IBS and Probiotics Educational Video

5 EASY STEPS

We Treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Why We Succeed

Step 1: First we start with making sure the diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome is established by your Gastroenterologist.

Step 2: We match the Antispasmodic Medication (prescription) to the patient based on certain criteria as outlined below in chart.

Anti-spasmodic	Generic Name	Patient Characteristics
Bentyl Dose: 10 mg Tab po ac ths (before meals and bedtime)	Dicyclomine	No significant stress issues Mild-moderate abdominal pain/discomfort
Librax Dose: 1 tab po ac (before meals)	Chlor Diaze-poxide	Stress issues present mild-moderate abdominal pain/discomfort
Donnatal Dose: Liquid – (elixir) 2 tsp poac ths (before meals and bed time)	Atropine/ Hycosamine/ Phenobarbital/ Scopolamine	Stress issues present mild-moderate abdominal pain/discomfort
Nu-lev Dose: .125 mg 1-2 tab Under tongue (sub-lingual) as needed every 2-4 hours	Hycosamine	For intermittent pain/cramps as needed before meals or stress induced symptoms.

Step 3: Probiotics: We are currently using:

Name of Probiotic	Dose	Company	How to Order
Trenev TRIO	2 tab am daily with water (refrigerate)	Natren	Click on Tile Add Home Page to Order
Probio – Defense	2 tab am 2 tab pm Before meals (no need to refrigerate)	Xymogen	Call 1-800-647-6100

We recommend taking each brand for 2 months at a time and then alternating to the other.

Step 4: Fatigue is a frequent complaint in our IBS patients and we have had excellent results using the following specific multivitamins.

Name	Company Name	Dose	How to Order
Ultranutrients	Pure encapsulations	*4 tab to 6 tab daily total 2-3 tab in am 2-3 tab in pm	Call Emerson Ecologics 1-800-654-4432 (Dr. Faber)

(*One a day vitamins do not provide much benefit)

Step 5: Ask your doctor to provide you with a prescription sleep medication if needed, to be sure you are having 6-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep or to help you fall asleep and stay asleep, i.e., Ambien, Sonata, Halcion, and Remeron. Lastly, anxiety or depression issues may need prescription medication as well, such as Paxil, Zoloft, Ativan, Elavil or others when stress is a major factor contributing to your symptoms.
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