Has anyone tried Amitiza yet?

thistuesday: Sadly, you are NOT the 'only one' w/that prayer!    I've been on Dual Action Colon Cleanse 6 days.  I haven't had the dramatic results 'babykatiebug' has had; HOWEVER, I can say this: it definitely works!!  I have dropped a few pounds, but that isn't the reason I like  it SO much.  I am having bowel movements...wow!  I can't believe it.  The chemicals, the prescriptions...nothing else has worked for me.  I went into it w/hope, but doubted it would actually work for me...I have adhesions around my intestines from prior abdominal surgeries AND I have IBS-C.  Soooo...I'm a happy girl these days. Glad babykatiebug made me aware of this product. *whew*

 

You can get it at Walgreen's or you can order online (DON'T)...Walgreen's is the better deal of the two choices that I'm aware of.

 

Good luck!!

Hey Lupetta! I am SOO Happy for you that it is working well! I am anxiously awaiting to see if it continues working for you (and me). I am on week 3 now and so far so good. I cannot tell you how good it feels to fit in my clothes again! I am up to 12 lbs lost and my tummy is flat again! Who would have thought that what made us look pregnant was the not going to the bathroom! I can sympathize with you on the feeling like you are having twins! My husband and I made it a household joke (we were trying to keep the mood light when it came to this -- it was sooo depressing!). Now I can eat food again, digest it, and not get so bloated that I look like we are pregnant.

One thing I am worried about though is what will happen when I have to stop the Colon Clear for one month. Will the Total Body Purifier continue to help until I can start again? I do not want to go back to what we were going through!

I will keep all of you updated. Please let me know how it goes with you too. =)

Wow I can relate to just about everyone on here. I was at the point to where I honestly thought no one else could be going through this living nightmare. I have just started amitiza. I have not had any side effects like a lot of you. I also have NOT had a BM with it and I started it on Monday. I do the water, extra fiber and exercise. I also have gained over 30lbs in the past 10 months. I use to go about a week with out a BM. Now I go 2 to 3 weeks without a BM. Went to the GI doctor on Monday. He did not seem to think anything was wrong. He put me on amitiza and said come back in 6 weeks. I am going to try some of the suggestions that some have put on here. I looked for the Dual Action Cleanse on Walgreens website and I got nothing. So I am going to go to the store this afternoon. I will let you know how it goes.

Thank you to everyone for sharing your stories. It does help to know I am not alone in the way I live. My life has been sad. This not only effects me it effects my whole family. I have missed out on some important things in their lives because of the way my body is. IT SUCKS!!!

I'm so happy that I found this site. You guys must know how alone you feel with these symptoms. I have had trouble with my digestive system for the past 20 years. Nothing seemed to work, or if it did, it would stop working after a few months. For the past couple of years, I was doing well, having a BM every 2 days(which for me is wonderful)but lately, I haven't even had the desire to go, which is very frustrating. I'm also having this full feeling in my throat everytime I eat or drink anything! I started adding Citracel to my diet twice a day and drinking green tea with my meals( I read somewhere that it would help with digestion). It didn't seem to be working, so I finally went to my doctor and she scheduled an appointment with a Gastrointestinal specialist and prescribed Amitiza. I've considered trying the colon cleanse for sometime now, but i kept reading so many neg reviews. After my dr appointment, I think i will try that before taking any prescription meds. Wish me luck and I will keep good thoughts and prayers for all of you!!

Tj40 ~
What you're going through IS a nightmare. Hope you get your hands on the Dual Action Colon Cleanse. For me it started working on day 2 (I've been on it 9 days so far) and has been working ever since. The relief it has given to me thus far is immeasurable. The Walgreen's I bought it at has a booklet for the month of April that has a $10 off coupon for the product.

You aren't alone - there are a lot of us out here going through the same thing and pulling for each other! Good luck - don't give up.

Lupetta -- I am SO happy for you that it is working so well!  That is great news! Doesnt it feel great to feel almost normal again?

I started doing Taebo again on Tuesday!  It is great to have the energy to start exercising again!  I cant wait to get more toned and fit better in my clothes.  I hope this energy and feeling of wellbeing continues through the next month!  I cant wait to see what my body will look like after the dual action cleanse and exercising regularly!

I am so happy for all of you that are feeling better. for those of you that arent yet, I am hoping and praying that the Dual Action Cleanse or some other product will work as well for you as this has for us.

