Hi . I was diagnosed 12 months ago been given steroids and azathioprine ect . I still get stomach pain and the urge to go to toilet every 3 hours or so has anyone found that imodium helps ?? Thanks :)
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Hi! I am not sure if you were diagnosed with UC or CD. I don't know what would be recommended for UC or if it would be different. I have CD, and I use either Imodium or Pepto-Bismol (tablets). I used to use Imodium exclusively, but when I had a severe flare starting around Thanksgiving and lasting through the beginning of the year, it seemed like I developed a tolerance to Imodium. I had not really used Pepto-Bismol in the past - I had this memory of someone, somewhere saying that it turns your stool black, but I was having 6-7 watery stools per day, and was desparate. I tried Pepto, first alternating it with Imodium, and then it seemed that the Imodium wasn't doing anything, so I just used Pepto. I was taking the max daily. I kept a food diary, stool diary, and medication diary to track everything - I wanted to see what was working and wasn't working. It was clear that the Pepto was the med that gave me best control, and as my flare subsided, I was able to see the results in numbers of medication/day related to stools/day.
Hope that is helpful!
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