I am beyond knowing what to do. I had RAI in 1989 after Graves disease. I have been on Synthroid since then and have never been normal always got hyper due to the dosing the Drs put me on. I seem to...
Linda, thanks for your input.....Then how long do I have to wait before I can take my next medication?? Two or three hours after the calcium??? I don't eat until abot 10 AM then if I take the...
I am back on the boards. I have been taking Tums Smoothies which are calcium carbonate and they are helping form my stool a bit, but I take them in the late afternoon. I have to take the Synthroid in...
Linda, I will try the caltrate again. Thankyou for your consistant help and care to all of us. It takes different modalities for different people. Many things have failed for me so far, but I will...
Well, I started the calcium concept about 10 days ago as an experiment. I chew two TUMS in the mid afternoon with a little food. For the first time in 2 years my D has basically stopped or indeed...
Linda, I am back on the boards again. My D is awful and it has really disabled me. I am post GB 1 1/2 years. I am one of those that gets it if I put anything in my mouth to eat. I cannot take the...
Mary and Linda thanks for your input. I took a whole calcium D last night instead of the chewables. I now see that perhaps I am going to fast, as I am full of gas this AM and I feel another bout...
Just a note to all, I took the Caltrade D Plus chewables with the minerals, and have worse D. Took it after lunch and within a hour it started and just had to take a lomotil as I cannont stop the...
Linda, I just copied and pasted this warning for you to see... are you saying that the calcium has not affected your Synthroid absorpition at all the way you take it???? Also, do you have some...
I too take synthroid and you need to take it on an empty stomach also so the way I do it is as soon as I get up I take mine and then take my bath and get ready for work and eat my breakfast at work....
Hi and thankyou for your quick response. I have a problem with Synthroid giving me D as well. Been fighting that for years. But your suggestion is a good idea and I will try it with some variation. I...
, back on the boards after a year or so. So good to reread some of this posts. I am the one that could not take questran because it stopped my absorbtion of all meds. I am still having D and can not...
Hi, thankyou everyone for your input. I want to address the imodium first. It is the only thing that has enabled me to get out for 4 or 5 hours in the afternoon. Then as I said, the D starts after I...
HI Lil It is nice you replied, I was hoping to get some suggestions. Yes, I plan to take one that night one hour before, but it doesn't always work. I will not eat anything at the party (just in...
Hi everyone.....well here I am again still struggling with two issues after GB surgery last October. I still have the D although I took the suggestion of these wise people here and tried the calcium...
Just a follow up for those of us struggling after GB removal with D. I have tried darn near everything and am post surgery since OCT. I am grateful to all of you for your suggestions about handling...
Elizabethanne I had my gall bladder removed last October due to pancreatitis. I had it three times in two months. They said it was my gallbladder as I had stones. Sometimes the stone will go through...
I hope I did not stop this thread, as I see NO ONE has posted on this subject lately????...
Hi Lil I just copied and pasted some of the drugs that Questran and Welchol interfere with so others can be aware as well. I use Drugs.com to check on many medications that interfere with one...
All I have to say about the above post is that IT DOES INTERFERE WITH OTHER MEDS IF TAKEN WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME FRAME. I even called the Drug Company, who backed that up, and I have the blood tests...
Hi and thanks for all suggestions. No, you cannot take the Questran or any of these drugs this way. You have to take them at least 4 to 6 hours before any other meds or they negate the other...
Hi Sarita I know so much about Graves disease. I was misdiagnosed for 3 years. They thought something was wrong with my heart. NO ONE ever thought to do a thyroid panel. By the time they diagnosed me...
Thanks for your thoughts about the mixture of Welchol and other Medications. I have learned the hard way by experiment. I KNOW now that Welchol, Questran, etc. CANNOT be taken without at least a four...
Hi I am not sure how to reply to your post. First of all I have to say that your certainly a up and good person to share your experience with WELCHOL, as I have read many posts from you about it. I...
Just a update as of April 21, 2007 I was on Questran for 2 months or more. It worked fairly well, although it did not stop the D enough to get my life back. I went in to have my thyroid levels done...
HONEY BUN, HANG IN THERE AND ASK YOUR DOCTOR TO GIVE YOU QUESTRAN FOR AWHILE, OR WELCOL. I THINK THE QUESTRAN MIGHT BE MORE CONTROLLABLE AS IT IS A POWDER WHICH YOU CAN ADJUST. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH...
Lil, I try to time it so that it does not block my thyroid meds in the AM..I know that the Questran said take your meds just one hour before, or 4 hours after your Questran, as it blocks the meds. As...
Has anyone tried Pro Biotics for this type of D?? Last Monday I went into severe D again, however they thought I might have a flu bug. I had no Temp however, I went 19 times in a 10 hour period. I...
Emerald, who makes this product and where do you get it? Thanks for all suggestions!...
Thankyou.....I am new here so I don't understand the workings of the site yet!!!...
What does BUMP mean??? Sorry...........
Yes, I am the one on Synthroid and Questran. I am so glad you mentioned this as I need to tell this lady some things about the Questran and Welchol. I have suffered with the cramps and D since the...
Hi, I just read your reply and can completely sympathise with you and your husband. I know that you must have thyroid if you need it. He is obviously in a hypo state or it would not have been...
I had been thinking of calcium as I read that post of Linda's. I went out to by the caltrate in fact, but I read some more on the Synthroid and it says calcium, iron, fiber, questran, Welchol all...
Now I am in trouble, as the Questan is interfering with the thyroid hormone I have to take in the AM. I followed directions in the literature and waited one hour after med to take questran. I am now...
Fluffy, I have been on the questran for a month and only take about 3/4 tsp before I eat breakfast. That seems to work for this time. I started with a low amount by using the 1/4 tsp instead of the...
Oh I understand. My Doctor said that in 6 months I will know how it is going to be now. I am trying to find out what will work and not. To have cramps and diarreah all the time is unacceptable. The...
I noticed your post on Questrin from this year. I had my gall bladder removed as well and am a mess with to much bile going into the intestines. I was just given questrin and it seems to be working....