Have a great Easter!

Lupetta - I start my finally week today.  I have been taking two of the colon clear in the morning and at night.  That has been working for me.  I do know already that if I missed a dose, that I dont go to the bathroom until I have had two doses again.  So that is why I am concerned that it may slow down or worse - come to a stand still for the 30 day break.  I guess they do the break so your body doesnt get used to the herbs and build up a tolerance (?).  Other than that I cannot think of a reason why you cannot continue to take it - Maybe the herbs stop working or are harmful if taken more than 30 days.  whatever the reason - I will follow the directions - take the 30 day break, continue the total body purifier until it runs out.  Then start the process all over again when the 30 day break is up.

 

I will definitly keep you up to date on what happens - good or bad.  Hopefully it will stay good!

Lupetta - Friday I started my first week off from the dual action cleanse.  So far I have been doing fine.  I still take the total body purifier and the green tea thing.  I eat oatmeal for breakfast (one packet), yogurt, salads, and lots of water.  I still have difficulty eating meats or heavy foods like potatoes or pasta.  I am hoping that will remedy itself in time.

Each herbal colon cleanser is different.  There are some that can be taken once per month.  They only run for a week or two though.  This one is a full month then one month off.  So I am not sure if it would be ok to start it again early.  I am exercising (taebo), and if I need any extra l. acidophilus then I eat an Attune bar (they have chocolate crisp, dark chocolate, and a granola) that I get at Publix (our grocery store).

The first two days off of DAC, it was slightly difficult to go to the bathroom.  But it did get easier.  My Dr has suggested that maybe it is depo-prevera that is causing the IBS-C.  I am due to get the shot again, but I want to hold off and see if that helps.  I had never taken Depo-Prevera before my youngest daughter was born so it is a possibility.  The only problem with that theory is that my digestion problems started during my 1st trimester.  My morning sickness turned into 24/7 sickness where I couldnt even drink water without throwing it up.  If it wasnt for my husband on a whim bringing home Ensure for Mommies, I would not have gotten better and my daughter would have been born a lot sooner.  She was already small enough since I couldnt eat or drink anything.  I consider him my hero for saving me then.  He is also the one who told me about his mom using Dual Action Cleanse and talked me into trying it.  We had actually ordered it on Ebay first, but since my symptoms were worse before I received it, I purchased it at Walgreens when I was supposed to be getting the mag citrate stuff.

I dont know how close/similar you and I are in our symptoms or life style, but I really hope that it continues to work for both of us, and that we will get through this month together doing great (then we can start the next 30 days of DCA). 

Let me know when you start your first week off.  I will keep you updated as well.  BIG HUG - Hang in there!

Good Luck!

Lupetta, I am very sorry to hear that you are going though a divorce.  I have gone through two already - one agreeable and the other took 4 years to be divorced but the custody issue went on for years.  For the last 10 years we have been fighting to keep my son in this country.  His father is from the Middle East and had threatened to kidnap him to the middle east if I left him.  We were able to get away and my current husband was a wonderful friend and protector. 

I may be younger than you (35) but I have been "blessed" with heart disease passed down to me from my grandfather.  I have been dealing with tachycardia (fast heart rate), arrhythmia's (irregular heart rates), and bradycardia (slow heart rate), and electrical system blocks (these regulate your heart rate with signals to the atrial and ventricular halves).  I have been trying to figure how to take medication to regulate my heart rate so it doesnt go fast -- but the medications drop my heart rate too low - so I cannot take it every day/on days my heart rate is normal or already low. 

I was NOT supposed to be having any more children but my husband and I wanted at least two together.  We had one already so we wanted to have one more.  I was determined that I could carry another child (this would have been my 6th pregnancy - between a bad c-section, a miscarriage, and 4 normals).  when the Morning Sickness began with this last pregnancy, it got severly out of hand.  I cannot take medications for nausea due to allergy.  I could not eat or drink anything.  i would immediately vomit.  The only thing that helped (not Dr's) was my husband bringing home Ensure for Mommies.  That stayed in my stomach and settled down enough to where I could begin to eat light foods - yougurt, fruit, salads, etc.  I have been that way for the last 3 years with the inability to eat meats or heavy foods (I would still throw them up).  then 2 months ago, about, I started with the constipation part.  Very quickly (within 5 days) I was sick at the sight of food, threw up anything I tried, could not go to the bathroom, and was very lethargic and in a LOT of pain - i felt like I was in active labor childbirth again.

