[TestMonkey1]

I am new to the forums and i would like to say that I am 15 and i have been taking imodium for 3 years, 2 tablets everyday. Now my parents want to find a soulution..i havn't been diagnosed, but if i do do anyof you know any goood anti-diarrheas?
Thanks.

[Mahee34]

TestMonkey1, on Aug 30 2005, 10:20 AM, said:

I am new to the forums and i would like to say that I am 15 and i have been taking imodium for 3 years, 2 tablets everyday. Now my parents want to find a soulution..i havn't been diagnosed, but if i do do anyof you know any goood anti-diarrheas?
Thanks.
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I've always used Immodium, however, you should only take immodium if you need it, taking it everday is dangerous just like taking any medication everyday for 3 years. Even if you dont' get diagnosed, try the Gluten free diet, your use of immodium will cut down emmensly.

[Coulter]

Hey, welcome to the board! I'm almost 15. Yes, you really shouldn't take medication of any kind for that long. I took Prilosec OTC for about five months straight before, but that was only because my doctor advised me to do so.

I never took Immodium, but judging from what I've heard, after diagnosis, you will need to use it much less. This is true of most medications.............

-Coulter

[PrincessLEah]

I haven't heard of using anything else but you should really try the gluten-free diet and if you are a celiac the your use of it will be MUCH less. AfterI became dianosed I didn't use it everyday. I don't even use it every week now. once a month. If that! You should really try going gluten-free. Getting a blood sample is so easy!
Good luck!

[pixiegirl]

I use to take various meds for my runs but now I'm totally off them (the gluten-free diet helped but not totally) and I take Citracil every day. They make a new flavor, chocolate that you mix with milk and its like a shake. (well you have to drink it right away otherwise it starts to thicken) I drink it once a day and I have no more runs. It tastes good and I like it way better then the orange stuff.

If I happen to get glutend and the runs come back I drink it 3 times a day for a few days and it works like a charm. It is not a medicine but like vegatable celulose (fiber) and is actually good for your system. You can drink it every single day with no ill effects as a matter of fact they think that the more fiber in your diet the less chance you have at getting colon cancer later on.

Use Citracel over Metamucil because Metamucil causes gas, Citracel does not.

Susan

[MACleod]

TestMonkey1, on Aug 30 2005, 11:20 AM, said:

I am new to the forums and i would like to say that I am 15 and i have been taking imodium for 3 years, 2 tablets everyday. Now my parents want to find a soulution..i havn't been diagnosed, but if i do do anyof you know any goood anti-diarrheas?
Thanks.

Hey,
I too am new here and I had the same problem. I constantly took imodium until I finally went to and got tested for food allergies. I ended up having a severe wheat allergy and this had been one of the many reactions I had. The diet change completely got rid of my problem. I have take imodium maybe 4 times in the last 2 years. It has been a welcome change because I don't think taking it like that was very good for me!

[Katie O'Rourke]

Cinnamon is a very good natural anti-diarrhoeal. You can sprinkle it on drinks, or puddings... just a suggestion anyway, if you're not too keen to stay on pharmaceutical medications.
Good luck with sorting it out x

[schuyler]

I use immodium only when necessary. I've never tried cinnamon, but I will.

[gfp]

The reasons for taking immodium are two fold. Firstly it stops D like any opiate and secondly it binds to the stomachs endorphin receptors.

There is a lot of research showing that gluten and casein can acts as 'exorphins' which is to say they bind to the bodies endorphin receptors exactly like opiates such as immodium, coedine, morphine and heroine. However immodium is designed to just prevent the D and have the other mind numbig effects of the other opiods.

There is further evidence that gluten binds poorly to the endorphin receptors and that this damages them, this prevents the body regualting its mood via endorphins since they cannot be used due to the receptors being damaged.

By temporarily blocking the recptors with a relatively harmless drug the endorphin receptors are protected ...

[EllenpC]

gfp, on Jun 2 2006, 04:20 AM, said:

The reasons for taking immodium are two fold. Firstly it stops D like any opiate and secondly it binds to the stomachs endorphin receptors.

There is a lot of research showing that gluten and casein can acts as 'exorphins' which is to say they bind to the bodies endorphin receptors exactly like opiates such as immodium, coedine, morphine and heroine. However immodium is designed to just prevent the D and have the other mind numbig effects of the other opiods.

There is further evidence that gluten binds poorly to the endorphin receptors and that this damages them, this prevents the body regualting its mood via endorphins since they cannot be used due to the receptors being damaged.

By temporarily blocking the recptors with a relatively harmless drug the endorphin receptors are protected ...

Hello - I just got off the toilet, again. I tried a new approach before going out to dinner last night - took 2 Pepto-Bismols. It helped some, and my hostess planned what she thought was a gluten free meal, but obviously there was some "poison" somewhere - as I didn't ask what all was in the hamburger. Would instead of taking the PB, if I had taken 2 Immodiums have kept me from the "runs?" Or as security, should I have taken more of one or the other? Am not celiac, but now any gluten sends me to multiple toilet trips. Thanks.

[kera87]

TestMonkey1, on Aug 30 2005, 11:20 AM, said:

I am new to the forums and i would like to say that I am 15 and i have been taking imodium for 3 years, 2 tablets everyday. Now my parents want to find a soulution..i havn't been diagnosed, but if i do do anyof you know any goood anti-diarrheas?
Thanks.

Try Lomotil....it is precription but much stronger so you won't need it as much. My doctor has told me that there really isn't any harm to take lots of Immodium. Trust me I know, somtimes you just need it, life has to go on and I refuse to stay home with you know what for hours.

[kera87]

TestMonkey1, on Aug 30 2005, 11:20 AM, said:

I am new to the forums and i would like to say that I am 15 and i have been taking imodium for 3 years, 2 tablets everyday. Now my parents want to find a soulution..i havn't been diagnosed, but if i do do anyof you know any goood anti-diarrheas?
Thanks.

Try Lomotil....it is precription but much stronger so you won't need it as much. My doctor has told me that there really isn't any harm to take lots of Immodium. Trust me I know, somtimes you just need it, life has to go on and I refuse to stay home with you know what for hours.