Gabapentin for rapid gastric emptying, diarrhea and possible Cdiff

Posted by celderki07 @celderki07, Aug 24, 2021

Anyone taking gabapentin for rapid gastric emptying without cause? I’ve had no surgeries to cause this but nothing helps slow motility. I was just started on gabapentin but I’m not sure if it’s making my diarrhea worse. I have zero quality of life and cannot barely leave the house because of it.

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@mavans10

Hello. I have been battling colon issues for many months started with diverticulitis with a perforation ended up in the hospital on massive antibiotics for a week sent home on more antibiotics triggering cdiff since July. I’ve been on the metronidozole, vacomyacin three times and most recently the dificid and seems isn’t gone sadly. I see a wellness specialist and he’s had me on a variety of supplements thus far not much progress. One of the probiotics he sometimes has me on includes the one you mention but it’s not the only ingredient and he only has me on it when I’m on the cdiff antibiotic. You mention you took it three times a day. Can you tell me what brand and what dosage you took along with how long you were on it (weeks or months?). I may need to seek a contagious disease specialist and may require fecal transplant. Hoping to find an option to get rid of this so frustrating. Thank you!

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Hello @mavans10 and welcome. I can certainly understand your frustration. Some issues, like c-diff, are hard to treat. I am glad you found this forum where you can learn from the experiences of others. On Connect, there are many discussions where members have discussed having c-diff.
Here is a link to those discussions,
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/discussions/?search=C-diff
I encourage you to read about the experiences of others and feel free to post and share your experiences as well.

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