What to take to make stools more firm?

Lomitil is a prescribed antidiarrheal that's supposibly 10 times stronger than immodium. His or her best bet is to try citrucel/metamucil with very little water 3 times a day and adjusting their diet. Bananas, potatoes, rice, etc. There are many more binding foods I would advise them to look them up and make a list.

It's a shame that imodium is out of the question as it is one of the few things that has helped me firm up my own stool. Given her situation, monitoring diet and identifying foods that have a positive or negative impact on diarrhea symptoms is appropriate.

With respect to lomotil, it may slow things down, but it may not be helpful in firming up stool. In my case, I avoid taking it because it makes my stool much less firm and me more prone to leaking.

In the interim, a bidet will help alleviate some of her discomfort.

Do you have any idea why her GI forbids Imodium? Ileo-rectal connections usually don't have good results, especially in adults. It seems odd that her GI doesn't want her taking bowel-slowers.

I think if this was me, I'd be seeking a new GI or at least be getting another opinion.

Regarding slowing and thickening - Metamucil Wafers really helped me. Or if she tries the powder instead of the wafers, she should use less water than recommended. For the butt burn, she should try Ilex. It generally doesn't let anything through and is the king of skin protectant products.

I hope she finds relief soon.

kathy

Believe it or not a couple marshmellows followed by a banana usually works for me. Wow, that type of surgery is rare anymore. I would have probably opted fpr the end ileo.

Mike

I seem to be having good results with Pepto Bismol pills, and it seems to be quelling my afternoon spells of feeling miserably ill with G.I. upset. I take 2 pills 3x/day with a meal.

I take Colestopol.

It's a colesterol drug normally. It binds bile and thickens the stool some - double acting.

1 Tbsp of sugar free metamucil (sugar will make you more liquid) in 4oz. water after your first and last meal of the day works for me. Don't drink water for an hour after the metamucil. Also helpful for me are bananas and goldfish crackers. Hope that helps!