Complete Cure in 24 hours Off Aspirin

gportanova · Post by **gportanova** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 1:40 am

Be well.

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:44 am

to a fellow MD (I am a pediatrician)!

Thanks for sharing your story. Your point is well-taken. Yes, we try to avoid NSAIDs whenever possible because of their implication in the development/worsening of MC. However, rarely have folks had such a dramatic recovery as yours! You are indeed fortunate.

I do recall one fellow who had a similar dramatic recovery once he stopped taking PPIs.

Here's to your continued health! Please drop by whenever you can to keep us posted. I know this info will be helpful to others.

Polly

P.S. One of the chronic problems for MCers is finding a pain reliever that is safe. Tylenol just doesn't cut it for many. Any suggestions? What do you take for your back pain now?

natythingycolbery · Post by **natythingycolbery** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:37 am

I had a similar dramatic recovery when I withdrew from SSRI's, 2 days after I completed the course of meds, the D's stopped!

Lesley · Post by **Lesley** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:33 pm

I did not have a colonoscopy, fearful of the rare incidence of improper sterilization of the scope causing viral contamination

That's SCARY, especially coming from a physician.

You story of recovery is wonderful. Would that it were so easy for the rest of us.

gportanova · Post by **gportanova** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:51 am

Be well.

draperygoddess · Post by **draperygoddess** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:29 am

Congrats on finding your smoking gun! I had a similar experience after taking Zoloft for five years. After I stopped taking it, my BMs improved dramatically. However, I still find that I have to monitor my diet. The Zoloft may have been the catalyst (and unlike you, I had occasional symptoms from my teens), but the food intolerances I developed appear to be permanent. At least now I know what not to eat to avoid D, instead of it being an unpredictable constant in my life! Thanks for sharing your story with us, and keep us posted on your progress!

Post by **tex** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:54 am

Hi doc,

I'm glad that you were able to resolve your symptoms so easily. Compared with what most of us have to go through in order to reach remission, drug-induced MC is often a piece of cake, because, as you have found, in many instances, all the patient has to do is to simply stop taking the drug that's causing the inflammation. That's not the case for most of us, unfortunately, because our MC is due to a different etiology. Consequently, we have to work much, much harder, in order to achieve and maintain remission.

It would be nice, if the studies that you mentioned were accurate, and the conclusions were valid, but IMO, those two studies are the primary reason why so many doctors misunderstand this disease, and why they don't seem interested in learning how to properly treat it. IOW, those two studies are responsible for creating the illusion that MC is a benign, self-limiting disease.

Unfortunately, based on real-life empirical evidence, consisting of the shared experiences of many hundreds of cases of MC, by the members of this board, those two studies that you cited, (published in 1997 and 1998), are not much more than good examples of how creative writers can distort the data to reach whatever conclusion might be desired, to support their misguided agenda. IOW, based on our experiences, IMO, those two articles are pretty much BS.

A much more believable study was published in 2006, which pretty much disputes the conclusions of those two earlier studies. The 2006 study determined that “up to 50%” of collagenous colitis patients receiving anti-inflammatory treatment, show resolution of diarrhea and related symptoms, over a 10 year follow-up. Obviously, that implies that the other half of the study group were still having symptoms, 10 years later, (even though they were presumably being treated by the best methods known to medical science). This would appear to be pretty strong evidence that the conclusions reached in the two earlier studies were either compromised by corrupt data, or were otherwise confounded, (or they were the products of "creative" writers).

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16981069

Obviously, drug-induced microscopic colitis is a much less formidable problem, compared with what most of us have to deal with, and my guess is that many of the 50% of cases that are resolved by conventional medical treatment methods, are due to drug-induced MC, and therefore they're very easy to resolve, and remission is usually lasting.

Many thanks for the tip about the analgesic. I don't believe we've seen that mentioned here before, so an alternative to acetaminophen is very welcome.

Tex

Lesley · Post by **Lesley** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:13 am

I really need to try that for my back pain. If it helps and I can give up Norco it would be wonderful. And all the other meds.

Do you get the Tart Cherry Juice Concentrate at a health food store? And if I may ask, what is the source of your back pain?
My pain would brush off 2 aspirin like a piece of fluff. Doesn't even touch it.

nancyl · Post by **nancyl** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 12:50 pm

Here is an article written by Dr. Weil about tart cherry juice.

http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA400966/C ... -Pain.html

Nancy

sarkin · Post by **sarkin** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 1:16 pm

I've had luck with tart cherry juice, too.

Of course, since for me the source of inflammation was indeed dietary, eliminating food offenders has been the biggest source of relief. Much less joint pain (and I'm pretty sure that's an accurate observation, because being inadvertently 'glutened' or 'dairied' will trigger joint pain, as well as muscle fatigue - in fact, muscle/joint pain is a reliable predictor that within hours I can expect gut cramps ).

--Sara

gportanova · Post by **gportanova** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:14 am

Be well.

Gabes-Apg · Post by **Gabes-Apg** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 2:03 am

Welcome to the group (Gday from australia)
:gday:

you have been blessed to identify the trigger so early and get a solution so quickly.

my statement below is not aimed at you in any way.....
(my cynacism is aimed at Big Pharma and the specialist fraternity)

I am with tex and the validity and integrity to these types of studies

One study showed diarrhea subsided in 93% of patients with lymphocytic colitis in 37 months.

is that the 'slightly inconveniencing' diarrhea that marjority of the medical profession believe occurs with this condition. (when most of us know it is a bit more than that, it is lifechanging, career changing, jail time in our bathrooms for weeks on end)

I couldnt afford to put my life on hold for 12 months never mind 24 months - or 37 months to wait for the D to subside.
and the result was D 'subsided' not ceased! ikes if that is considered an ok result no wonder there are over 1000 people registered to this forum.