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Belladonna

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Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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Does anyone out there take this...........I take once a night .

Don't know whether it is gluten free, nor do I know whether it is good for me now, in the healing process.

Any suggestions, any input.....would be helpful.

Lisa B.

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Never heard of it - what is it?

p.s. Hope all is well with you!! :)

Karen

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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Karen:

Belladonna is generic for Donnatol. Prescribed for IBS, it is a small dose "dope" as we used to call it. It is a mussl.. relaxer and an antacid combined. -- designed to relax the muscles and help with the acid. A tiny bit of barbituate.

I do sleep better and the dose in VERY small. Probable not good for me with celiac disease. But would like to know if it is glutten free. I will talk to my down town pharm. and ask qustions about manufacturer.

How are you doing now? Things looking better?

Lisa B.

debmidge Rising Star
debmidge
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PBM brand, we were told is gluten-free; my husband has taken this for over 25 years from when he was first misdiagnosed as having IBS and it should have been celiac disease. Anyway, he swears by it to reduce intestinal motility and relax the intestines when they act up. Does make you drowsy but not like Xanax or Valium. Donnatal is specific as it is for intestinal spasms and not prescribed as a tranquilizer.

(My husband has celiac disease and still uses this).

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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Thanks for the response, now I can take it off my "not sure list".

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debmidge
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Is the manufacturer of your Donnatal PBM too? If not, hunt them down and ask if they are gluten-free.

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ms-sillyak-screwed
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Hi all!

I just found a wonderful doc who treats celiac disease he's from NY and moved to Boca Raton after the hurricane. I went to see him two days ago. He gave me a sample of DONNATAL he did day it had a narcotic (sp) in it. And this med it best to take at night bed time. He said it will act as a sedative. I did look up the ingredients myself on the net. It DOES HAVE DAIRY LACTOSE in it.

I am not able to eat dairy. It didn't list anything I could see as gluten. But I am also one who can't do CORN. I haven't try it yet.

I have had great success with something called DICYCLOMINE a substitute for BENTYL 10 mg capsules. That also has LACTOSE in it although it was a wonder drug for me. The side effects for me was only my face was puffy under my eyes and glands, and since I have developed a thyroid problem I don't take it as much in the package insert it said to stay away if you have thyroid disease.

Isn't the word BELLADONNA meaning = pretty poison? I alway thought it was. Are you talking about something else?

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Belladonna means pretty poison(ous) for me, as I can't have nightshades (tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, eggplant, kava kava, tobacco, and belladonna). I am looking at a bottle of generic Lomotil I was given a couple of years ago for diarrhea (cuz they didn't find any parasites... of course...) but I was smart enough to look it up first - nightshades make me sick sick sick.

I'm not sure how they figured out belladonna works as a med and it doesn't make people sick. Maybe it's part of the plant that isn't highly associated with the sick-making alkaloids? I dunno. I get scared even seeing the word, but I get sick from nightshades like I do with gluten.

Stephanie

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