hi after seeing dr shen in oct and hving my third results over 4 years come back with clean jpouch no inflammation he believes i have chronic bacterial growth over these last 6 years..my ongoing treatment was rotating antibiotics because pouchitis or overgrowth treated the same way..this was working for me past 4 years..
however he has been suggesting i try belladonna /opium suppositories instead of antibiotics as a preferred alternative..i have resisted this but finally decided to give it a try because for past year or more have been on culturelle(lactosbacilus) florester and recently added align(bifidolactobacilus).. my past thinking ,figured since i am on antibiotics all the time might as well try to keep up the two most studied probiotics..and now with overgrowth bacteria as underlyimg problem it made more sense still
anyway he told me to start the B/O and after a few days drop antibiotic..well i waited more than that..(especially since for first time in years i was able to maintain myself with one half dosage of levaquin)..also i got serious about eliminating sugar except raw fruit which he has been telling me for a few years!
so far only three days so i have a way to go to see if this works with probiotics and cutting out sugar..
has anyone else going to shen been told to use B/o?anyone else have success with it?
rebe
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