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Noisy
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Posted 7/23/2007 11:26 AM (GMT -7)
For the last 5 days, I've had so much bowel noise..it's embarrassing at work. No pain, just noise and sometimes diarrhea. What's going on in there? I was taking the new diet pill Ali but stopped because of the side effects. Could that have caused my problems now?
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dbab
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Posted 7/23/2007 11:42 AM (GMT -7)
Hi Noisy... Welcome :-)

I have heard of diet pills causing unpleasant GI side effects, most commonly diarrhea. How long ago did you stop? You may have to give your body time to adjust off of it. Did this just start happening after you started the diet pill? I hope things get better for you. If things don't get better, may be a good idea to get with your doc about it.

Take Care
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Noisy
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Posted 7/23/2007 11:58 AM (GMT -7)
Just about 5 or 6 days ago--is there anythng to stop the noise. I've been drinkink lot's of bottled water to see if that would help..do you agree?
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7Lil
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Posted 7/24/2007 11:06 AM (GMT -7)
Hi Noisy,
Welcome to the site! :-)
Have you tried taking any OTC anti-gas meds like Gas-X or Beano? Could be worth a shot.
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Keriamon
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Posted 7/24/2007 12:35 PM (GMT -7)
Yes, that diet drug is very bad on the gut. I think maybe it only makes you lose weight by giving you D. In any case, give your gut another week or so to adjust. You might try an anti-gas pill as Lil suggest. Some Activia or Stoneyfield yogurt wouldn't hurt you any either (unless you can't tolerate dairy); both have goodly amounts of good bacteria in them which is always good to put into the gut after any sort of upset (like stomach flu or food poisioning or colonoscopy prep or anything that gives you D).

Make sure you also aren't consuming any diet candies, gums, mints, sweets, ice creams, etc. Most all reduced-sugar and no-sugar products contain sugar alcohols (you can find them broken out under sugar on the nutrition label, or see them as ingredients ending in "itol", such as sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, etc.). Sugar alcohols are also known to cause D, gas (usually unbearably stinky), and bowel rumblings. For some people, the reaction to sugar alcohols is worse than in others. 1 gram in a couple of pieces of gum once laid me up in bed for two solid days with cramping, horrible noise and bad D, then I had another month of D and pain after that.
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Noisy
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Posted 7/24/2007 12:44 PM (GMT -7)
Hello Keriamon:

Wow..great information. I feel better now that you gave me some explanation, and yes, I eat diet cookies during the day at work. I'll knock that off and take Activia instead. When I eat regular yogurt, I get constipated. What's up with me lately? Thanks again.

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Posted 7/24/2007 2:01 PM (GMT -7)
The diet cookies are probably the cause of the continued D and rumblings. Hopefully a day or two after you quit them you will be back to normal! And, what's weird, in my case, I used to be able to tolerate them in small doses, but they steadily caused worse and worse reactions in me at smaller and smaller doses, so it's not inconceivable that you even though you used to be able to eat a few without effect, you can't any longer.

By all means try the yogurt, but if you get C again, drop it. That may be an indication that you can't tolerate dairy very well. But the Activias are smaller-than-normal serving sizes with more than the usual amount of good bacteria, so maybe they will be okay on you.
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