I have been thinking about this thread.
For chronic IBS that does not respond, there is a new drug out that is
worth trying. Maybe you have already?
It is called Xifaxan..and it is being used for some resistant IBS patients:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/515965
Quote:
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) often get relief from one 10-day course of rifaximin (Xifaxan), according to principal investigator Mark Pimentel, MD. And in other research investigators found that patients with hepatic encephalopathy who take rifaximin have fewer, shorter hospitalizations and less severe disease.
Rifaximin is currently approved for the treatment of traveler's diarrhea. It is an oral antibiotic that is treated to resist absorption until it passes to the colon.
"This is the first treatment I've seen for IBS with which the benefit is sustained when the treatment is stopped," Dr. Pimentel told Medscape. He is the director of the GI Motility Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. "To me, this means that we're onto something." He pointed out that some IBS experts think that one underlying cause may be an overgrowth of bacteria, and that this development may explain why an antibiotic would resolve the condition.
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Also ever since reading the studies that came out in 1999 about NSAID use
and villi damage...I have been thinking that many people have acquired gluten intolerance from use of these common pain relieving agents. The increase in incidence of gluten intolerance parallels the OTC availability of these common pain/anti-inflammatory agents. So many people may test negative, but really have damage due to these drugs. NSAIDs suppress the Cox-2 enzyme, which is very active in protecting the gut from substances in food. So when taking NSAIDs you might develop exposures to gluten, that would otherwise not cause difficulty.
There is a connection to essential fatty acid deficiency and GI troubles, and also depression. Many studies are showing improvements in depression with DHA supplements. DHA is found in fish oil, and also synthetically from algae.
The brain needs DHA to prevent depression. It is now added to prenatal vitamins for pregnant women to help the fetus develop and not rob the mother and result in post-partum depression. EFAs also are anti-inflammatory for the GI tract, and help Crohn's and colitis. So anyone with IBS should check their diet and supplement fish oil, if they do not eat well, or in this case, are
frankly losing weight. There are many many papers now on these connections. So, Idealist, if you are not eating the correct foods, etc, you need to pay attention to this factor, and perhaps help yourself heal. I will be starting the EFA thread on Vitamins here soon.
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