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Hi @srobison, welcome to Connect. I'd like to connect you with other members talking about the issues you raise here. First meet @agr205 @Pookith85 @jeanie26 @keysgull @bobsconnect @holly5757 and @missie who can share their experience and advice about IBS and IBS-D.
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What have your doctors recommended to try and stop the diarrhea?
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Have you tried eating gluten free combined with fodmaps. I have suffered for many years with IBSD. The last 10 years became impossible diarrhea for months with no relief along with severe abdominal pain. Once I started the gluten free with fodmaps life looked a lot better. I can not tolerate vegetables or fruit on a daily basis. Once in a while I can do it without too much discomfort. I usually have sweet potatoes with a protein for dinner and eggs and gluten free bread for breakfast sometimes gluten free oatmeal. Good luck
I have IBSD and recurrent CDIFF for nine years due to mistakes by Physicians in Gastroenterology and ID in FL. For real treatment I have to go to NY or MA. Not familiar with Viberzi. Does anyone have Zinplava information. Will Mayo Clinic offer it in 2017
I was tested for gluten and they ruled it out....thank you tho for your summary...it all helps and I will keep it in mind...
Even though I have not tested positively with a gluten issue, it is my experience that most digestive issues be treated as gluten free, no matter what. I was given whole wheat English muffins today and froze knowing it would cause bloating and aggravate all my intestinal problems
Zinplava was just recently approved by the FDA in October 2016; you can read details about it here: http://wb.md/2gch6vq
Although we cannot comment on Mayo Clinic's timeline for using medications, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota has been recognized as the best Gastroenterology & GI Surgery Hospital in the nation for 2016-2017 by U.S. News & World Report.
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Over about a 2 year period, I have been prescribed so many meds, which have not worked. Probiotics, the FODMAP eating plan, and a whole lot more. Finally trying Viberzi, a new script for IBS-D. 100mg twice daily. Not really helps. I do have bad spinal problems. L have had spinal fusion, L2-L7. I have cervical stenosis and need something done with that. I feel all of that has a lot to do with my diarrhea. I have a feeling my spinal problems have a lot to do with this, but I feel the doctors have gone as far as they want to.