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Gabapentin for rapid gastric emptying, diarrhea and possible Cdiff

Digestive Health | Last Active: Oct 5, 2021 | Replies (8)
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@amandaa

@celderki07,
I know it has to be quite tough to feel like you can't even leave the house because of your bowels.

There is some research that suggests that Gabapentin does help with reducing rectal mechanosensitivity and increases compliance in patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowels.

Here are a couple of sites that I found to show you some data:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16268973/#:~:text=Conclusion%3A%20Our%20results%20show%20that,bowel%20syndrome%20patients%20warrants%20investigation.

https://www.karger.com/article/fulltext/362405

How long have you been dealing with this?

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celderki07 | @celderki07 | Aug 28, 2021

Thank you. It’s been 3 years now. I also have cdiff toxins which I’m not sure if I need to treat or if it’s just post infectious IBS I’m dealing with.

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contributor | @contributor | Oct 5, 2021

Are you saying that Gabapentin helps with IBS? Or makes it far worse? I have read numerous articles about Gabapentin causing terrible diarrhea for many patients.

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