Has anyone tried lepicol from holland & Barrett ?

[willgina]

[Queeny54]

Hi

Yes, I use it every day and find it invaluable, better than fibrogel. I use lepicol plus which has added enzymes. Check out the lepicol website, it has many psitive testimonials

[willgina in reply to Queeny54]

Hi iv just bought some I have ibs-d I have only had one dose just half tsp I also take enozul, mebvebrine & lopermide so I am not sure about taking lopermide how long before you noticed a difference

[Hidden in reply to Queeny54]

Thanks for the recommendation Queeny. I will get some. I don't find Fibogel much help and I don't like Movicol which has been prescribed for me.

[Queeny54]

I am ibs c predominant although I have occasional d. I found that my bowel settled down after about a week to 10 days of taking 2 teaspoons once a day. For me taking an additional probiotic also helps and my bowels have been pretty normal for the past 2 months. No bloating or cramps and I am now completely off PPI prescribed for reflux.

[willgina in reply to Queeny54]

That's good I am taking acidophilus as well I don't eat much and have to be near the toilet t thought about the GF diet but today my guts are rumbling & lots of wind thanks for your replies

[Hidden in reply to willgina]

Do you know if you are allergic to lactose and dairy as a lot of medication including loperamide (Imodium) contains lactose and could be making your symptoms worse. I found dairy was the cause of my Diarrhorea and I don't take anything.

[willgina in reply to Hidden]

Hi there iv bought some lactose free milk so I'm going to try non dairy to see if that helps thanks for that info

[Hidden in reply to willgina]

Lactose free milk still is cows milk - you may need to try soya or almond milk

[willgina in reply to Hidden]

Do you suffer from ibs-d the docs say if got fibromyalgia as well any other advice you have please share I won't go out much I'm scared of not getting to the toilet on time

[Hidden in reply to willgina]

My symptoms are diarrhorea but under control on a strict dairy free diet - I use Pure spread for everything. Viatlite is soya and dairy free.

Here is a link for a RADAR key which will open any disabled toilet. There are cheaper ones available but this is a registeted charity

crm.disabilityrightsuk.org/...

[willgina in reply to Hidden]

Thank you I have bought almond milk to try I will also try the vitalite how long did your symptoms take to improve

[willgina in reply to Hidden]

Do you have gluten also garlic & onions say they are bad for ibs

[Hidden in reply to willgina]

Gluten doesn't affect me nor onions or garlic.

Everyone with IBS is different and it's only trial and error to find out what affects each individual

[willgina in reply to Hidden]

Hi again is there a list of toilets you can use with the radar key ? Do you eat eggs or certain cheeses or no dairy at all thanks

[Hidden in reply to willgina]

No list - the key opens any locked disabled toilet

Eggs are not dairy but I can't tolerate hard boiled eggs.

No dairy at all - no cheese (which was one of my weaknesses)

[willgina in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for that I'm going to try dairy free I don't like yogurts or cream so I should be ok

[Hidden in reply to willgina]

Alpro make plain yogurts and fruity ones which do taste different from those made with milk products.

[beau_alicia in reply to Queeny54]

Wow, thats amazing