well, i'm an IDIOT!

jmayk8 · Post by **jmayk8** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:41 am

So, I mentioned in a post or a few that I have been doing well with taking 1 lialda every few days and when I remember, 5,000 vit D. I went to get my Lialda refilled and it cost me $180 (my ins only pays 50% of tier 3 meds, whatever that means...) and when I went to take one yesterday the pills looked different. These weren't the same Lialdas that I have been taking for the past 2 months? So I went upstairs rumaging thru my medicine cabinet and come to find out, they were Immodiums!!!! I had put some immodiums in with my Lialdas when I went away a while back bc I didnt want to take a lot of pill bottles. So what I have been taking every 3-4 days for the past 2 months were immodium and NOT lialda. No wonder I wasn't getting breakouts like I was before when I was on the med bc DUH, it wasn't Lialda.
Augh, DUMMY should be written on my forehead. I am so mad that I paid $180 for the meds when I could have just bought more Immodiums.

So, is it okay for us MC'ers to take immodium for continual use? I know that I also have mast cell issues that I am trying to tie down too but, just wanted to make sure taking immodium like this will be ok?
Thanks!
dummy, i mean Jenny

Zizzle · Post by **Zizzle** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:41 am

Well, Immodium is a much cheaper drug!

Post by **tex** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:38 pm

Hi Jenny,

Hey, don't be trying to horn in on our turf -- forgetfulness is the domain of us old codgers,

and I would hate to think the younger generation is trying to take that unique distinction away from us.

It could have been a lot worse -- you could have been constipated that week when you packed for the trip, and you could have packed a bunch of laxatives in that bottle.

Sure, it's generally safe to use Imodium -- it's probably the safest drug used to control MC.

Tex

jmayk8 · Post by **jmayk8** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:51 pm

haha thanks! :)

Leah · Post by **Leah** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 5:38 pm

Funny :) You are lucky that you are doing so well with just a bit of imodium

Lesley · Post by **Lesley** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:48 pm

Sounds like my sort of mistake Jennie. I agree with Leah!

grannyh · Post by **grannyh** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:51 pm

Before Entocort came back on the market.. I used lomotil for a couple of years.. Would take one or two in the morning.. and by about 9 or 10 am I was good for a trip out of the house for a couple of hours... sure made me sleepy though.. :) It was no way to live.. but I could get out of the house a tiny bit.. wearing diapers... which I sometimes filled and dashed home.. LOL
grannyh

MBombardier · Post by **MBombardier** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:59 am

Hey, Grannyh! How are you doing? I've been wondering. How is your husband?

grannyh · Post by **grannyh** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 12:21 pm

HI, Hubby is fine.. tests ongoing for gall bladder but other than that fit as a fiddle:) No one told us the golden years meant you spent most of your free time at a doctor or dentist because bits and pieces of your body decide to act up with no warning..LOL
grannyh