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Reply to "34 y/o j pouch failing! Surgical options?"

You could probably find a doc to go along with it, but some searching and patience might be needed. Flagyl *rectal* suppositories look like they are used in the UK. As near as I can tell the only suppositories in the US are intended for vaginal use, and I don’t know enough pharmacology to know if they are likely to be equivalent to the UK suppositories, or at least close enough. From my reading the Flagyl is fully absorbed into the blood with rectal administration, so any systemic side effects (e.g. peripheral neuropathy) are likely to be identical to oral administration. The nausea, though, might well be eliminated.

I’m a bit concerned about your home-brew enemas. I have no idea what you’re suspending the Flagyl in, and I have no idea what you *should* be suspending the Flagyl in. You may be getting wildly inconsistent doses if the Flagyl is settling out of suspension.

I realize that your doc may have suffered a failure of imagination, but you’re skipping over a bunch of simpler, better understood things to try. Have you tried Xifaxan, for example? Some people get great results (and often no side effects) with it.

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