metamucil miracle!

 

Off to get some metamucil wafers too...Might as well splurge here...can't kill me now can it?

Not unless you're allergic to it or use too much as to cause a blockage.

Make sure you eat enough and drink enough fluids/water. 

For diarrhea, use a bit less water....

q 

jars05 said...
Man I'm one of those who are afraid of fiber. Last time I had Metamucil it gave me abdominal pain.

As in bloating and gas pain?  This is completely normal, happens to healthy people too, it's just your system adjusting, always wise to start with the smallest amount and slowly increase if necessary and drink lot of water with it too.

:)

S_S.....Remember to bring forth your experience with fibre supplements because that's the reasom we (who use it) suggest using fibre supplements with diarrhea during flares or otherwise. The fact that one can have a bit of "predictability" is a way of having some control.

Really...your way of explaining it seems to be what many would need to hear. Perfectly put.

If I haven't done so already, welcome to the forum.
quincy

Did you get the sugar-free stuff?

For constipation, make sure you take a full glass of water afterward as well as taking the metamucil in a full glass of water.

No, you shouldn't be running to the bathroom unless you're sensitive to something in the product.

You will, however, probably have some gas and discomfort....normal.

Keep us posted.
q

Hey all... no, I got the regular rather than the sugar free. I was debating between the two and for taste-sake I took the orange flavor rather than the sugar free. Maybe will switch to sugar free the next time? What was it sweetened with anyway? Apertame doesn't agree with me.

I actually bought mine at the pharmacy. It was with all the other stomach type products.. like Gas-X and pepto and the tums, rolaids, etc. Really not hard to find since the bottles are so big and colorful ! LOL I am going to try it tomorrow after work. :)

Okay.. so I just went to my super target to get metamucil... but everything that i picked up said that it was for constipation... and I already have diahrea.... i don't want to have to go more... I don't understand how it can help D

Jenn...no don't get the sugar-free. There are coloring and other sweeteners in the flavoured ones, and Metamucil comes in capsule form plus wafers and I think chewable tabs. I'd pass on anything with artificial sweeteners in them.

pb4...are you meaning the capsules?

q

Where are the wafers sold? I just went to Target and saw the "capsules" but it looks like you have to take a lot each day.

Pooie1981 said...
I was looking at the capsules but dont you have to take alot more of them.. like almost 10 a day???

My G.I. doctor asked me to take 1 Metamucil capsule with breakfast every morning to bulk up my stools. I tried it and had no more diarrhea. One week later I started taking one capsule after dinner as well and now I have 2-3 BMs with formed stools every morning. Less urgency. I'm very happy with the results and I will continue taking 2 capsules everyday.
So I think you can start by taking one capsule everyday and see how it works.

Has anyone tried Apple Pectin as a fibre supplement?

I've read that it can heal colonic mucosa and can protect against colon cancer.

G

I know with Prodiem they make the bulk fibre supplement but they also make a laxative pill as well, so if other brands such as metamucil do the same, that you are purchasing the bulk fibre supplement and not the laxative type...the Prodiem has a very mild laxative in it just to ensure that you won't get bunged up, but I definitely take the bulk fibre supplement made by them and I doubt if I took as much as 10 a day it would cause a laxative effect.

Any bulk fibre therapy (supplements) will work as just that, so if you take an excedingly high amount like 10/day it would not likely bring on a laxative effect.

:)

I've had ulcerative colitis for about 5 years now. I had 2 severe flare-ups where I had to be hospitalized within the space of one year, so I was desperate to find something that would keep me out of the hospital. I tried a lot of things, the most expensive being VSL#3, and nothing seemed to work well. Then one day my pharmacist mentioned that he went to a conference where everyone was saying VSL#3 and Metamucil were the things to try. So, I tried Metamucil, and what a difference! I only take VSL #3 about once a month now, and I take Source Naturals Psyllium powder (it's the cheapest I've found) 3 times a day. My symptoms are under control, and my bowel movements are normal. I'm also taking Pentasa and Imuran, so I can't be sure everything is attributable to the fibre, but it certainly has made things more comfortable. It's cheap, safe, and healthy. One other minor point is that I always seem to be slightly anemic, and psyllium fiber contains iron, so that's a bonus too.