Suggest Treatment For IBS And Frequent Bowel Movement

Posted on Mon, 24 Nov 2014

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Mon, 24 Nov 2014 Answered on

Thu, 18 Dec 2014 Last reviewed on

Question : I have to go for bowl movement thrice in morning and 5 times in a day.

All day and night gas is full in descending colon and passes away with bad smell.

Sleep not proper . only 4 hours with Medicine amixide tab.

Loss of memory and concentration.

I do gym for 1 hour in morning

Answered by Dr. V. N. S. Parinam (31 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Proper Rifaximin treatment for IBS

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Passing flatus and increased frequency of bowel movements are part of the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). I am not sure here whether you were properly treated after diagnosis for IBS or not. IBS will affect a person severely if he/she is under stress. Without proper sleep is a kind of stress. Amixide is amitryptiline seems not working and you have awakeness problem which is reported as side effect of the drug after drug dependence.

So you have two ways to sort out issues
1) Seeing the medical gastroenterologist for complete treatment of IBS including stress management with yoga, counseling and medicines. The prior two will aid in getting back the sleep partly.

2) Treating the foul gas and flatulence with medicine. You can ask for Probiotics temporarily with your doctor for flatulence.

You should speak to a dietitian who can help you with foods to avoid in IBS with diarrhoea and foods when you have constipation. Starchy foods create gas in the gut.

Hope this is of somehelp to you.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Ashwin Bhandari

Follow up: Dr. V. N. S. Parinam (41 hours later)

I do yoga and gym dially but passing gas is a critical issue. Can I try Nexipride 25 ( 3 times dailly) . I have no faith on doctors available in hospital. Thet treat very cassually.

Answered by Dr. V. N. S. Parinam (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
nexipride is used for your symptoms

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Levosulpiride is commoly used for the kind of symptoms you complain. However care has to be started and maintained by a medical gastroenterologist as it has potentially fatal side effects making it not completely safe to use. To answer your question yes that is used when other forms of treatment fail.

Thank you. Let me know if you have any more queries.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar