiber Supplement Gummies, Sugar Free Orange Flavor, 5g Prebiotic Plant Based Fiber Blend, 120 Count"

2. "
Jarrow Formulas Prebiotic XOS + GOS - Fiber Complex Supplement - 90 Chewable Tablets - Enriches & Nourishes Gut Microbiome - Supports Growth of Beneficial Bacteria - 30 Servings

and the following foods from Trader Joe's seem to be very helpful if you are going to eat bread and chips, might as well eat these ones because they seem to push everything right on through....

3. "Food for Life Ezekiel 4:9 Sprouted Whole Grain Bread, 24oz, 20 CT Bag"

4. "Quinoa and Black Bean infused Tortilla Chips"

Of course, you can get the Ezekiel bread at most stores in their frozen section as well.

Good luck!

 

[Nuffa2]

Hi everyone, I wanted to add pickle juice to the list. Nice to be back on the forum!

 

[JapaneseWaterTherapy]

I use the Japanese water therapy method (Google it, its a thing in Japan that is apparently very commonplace) of drinking a lot of warm water first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. I have found that for me personally I need more than the usual recommended 640ml (about four glasses or just over a pint) and I now (after experimenting with different amounts) drink about 2.5 pints each morning and I find that it works like absolute MAGIC! And I love it because its totally natural. Personally I also have a tea before starting the water as I just need a tea first thing in the morning. Used to drink a normal English breakfast tea but recently I have switched to green tea (I use fresh tea leaves in a pot which I think taste so much better and I reckon would probably be more effective than bags) as I find it even more effective. I have been using this method daily for around the past 6 years and it is 99.9% effective I would say, only the odd occasion it doesnt work when Ive been bad with my eating for extended periods (like over Xmas) but I find that if I dont go I just fast that day (which for me is easy as when I dont go I dont get hungry at all) then the next day continue with water therapy in the morning and that usually sorts out the problem. Obviously its not the most convenient solution as it does take a bit of extra time (it takes me around 15-20 minutes to drink at quite a fast pace) and you have to plan for the fact that in an hour and then again another hour after that you are going to NEED to be near a loo or your bladder might burst. But for me personally the benefits far outweigh the negatives. Before I discovered this method I would not go or not go fully for days on end, now its every single morning. The only thing I dont always stick to with regards to the traditional method is not eating for 45 minutes afterwards as my schedule doesnt always allow for that, so on those days I may be missing out on the full benefits of the therapy but I find it doesnt cause any interference with my main goal of making sure I can go every day.

Thank you so much for posting this great advice. Its basically free and has worked for about a month now so thought i had better create an account and say thank you. I do add half a teaspoon of salt to the first glass as I end up consuming 1.5L of water in total. additionally i use this Correct bowel movements with Physiotherapy

 

[JULIAinFLA]

Ive been taking traditional chinese medecine and I have to say......its magical. If you can find a practioner, check them out.

there R THOUSANDS of "chinese medicines" and U don't bother to say WHICH ONE?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[annie77]

Hi everyone, I wanted to add pickle juice to the list. Nice to be back on the forum!

good to see you, Nuffa!

 

[JULIAinFLA]

Hi everyone, I wanted to add pickle juice to the list. Nice to be back on the forum!

"pickle juice" BAD for everyone due to Huge amount of sodium/ salt.
If continued will cause HYPERTENSION/ BP.

 

[JULIAinFLA]

Hi everyone, I wanted to add pickle juice to the list. Nice to be back on the forum!

""pickle juice'" BAD for everyone bcs HUGE amounts of sodium/Salt leading to
HYPERTENSION/ Elevated BP and stroke if not controlled

 

[SuperK]

Hi everyone,

I was struggling with this for a while some stuff that helped:

• Hemp protein powder
• InvivoMe Biome IB+ (this probiotic has bacteria that helps with serotonin I believe)
• TUDCA

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Key thing:
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INOSITOL (myo-inositol) - I would highly recommend trying it, its much better than taking Movicol or laxatives. Its also good for other things. I get the Osavi Inositol powder from Boots when they have their offers (like half price or 3 for 2) so it works out quite cheap.

In terms of dosage, to get started probably start at 1g and up it gradually. Even for tough cases it should work well. I dont think there is an upper limit, but id imagine that if you took 5g a day daily you would have very loose stools.

As with anything make sure to be consistent, whilst you may get some bloating/hardness thats mainly due to the buildup of stool. Once that passes, hopefully you will be going regularly.

Inositol is also good for the thyroid which can cause issues in some people and other concerns like Anxiety etc.

As with all "supplements" make sure you get them from a reputable place. Places like Ebay do have some legitimate stuff, but there is an awful lot of fakes on there. Alternative places like dolphin fitness, iherb, vitaminexpress and other established health stores are better. Ultimately when you find the product you want, from a good brand its easier to shop around for the best price.

I hope this helps, do let me know how it goes!