Recently my cardiologist prescribed Nifedipine 30mg ER and after reading about side effects and that you should not take it with an ileostomy, I wanted to make sure it would not impact my J-Pouch. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!
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The issue isn’t that it would be likely to impact your J-pouch, but rather that it might not have been fully absorbed before reaching the toilet (and the amount of absorption could vary as your transit time varies). It will work better for some than others. I take a delayed release acid blocker and it seems to work just fine for me, but many J-pouches have a more rapid transit time.
Thanks Scott! I’ve had issues with hard coated potassium pills not being broken down before they were in the pouch. Changed to a different more chalky version and did fine, so I think you may have given me the solution. Anyone with a pouch meets doctors who aren’t as familiar with the pouch’s effects on the body. I did contact the doctor and ask for another version of the Nifedipine to try and picked it up yesterday. More pills to take each day but will likely work better. I think of myself as a Petri dish😁.
Anita
(UC 2002, toxic megacolon, 2 stage J-Pouch, almost no pouchitis, Cipro if needed, regular probiotic OTC supplements)