low FODMAP for IBS-C?

[Anonymous]

Anyone done this with success? Did you do it yourself or with the guidance of a nutritionist or dietician?

I can't afford the prescription medication my Dr wants me to take and OTC does nothing for me, so reading recent research about this I am really curious to try it but not sure how to really get started or manage it. I'm a vegetarian so it seems particularly daunting.

[Anonymous]

Is it the rifaximin that’s too expensive? If so, consider writing the company that makes it to see if they’d a give you a discount. The medicine works really well and remains contained in the intestines unlike other antibiotics.

Have you looked into the herbal route? Before people attack me, this protocol was developed by a Hopkins medical doctor. I followed his protocol and it knocked out the methane-producing bacteria that causes SIBO-C / IBS-C.

https://sibocenter.com/2015/08/johns-hopkins-study-compares-efficacy-of-herbal-and-prescription-antibiotics-for-sibo/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4030608/

[Anonymous]

PS: Low FODMAPS is okay to do short term to reduce symptoms but isn’t a cure and it’s not good to remove so many foods long term.

I worked with a registered dietician to overcome SIBO.

[Anonymous]

Low FODMAP is extremely difficult to do. Allow an extra hour each time you grocery shop to read labels and Google all the ingredients. Impossible to eat out. Short term only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it the rifaximin that’s too expensive? If so, consider writing the company that makes it to see if they’d a give you a discount. The medicine works really well and remains contained in the intestines unlike other antibiotics.

Have you looked into the herbal route? Before people attack me, this protocol was developed by a Hopkins medical doctor. I followed his protocol and it knocked out the methane-producing bacteria that causes SIBO-C / IBS-C.

https://sibocenter.com/2015/08/johns-hopkins-study-compares-efficacy-of-herbal-and-prescription-antibiotics-for-sibo/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4030608/




OP has IBS, not SIBO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it the rifaximin that’s too expensive? If so, consider writing the company that makes it to see if they’d a give you a discount. The medicine works really well and remains contained in the intestines unlike other antibiotics.

Have you looked into the herbal route? Before people attack me, this protocol was developed by a Hopkins medical doctor. I followed his protocol and it knocked out the methane-producing bacteria that causes SIBO-C / IBS-C.

https://sibocenter.com/2015/08/johns-hopkins-study-compares-efficacy-of-herbal-and-prescription-antibiotics-for-sibo/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4030608/

Thank you for this. I did not know that SIBO-C was a thing. I always thought it was the “D”.

This has been a worsening issue for years and I am feeling really run down by it. It seems that I really should look into SIBO … perhaps that’s why typical IBS-C approaches don’t help me much. I also have issues with BV, which upon googling a bit, seems can also be an issue for those with SIBO-D.

What type of doctor did you see for help with diagnosis and treatment plan?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it the rifaximin that’s too expensive? If so, consider writing the company that makes it to see if they’d a give you a discount. The medicine works really well and remains contained in the intestines unlike other antibiotics.

Have you looked into the herbal route? Before people attack me, this protocol was developed by a Hopkins medical doctor. I followed his protocol and it knocked out the methane-producing bacteria that causes SIBO-C / IBS-C.

https://sibocenter.com/2015/08/johns-hopkins-study-compares-efficacy-of-herbal-and-prescription-antibiotics-for-sibo/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4030608/




OP has IBS, not SIBO.

IBS-C and SIBO-C are similar and SIBO is often labeled as IBS.

It’s likely OP has not received a correct diagnosis as happened to me for many years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it the rifaximin that’s too expensive? If so, consider writing the company that makes it to see if they’d a give you a discount. The medicine works really well and remains contained in the intestines unlike other antibiotics.

Have you looked into the herbal route? Before people attack me, this protocol was developed by a Hopkins medical doctor. I followed his protocol and it knocked out the methane-producing bacteria that causes SIBO-C / IBS-C.

https://sibocenter.com/2015/08/johns-hopkins-study-compares-efficacy-of-herbal-and-prescription-antibiotics-for-sibo/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4030608/

Thank you for this. I did not know that SIBO-C was a thing. I always thought it was the “D”.

This has been a worsening issue for years and I am feeling really run down by it. It seems that I really should look into SIBO … perhaps that’s why typical IBS-C approaches don’t help me much. I also have issues with BV, which upon googling a bit, seems can also be an issue for those with SIBO-D.

What type of doctor did you see for help with diagnosis and treatment plan?

C is caused by methane-producing bacteria / archaea. D is caused by another type.

They used to give breath tests to diagnose SIBO but have reduced or stopped because they discovered it was better to go by symptoms.

What is called IBS is often really SIBO, and patients can suffer for years like I did with no diagnosis or an incorrect one.

I worked with a GI doctor. I’d find a GI who is familiar with SIBO. I’ve been to two in the DC area and they are much better informed than when I first got this in 1997.

SIBO did not enter the medical literature until 2007. Even after that, I had doctors say they didn’t “believe in” SIBO.

Rifaximin is the standard of care medicine and healed me. I no longer have C.

These days, you’ll be able to find a GI who is savvy about SIBO, especially around DC with so many people developing SIBO from overseas travels or food poisoning.