Posted 1/3/2011 10:47 PM (GMT 0)
Hello and welcome. I'm glad you found us, but sorry that your daughter has to go through this. You didn't say if your daughter has had any surgery. So I am wondering if her D could be from bile salts from a resection. There are a few medications available that could help with that if it is the cause, all different forms of Questran. Also I had chronic D and started on Xifaxan. It is an antibiotic used to treat travelers D. It is used off label for Crohn's. I have been on it for about 4 or 5 years now. It cut my trips to the bathroom from 15 - 20 a day down to 4 -6, making life a lot easier. The drug is only absorbed in the intestines so it isn't like a regular antibiotic, but it is costly, and since its off label, insurance has to approve it. But it could be an option for you.