If any of you had felt that for a few days let alone all the years all of you have been dealing with this, you would be as desperate as I was.  I gained the weight just like you. I couldnt fit my clothes, everything was uncomfortable, I felt sick like I had the flu, I was getting depressed, and feeling like I was a burden to my family and antisocial to our friends.

I did not expect the Dual Action Cleanse to work but I am super super happy that it did.  I am happy for you as well that it is helping! I am anxious to see if it helps others as well.  I will continue to take it as directed and see how it goes.  I dont ever want to go back.

As for buying the Total Body Purifier separate - i know you can at the website but I am not sure at Walgreens.  I have a second kit I can break into if I need to, but I am going to keep my eyes looking for it locally (it is more expensive at the website).  I am also going to check Ebay to see if anyone sells it separate.

Take care!

Lupetta - My husbands family has genes like your family.  They all lived to be in their 90's.  He seems to never get sick, never has anything wrong physically.  In contrast - i feel like I am falling apart!  First I get the heart disease, then surgery on my right shoulder, acute tendinitis in my right wrist, and this past month Tennis Elbow, AND I get to deal with this digestion thing.

I have had enough for sure!  I am so happy I tried the DAC.  I am very happy that I have the energy to exercise.  Hopefully, by exercising I can strengthen the muscles that are getting weak so I dont have all these orthopedic problems.

I havent heard anything from anyone else on here as to whether they have tried it or if it helps.  I hope it does.

I cant imagine going through the stuff you went through! That must have been rough!  I would be devastated if my husband had been killed!  how did you get through that?

 -- minor update --

Yesterday I was still able to go but it was a bit difficult.  So instead of waiting for it to completely stop - I took two correctol tabs -- it made it much easier to go.  That is my plan.  if I start having any difficulty going, I am going straight to the correctol immediately.  Then I will start the DAC again.  I am going to look for the Total body purifier on ebay now.  Thanks!

whoops, spelling error.  "risk"  LOL

babykatiebug:  I didn't really 'get through' my husband being killed...or my current divorce...or a lot of other bumps and bruises...I think I just waited them out.  here were times I didn't think I could put one foot in front of the other one more day...I have often wondered if the health issues have been in direct relation to the stressors throughout my life?  I believe in the adage: "Stress kills."  In my case, it's taking it's sweet time...

 

This wk I had a couple of days when I didn't 'go', so I was afraid the DACC wasn't still working.  Been back on track the last 2 days, so assume that was just a fluke.  I was having some serious pain issues (the fibromyalgia, etc), but kept pushing through it (I ignore this stuff as best I can), so that might have been a factor.  I know what you mean about feeling like you're falling apart...gee, sometimes I look at myself and wonder wth???  I also wonder if I actually have power over any of it?  Doing the Colon Cleanse has helped me to reclaim some semblance of 'helping MYSELF'.  My dr actually called me Thursday (after I'd canceled an appt - bc the DACC is working where the Amitiza and other Rx did not)...he wanted to know the NAME of the product I was using?  He has other patients having a terrible time w/this, too.

 

I read about another colon cleanse I may try - called Perfect Cleanse (from Garden of Life). It's $16 w/free shipping.  According to the info I looked up (an independent review of colon cleanse products as a whole), it's rated higher than the DACC.   It's a 10 day program, so I'd order 2-3...The best pricing seems to be on Ebay.  The maker has a site and it can be bought through vitamin suppliers, also.    I'll let you know if I try it.  My dr did suggest I stop the DACC after a month, see how things go, stay off of it as much of the 'off month' as I'm able, but to go back to it if I end up back where I was (never!!!!).

 

I'm preferring this pro-active approach to IBS-C bc it really does beat the hell I was going through with prescriptions, enemas, mag citrate...ugh.

 

BTW, I'm thinking I may live into my 90s myself...and feel miserable til then!!  I have these illnesses that do not kill, they just make me WANT to die...hopefully, we're on the rt track now and will have some permanent relief ~ with this particular problem anyway. 

 

My swelling comes and goes - does yours?  I thought I would deflate and continue downward. That's not the case with me - not yet anyway.  I've lost several pounds, but I swell up quickly...w/very little provocation from food.  I eat, I swell.

 

IS ANYONE ELSE TRYING THE DUAL ACTION COLON CLEANSE yet???  I want feedback on ANYTHING that's working!