Questran

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> Any of you on questran while on SCD?

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Jodi,

If bile enters the colon it will cause extreme d.

What questran does is combine with bile to form a complex that removes the bile

safely. Normally bile is reabsorbed from the ileum, travels back to the liver

and doesn't enter the colon. But if you have no ileum, (because of a resection)

it enters the colon and can cause a lot of d. Questran can be very effective

for those of us without ileums. You might try fiddling with the dose- I take

very little.

BTW, Questran has a lot of sugar in it, Questran Lite is sweetened with

aspartame and Colestid granules or tablet is just the active ingredient. I

think there are other choices also. (different manufacturers)

Hope this makes sense.

Phyllis

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I've taken Questran since Jan. for post-gall bladder removal diarrhea. I fought taking it for a year thinking that I could help my D by my diet but one very mean doc finally told me that until I stop that bile from dripping into my intestines nothing that I could do nutritionally was going to help. So, I started it and it reduced my D from 20 x a day to 1-3. That, along w/SCD has helped. I still have stomach problems, indigestion, acid reflux, that I really never dealt w/before my gall bladder was removed.

Anyway, I take regular Questran because I didn't want to deal w/the Aspartame. Aspartame can cause D itself. I do hate the thought of taking all that sugar though. When I started I was taking 3 scoops a day. I'm now down to 1 in the morning only and I'm slowly reducing that to see how little I can take and still be beneficial.

I do have the Colestrid in pill form but I've never taken it. My doc told me to wait a while then try switching to that since it has less stuff in it.

Marla

IBS-D 20 yrs

SCD 11/09

From: rphyllis24

Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 7:19 PM

To: BTVC-SCD

Subject: Re: Questran

Pat, I've taken Questran many years before switching to Questran Light. I've had bowel resections also and I have found both drugs to be very effective for controlling D. You could try the Questran Light and see if it agrees with you. The size difference in the packaging of the two products is noticeable, the difference being the sugar. Questran contains alot. (kind of like the difference between regular Jello and the sugar free product)There is a similar drug, colestid in granule form, that has only one inactive ingredient, silicon dioxide, which I believe is legal. I've tried it but I prefer the Questran Light.Some people choose to have Questran compounded. I think it's a matter of trial and error to find which works best for you. Also, I discovered early on that you do not need to take the amount prescribed-I kept reducing the dose to find the smallest dose that worked. If you decide to do that, please check with your doctor first.Hope some of this is useful to you. PhyllisCD