Slippery Elm and VSL#3

Just need alittle advice.... I am taking 3 Lialda each morning along with 40 mg prednisone prescribed by doc. I added VSL#3 before bed.

Now I am adding Slippery Elm and L-Glutamine, but don't know when to add it. I figure 1tsp Slippery Elm as soon as I get up in the morning before breakfast and my prescribed meds, but would it mess up the VSL#3 if I want to do a second tsp full before I go to bed?

Also, when is the best time to take the L-Glutamine?

I just want to get all the benefits from all the stuff I am taking. I desperately want to get off the Prednisone.

slippery elm in the afternoon two hours away from other meds/supps
l glutamine on an empty stomach first thing in the morning.
vsl is okay with food, but 2 hours away from slippery elm

It might be okay but not advised since s e is mucilaginous and coats the intestines so things can "slip' through. you want the bacteria to colonize not slip out the other end too fast.

i know it's hard to fit all of this stuff in right?
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Geesh... at some point we even have to try to put real food in the program!

40&crashing,

I take my VSL+ slippery elm powder "cocktail" together mixed in about 1-2 oz. of filtered room temp water, after meals. And it's worked great for me, while I was flaring I was taking this after every meal, now I just take it after dinner.

L-glutamine powder should be taken on an empty stomach if you have diarrhea, but if you're trying to achieve colonic repair, then you can mix it in your shakes or juice and take it throughout the day.

Hope this helps.

 

Good thread. I think the key point is that the effect of slippery elm coating and interfering with other supplements and medications has not been studies. Period.

When I raised this point regarding Lialda (which I pay a lot for and would not want blocked) and/or probiotics, there was very little response. More voices have chimed in here in fact. But one response I did get argued that the probiotics would become embedded in the slippery elm in a way that might even enhance the probiotic benefit. Of course, that is just a hypothesis.

It would be nice to know how much coating action slippery elm provide, how long the coating effect lasts (i.e., how much to separate form other stuff), and whether other things could get embedded in slippery elm in a beneficial way.

I've started Slippery Elm a few weeks before. It took me some time to figure out the best daily "schedule" for all the stuff I'm taking. It seems that it works the best when I take it before bed, in a mixture of water (juice), VSL#3 DS (1 sachet) and fiber and Slippery Elm. Since switching to this routine, I have no urgency issues in the morning, no bloating and gas. My guts are calmer during the night, and morning BM looks good. So will stick with this schedule for a bit and see

Trying out different routines I just kept in mind, that Slippery Elm should be taken 2 hours before or after the meal, pills, other supplements (vit). And since VSL on its own hasn't made a big difference for me, I tried it with the Slippery Elm and it looks like I'm getting somewhere with it.

Is there any limit to how long slippery elm can be used? For someone with UC, should slippery elm just become part of the usual supplement list, or is it something to stop after awhile?

I made some slippery elm tea today with the slippery elm powder added to a warm cup of cinnamon spice herb tea. It was really good.
J