MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Thank you all for your input. I'm feeling much better. It wasn't the gluten, bread was fine for me. It was just time, really. I started taking my vitamin D again, based on another thread here, and have been taking my citrucel 2x/day, which I think helped tremendously. I'm pretty close to being back ...

Hi.

I joined this group about 8 years ago and once I found out that it was the Prevacid that caused it, I started taking Citrucel and have had it well under control since, with only minor occasional annoyances. However, I have just experienced my first big flair up in 8 years.

A few days after ...

Lisa,

Here's a better reference:
Or, if you prefer, here's the same information from another source, The American Journal of Gastroenterology:
I hope this helps:
Wayne

Wayne! It does! Thank you. I'm going to print these out and send them to my doctor.
I will also send him the link to the ...

I've seen several references (here and other places) to an article written by Dr. Fine about Prevacid possibly causing MC. I searched and searched last night, but could find nothing about it.

Does anyone have a link to this documentation that I might take to my doctor. I don't want to take Prevacid ...

Thank you so much, everybody, for all of the info, encouragement, and welcoming words. I'm glad I found this place.

Lisa

Hello.

This afternoon I was diagnosed with LC. While I am grateful it is nothing worse than that (knock on wood,) reading some of this stuff is depressing me a bit.

The one thing that stuck out to me the most was a statement that PPIs, especially Previcid, may cause MC. This makes me really angry ...