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    New member - query re urgency

    Check for triggers - foods specifically for me I told my Doctors years ago that potato was a trigger food for me - a couple of years ago I found out that the measlamine type I was being prescribed for decades had potato starch - switch to potato free capsules and life has been better less...
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    Sorry I need to vent at pharmaceutical companies - part 2

    Today I spent 45 minutes on the phone with a a very nice pharmacist going through my drugs to identify the ingredients My conclusions: Drug 1 - 7 manufacturers: 5 with starch and no information on which starch it is derived from. 2 had no starch at all but only one is available on my drug...
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    ran out of Lialda for a week.....flare

    I am so sorry I hate to say this but being without Lialda did not help Sorry about your vacation - it is so hard for others to understand I had a similar situation and luckily I got my Dr to call in script and then I had my wife drive to some way out pharmacy to get the drugs. Being a guy I wait...
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    Sorry I need to vent at pharmaceutical companies - part 2

    Thanks to you both
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    Sorry I need to vent at pharmaceutical companies - part 2

    I hope someone from a pharmaceutical company reads this in the hope that they realize the negative impact on what they call inactive ingredients are on patients So today I was informed by my Doctor that at least two of the tablets I am prescribed contain potato starch. One of the tablets I...
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    How not to get a prescription filled!!!!

    Can you believe this? Yes So I went to my friendly GI - gave him writers cramp filling out my annual prescription list. I send off the prescriptions to the mail service so that I can get a 90 day supplies. So on the form it asks for allergies and I added wheat to the list. based on blood tests...
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    How does crohns prepare you for parenting

    Just looking at the lighter side of life, I was thinking about how crohns has prepared me for parenting. 1) I always know where a bathroom is in the mall (shopping centre for the Brits :)) 2) No problem in waking up at night going to the bathroom. I have had plenty of practice 3) Poop spills...
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    Elevated ACL test

    Just recently I have been getting elevated ACL blood tests (between 74 and 99). My other liver enzymes are fine all within normal range. After my colectomy for crohn's 4+ years they found cancer. How to make a patient feel happy tell them after they have taken out the lump :) Naturally I am...
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    How many people have mercury amalgam dental filings

    I am curious to know how many of us have/had mercury amalgam dental fillings? I have had a couple of doctors recommend that I have mine removed (nearly every tooth had a filling)- which I did and I feel much better for it. I have heard many suggestions about links between mercury toxicity...
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