Has anyone taken cholestyramine and developed painful gas and diahrea from it?
I took one dose (my first dose) two days ago. By the following day, I had painful gas and diahrea. I stopped taking the cholestyrmine. Today, I no longer have diahrea, but I do have loose stools.
Thanks,
Lymers
Posted by MichaelTampa (Member # 24868) on :
That's really the opposite of what it is generally thought to do. I have never noticed it affecting those issues one way or the other, although I do take a relatively low dose.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
The opposite for me.
Posted by skies (Member # 28064) on :
Yes, I've been told that if anything, it may cause some constipation. I'm taking it now and knock on wood I've had no problems with that.
Posted by LymeAware (Member # 26195) on :
I wonder if you could be having a reaction to the sugars and additives in the cholestyramine?
Posted by lymers (Member # 21512) on :
So no one else has had this reaction? I saw that diahrrea is a listed side effect, but it sounds like constipation is more common.
Lymers
Posted by MichaelTampa (Member # 24868) on :
quote:Originally posted by LymeAware: I wonder if you could be having a reaction to the sugars and additives in the cholestyramine?
Good thought. The standard version does have a lot of crap in it. I get it compounded without that stuff for that reason.