Anyone taking Cholestyramine Powder for Diarrhea?

Yes, I'm on this medication and it's working really great. Had some bowel issues after gall bladder removed, but really got bad after right colectomy due to colon cancer (due to having Lynch Syndrome). Within a few minutes of eating...anything...I was running to the bathroom with crazy diarrhea. It didn't have to be a full meal...even just a quick snack. Totally controlled my life. My colon surgeon gave me a prescription of this to try. I'll be honest and say that chugging it down is terrible, but it does do the trick. Constipation can be a problem if you don't drink enough water. So I try to drink a lot more water each day, and I also take a stool softener, which really helps.

This is my first time posting on this forum.I've been prescribed colorestimine for diarrhea about 7 yrs ago. I have scleroderma for over 30 yrs.After being on a drug study for depenicilimine for about 18 months,I had a remission.Sort of..I got back the flexibility in most of my joints.My hands continue to contract badly.In the beginning,I suffered with constipation.But as the yrs went by,the disease weakened my colon and I developed a prolapse rectum.I had surgery about 5 yrs ago to pull it up and attach it to a bone in my back.Didn't last. I suffer from chronic diarrhea. Complicated by the lack of a sphyingter muscle that was destroyed by the sclerodema.I'm at my wits end.I've tried all kinds of briefs,pads,wipes,ointments and anything that could keep me from living in the bathroom.The colorestimine helped a little but not nearly enough.Could I take more than 1 powder packet a day.Any suggestions would be appreciated.. Thanks

Thanks.I'll try looking in to the colitis forum.I just saw so many people using both cholestyramine and Imodium for diarrhea. I do too.I've been told I'd be on these for the rest of my life.Scleroderma will continue to weaken my colon.I 'm hoping someone could give me some ideas to deal with the everyday bathroom problems.I realize my problem is aggravated by my lack of a anal sphincter muscle complicates dealing with diarrhea. Maybe there are some foods besides dairy that I should avoid. My doctor told me to try extra indium to help with consistency.I am trying that. Thanks again.