Dealing with cronic pouchitis for about a year 10 to 15 bm a day mostly at night ng. Went back to gastro doctor yesterday going to get scoped and take some byopsies Monday afternoon in the mean time he has put me on Diphenoxylate-Atropine has anybody tried this and what were your results.
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What is it? Never been on it for pouchitis but totally empathize with the repeat nighttime trips when acting up.
Diphenoxylate/atropine is just Lomotil. Lots of us use it. I'm down to one at bedtime.
I will have to ask my GI.
For me it works better than Imodium. YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary).
do you take imodiom with it . Did it lower how often you go . Did it help you sleep better as far as not having to get up so often how long have you been on it. Do you use it every day or only when you have a flare up .
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I've been using Lomotil daily for about 11 years - generally just one tablet at bedtime. I *think* it helps or I would have stopped a long time ago, but it's hard to be certain. I have tried Imodium but it didn't seem to do much for me. Others swear by it.
When my pouchitis is in good control I sleep through the night. For the past eight weeks or so I'm up once or twice, unfortunately, as I try to find an alternative that works as well as Cipro used to. The good news is that I can get back to sleep fairly easily.
When my pouchitis is in good control I sleep through the night. For the past eight weeks or so I'm up once or twice, unfortunately, as I try to find an alternative that works as well as Cipro used to. The good news is that I can get back to sleep fairly easily.
Lomotil slows the gut so your small intestine has more opportunity to absorb water, thus reducing stool volume (and thereby frequency). It may do other stuff too... but that is the essence.
I take 8 a day. It definitely helps me. No question about that.
It is similar in action (anticolonergenic) but more potent than Imodium.
I take 8 a day. It definitely helps me. No question about that.
It is similar in action (anticolonergenic) but more potent than Imodium.
I have had a J-pouch since November, 2006. In addition to my colon, I lost about 12-14 inches of my small intestine. My doctor lets me adjust my lomotil as necessary, according to my BMs. I currently take two in the morning and two at bedtime, and average about 8-9 BMs per day, one at night. This seems to be about the best I can do, although if I watched my diet I could probably do a little better. Without lonotil, I would STAY in the bathroom!
Lomotil seems to do nothing for me other than dry out my nassl passages. I'm going to try to increase the dose to four per day to see if it helps but I also have chronic pouchitis so I prefer contents still not sit inside pouch for too long. Maybe since I'm not consistent with it I don't get the same results others may?
i rotate antibiotics a month on each one and with phylum husk i am doing better than i ever was..
Does anyone get severe headaches from lomotil? My stomach was killing me from Cipro so I stopped on my own. I am now taking 8 turmeric capsules a day and 4 packets of vsl3 ds. This is the first time in weeks, my stomach has not ached 24/7 and I have not been in the bathroom every hour with God awful cramps and pain and horrible sounding stomach noises.
I have also started a gluten free diet and I am watching alcohol intake and carbs and sugars.
The headache with Lomotil might be from the atropine. It might be worth trying Imodium instead.