Just came back from the doctor. He told me I have Pouchitis (thankfully it was not an obstruction of any kind) and its the worst he has seen it in me. He hardly scoped me at all. Since I refilled a prescription of Cirpr and Flagyl and it did not help me out this time but then again, i was not consistent with it, he gave me XIFAXAN 550MG. He gave me samples for 9 days and he said this should do the trick. The meds are very expensive.
I discussed with him this J-Pouch Forum and mentioned that a lot of the people are on Probiotics and that it has helped them quite a bit. My doctor was not sold on this because he said they have completed all the studies.
However, in this case, I believe the patients whose lives have been improved with Probiotics. Anyway, I told him if I could try it and he said yes but to wait about 3 hrs after taken the meds.
My problem is I have had not been feeling well for more then 3 weeks but delayed because i don't want to seem like a Hypocondriac but he said I waited too long (obviously).
I don't know if anyone else has been on these meds but if you have, let me know how they worked for you.
God Bless
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