IBS Tales

Zelnorm, the drug for constipation-predominant IBS, has been withdrawn in the US. It has never been available in the UK, but I know it has helped a great deal of people in America and other countries as well, and IBS drugs are so thin on the ground anyway that this is really not good news. [...]

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I started a big old debate when I criticised a supplement called Digestrol a while back, and some people strongly disagreed with my view of the product, saying that it had worked for them so I shouldn’t criticise it. Now, I’m quite happy to hear opposing opinions, and if any treatment works for you then [...]

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Romances, Riches and Restrooms is a new book which chronicles one man’s battle with IBS over a period of 17 years. Tim Phelan was fresh out of college and starting his first full-time job when he drunk a cup of coffee, had to rush to the bathroom, and was never quite the same again. Although [...]

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Oh dear. A fellow blogger called Shinga has pointed me in the direction of two posts she has made about IGg food intolerance tests, and in particular about the rather inflated claims that some people have for these tests. And this is bad because I really do want to believe in the IGg test, mainly [...]

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