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Suggest Cure For Intestinal Problems

Hi, my question is about my stomach...or intestinal problems. I m not sure which I m actually having problems with. You see I used to be addicted to opiates. First vicodin...which was a few years ago but I was taking about 20 750mg pills a day. Maybe for a year. I quit, I was on suboxone for a while...and then I developed a heroin addiction. I recently underwent a rapid detox procedure and I have been clean for over a week. I m not really worried about going back to the drugs but ever since the procedure I have been having horrible problems eating. It is becoming crucial for me because I am 5 6 and I weigh 80lbs at this point. Nothing tastes right or smells right to me, but thats not really the problem. Everytime I eat...if I have a full meal or just more then a few small bites of food, I become extremly nauseos and feel a sort of heaviness in my gut. This lasts for extended periods of time, 6 hours min. It is not till I fully digest the food that the pain subsides. At which point I have diarea. I really need to gain weight and I don t know what is wrong with me and why I am having so much difficulty eating. For example, last night I was feeling ok and I felt hungry so I ate about 6 perogies. This was around 7pm. After about 15 minutes the naseau and stomach pain came. I sat in the bathroom in severe pain until 5 am the next morning. I vomited up the perogies after I tried drinking some soda to help my stomach. I spent some time throwing up and then I was just in naseau and pain. This pain did not subside until 5 am when I digested the food in the form of diarea. Does any one know what this might be or have advice on what I need to be doing to get my body back to normal and able to eat regular food again? I went to the hospital and had a cat scan which came up clean but it did not check my intestines and they told me this was not really a suitable test for finding stomach problems and wanted me to stay for further tests in the hospital but hospitals scare me so I would love some advice from this site.
Thu, 29 Nov 2018
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Hello,

The issue here sounds to be related to some side effect profile via therapy used for detoxification procedure.

If the details of detoxification is provided, then I can guide still further in details for best result oriented guidelines.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel,
General Surgeon
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Suggest Cure For Intestinal Problems

Hello, The issue here sounds to be related to some side effect profile via therapy used for detoxification procedure. If the details of detoxification is provided, then I can guide still further in details for best result oriented guidelines. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon