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Thanks for all this info. General discomfort, taste altering, nausea following gall bladder removal.
A friend mentioned SUCRALFATE might help. Anyone familiar with that and had positive results if bile acid attacks? Could coating intestines with Maalox help prevent?

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choosejoy | @choosejoy | Jul 8 9:52am

I have a prescription for Sucralfate that my GI doc gave for bile reflux. I take it an hour before eating. My issues started about 8 years after having my gallbladder removed. It was full of sludge so not doing its job and making me sick. 🤢 I also have a prescription for Colesevelam which I take twice a day in between meals for bile reflux. While they help they do not control it completely. During endoscopies my GI doc has found evidence of bile. I also had the classic bile diarrhea often prior to taking the medication.
Oh I should mention that my dietitian suggested taking cholacol (OTC - I ordered from Amazon) when eating fats. That helped some but still lots of issues digesting fats. Through testing I learned I actually have EPI (Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency) so am now taking prescription Zenpep to control that.
Hope this helps.

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