help for MAB

[Eastbourne11]

Hi, can anyone tell me how to use Colestyramine 4g which has been prescribed for MAB. many thanks

[Whitesugar]

I am unfamiliar with the acronym MAB. I take Colestyramine for Bile Acid Diarrhoea (BAD) or it is also known as Bile Acid Malabsorption (BAM). If this is what you have been prescribed the medication for it should tell you on the box how to take it. I only need one sachet per day and I take it before I go to bed mixed in half a glass of water. It is not unpleasant once you get used to the texture. Very sweet as it contains artificial sweeteners.

You have to be careful to take any other medication at least one hour before the powders or four hours after as it can interfere with the absorption of other drugs you may be taking.

I hope it makes you much better, it has been like a miracle for me.

[Eastbourne11 in reply to Whitesugar]

Hi whitesugar thanks for your reply you have given me a bit of hope. My doctors have been no help and I have diagnosed my self. I insisted on this medication after talking via health unlocked and reading many reports. I was on Low FODMAP diet for two years but it stopped working. Thus the new medication. Who needs doctors when MAB & IBS is concerned! Again many thanks

[Viklou in reply to Eastbourne11]

Diagnosing yourself is never really a good idea. Personally if you think you have BAM you need a SeCaT scan to check this.

[Eastbourne11 in reply to Viklou]

I have been visiting my doctor for 7 years now and they have suggested nothing. What has one to do in this situation. I repeat nothing.

[Viklou in reply to Eastbourne11]

Change doctors?

[Eastbourne11 in reply to Viklou]

hi Sorry to say not possible in his part of the country. doctors are full. I still say I know what is best, because I am experiencing it. But thanks for you suggestion .