I called the dr. and they said that i need to take imodium Ad which i have been. they dont seem to worried about it unless i stop drinking fluids. I am not dehydrated I drink water all day long. some help on getting rid of it would be appreciated. What should i do?
2007-06-08 06:03:40 · 7 answers · asked by favorite_aunt24 7 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Diarrhea is only a "real" problem to MD's if you get dehydrated, which you will do and get admitted to the hospital (or more likely have a long ER stay) for intravenous rehydration when you stop drinking fluids. Gatoraid or a similar solution comprised of a few spoonfuls of sugar and a pinch of salt will do the same trick- you should also eat a few bananas if you can to replace the potassium you are losing as well.
If you have fevers, have traveled to a foreign country in the past month, blood in your diarrhea or have taken antibiotics in the last 6 months, you should mention this to your doc (if they didn't already ask) otherwise, take the immodium (or lomotil) until your diarrhea stops, or this continues for another week or so...after which they will need to do some more testing to see what the source of this may be...often times keeping a journal of all the foods you eat can be useful to tease out particular foods that may be causing the problem, such as dairy...
2007-06-08 21:16:57 · answer #1 · answered by codessuck 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have mentioned to another individual about using a probiotic called Florastor for their IBS related diarrhea. Imodium is alright but you need to keep your system moving. Imodium stops the gut motility and that can be unhealthy, Florastor on the other hand helps rebuild the gut flora.
Good luck and this product is OTC but you need to ask your pharmacist for it.
2007-06-10 16:57:32 · answer #2 · answered by jim b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a perscription called "Diphenoxylate/atrop that is the generic drug for "lomotil" that absolutely worked for me when in a sutuation similar to yours that my Dr. perscribed for me. Talk to your Dr. and mention it to her. Good luck
2007-06-08 13:33:17 · answer #3 · answered by gracie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would go back to your doctor. Immodium is good medicine, and usually works very well. If Immodium isn't helping you, then your doctor needs to know about it.
2007-06-08 13:08:15 · answer #4 · answered by DD E 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
drink a lot of milk,or other dairy based foods.but be careful because it can be constipating. also cutting out caffine can help if your a major addict.
2007-06-08 13:08:44 · answer #5 · answered by chrissybeth 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wait it out. It sucks, I am sure, but short of sewing your bum shut, what else can ya do?? j/k Hope you feel better soon!
2007-06-08 13:08:20 · answer #6 · answered by naniannie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to www.webmd.com and search "diarrhea".
Feel better soon!
2007-06-08 13:11:33 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