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CONNOR
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Joined : Sep 2007
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Posted 9/16/2007 5:59 PM (GMT -7)
Hi there

I am new to the forum. Does anyone have experience with vitamin E enemas for active flares of distal disease? How do they compare to the 5-ASA enemas?

C 

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Eric704
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Posted 9/17/2007 12:02 AM (GMT -7)
Tried it for a couple weeks. Hard to mix, takes alot of patience and in the end.. wasn't worth it to me. Didn't help at all.. It was too time consuming to do on a daily basis.
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CONNOR
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Posted 9/17/2007 7:00 PM (GMT -7)
It would be interesting to know how many people actually have had benefit from Vitamin E enemas.

There are only very few official research studies (for obvious reasons) on this issue. However, there is some animal research showing benefit with vitamin E derivative enemas in the treatment of expiremental colitis in rats.
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SnookieBow
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Posted 9/18/2007 7:16 PM (GMT -7)
Connor, 

I had my local compounding pharmacy create the vitamin e enema for me.  They used Sheldon's formula and said it was a lot of work poking the capsules so they searched to find a liquid vitamin e.  NOW Foods was where they found the liquid E.  I am not sure which one it is they ordered, but here is a sight where I found it.  I know they mixed it with distilled water and it was so more convient to have it made in sterile conditions. 

I did the vitamin E enema from February to April.  During this time I also changed my diet .  I eliminated pasta, breads, processed foods.  I ate a lot of crockpot chicken, fish, creamy Maranatha peanutbutter& Raw honey, asparagus, cooked carrots and spinach, Soymilk, StonyFields yogurt, eggs and cheese.  Everything organic if possible.  By the end of April I had formed stools, no diarhea, no mucous, very little cramping. 5 months later I only have a little blood in my stool in the morning.  

I have my bm in the morning after my shower.  That is the way my body has always been.  I don't have time to lay down to let the enema work it's way up my colon.  Sunday -Friday I am up by 5:45 a.m. and have to have myself and four kids out the door by 7a.m. It's hard enough getting up by 5:45  than to even think about getting up earlier.   So I may get to do the enema on Saturday.  I did find some vitamin E suppositories. 

I really think it has been a combination of the Vitamin E enema,  the diet, and the supplements.

My family dr  agreed to try  Asacol in July, only 3 pills a day and recently upped it to 2 pills 3 times a day.  I still have a slight amount of blood though. 

I hate taking a whole lot of prescription drugs. Plan on calling the GI doctor.  I dread calling the GI doc.  I don't want to take so many prescription pills.

I want to take the least amoung possible to heal the colon.  I know I need another colonoscopy, it's been a year now. 

Snookiebow

 

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SnookieBow
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Posted 9/18/2007 7:22 PM (GMT -7)
http://www.nextag.com/now-vitamin-e-liquid/search-html

Here is a website for the NOW Foods vitamin E.
I'm not sure which bottle my pharamacist ordered.

Snookiebow
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ledaebel
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Posted 9/18/2007 7:25 PM (GMT -7)
When I was seriously flairing and willing to try anything, I found a link concerning Vitamin E enemas. So, I figured what the @#**, and gave it a try. i was surprised that it did help and after two weeks I was feeling much better. I also started heavy duty probiotics that I continue to take. For me the hardest part was getting the enemas inside me. I'm a little overweight and felt that I needed to become a contortionist with such a small amount of fluid. You can always give it a try and be happy if it works for you. It certainly does not cost much!
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CONNOR
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Posted 9/20/2007 5:19 PM (GMT -7)
thanks for the helpful info.

any other people out there who would like to share their experiences with Vitamin E enemas  - has it worked for you??

comments???

C

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Burli
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Posted 9/20/2007 9:53 PM (GMT -7)
Sheldon,
Do you make money selling UC related information or products?
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Burli
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Posted 9/21/2007 3:55 PM (GMT -7)

I asked that question, Sheldon, because for years I have tried to beat you into submission and confess that you really don't have a "cure" for UC. I remember when you first started telling me about this vitamin E enema plus diet thing (not sure if you originated it). At first you gave instructions via email--now you belong to the site (kind of a disease catch-all web site). It seems strange to me that someone devotes so much of their time promoting a method to "cure" UC without gaining any benefit from it. Either there's something in it for you or you need a huge pat on the back from me.

Now to the point...

Please, in laymens terms, explain (briefy) why it is you believe vitamin E (plus the diet) cures UC. I don't want the general "vitamin E is known to heal, it's a great antioxidant, it helps bla, bla, bla stuff" or the super techincal long winded version; but please, please inform me as to what happens in one's immune system when topically appied vitamin E (plus the diet) is used per your instruction then one eventually no longer has an autoimmune disease? I really want to know and tried to learn this from you posts and emails from that site you point to but to no avail.

Thanks. 

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