One more important factor for you to think about MEMA 1..... you should ONLY FOLLOW YOUR DOCTOR'S and/or SURGEON'S advice because you're his patient. Please do not follow the instructions meant for someone else given to them for them by their doctor and/or surgeon. Never take the advice of some else's doctor because that information was meant for his patient. Now if I were you I would contact my GI's office and discuss the matter with your doctor before you go mixing any other ingredients together and make a small matter into a bigger problem for yourself. You should follow your doctor's instructions for your medical needs to be safe. It's against the law (HIPAA).
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
HIPAA: Acronym that stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a US law designed to provide privacy standards to protect patients' medical records and other health information provided to health plans, doctors, hospitals and other healthcare providers.
It's not wise to follow instructions of others because what works for them may not work for you. Be safe and not sorry. The choices are all you'res to make.....