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Posted 3/13/2014 12:04 PM (GMT 0)
Does anyone take these?
Posted 3/13/2014 12:15 PM (GMT 0)
When. I remember to take them I do, not on a regular basis though. I should really take them more, they do help!
Posted 3/13/2014 12:24 PM (GMT 0)
I've gone through periods of a few months using them. I did notice they helped indigestion, and digesting heavy meals, but as for lessening symptoms, they really didn't do much.

There's a lot of "stuff" written about them, which I don't think is all true.

They DO do something, but as to helping UC itself, I'm not sure.

Did you try them yet?
Posted 3/13/2014 1:22 PM (GMT 0)
Using the words digestive enzymes is like using the word probiotics. There are many different kinds of digestive enzymes and there are many different kinds of probiotics. I wouldn't use the terms so loosely. I took Zymactive once, which is a bunch of different protease enzymes and I immediately got much worse and had to discontinue immediately. Since discovering that I had a histamine intolerance and therefore was probably low on the digestive enzyme DAO, I ordered some DAO and take it before all meals, particularly meals high in dietary histamines. I have been considerably better since doing that.

The same can be said for probiotics. Many of us have taken certain probiotics and got much better while others taking those very same probiotics got much worse. Don't take "digestive enzymes" just to take digestive enzymes because every patient is different and will react differently to different types of enyzmes.
Posted 3/13/2014 1:29 PM (GMT 0)
I thought Pancreatin was responsible for a remarkable return to normalcy, pre-UC status but it was just RS effect from cold pasta on a daily basis.

That would have been nice because it meant resolving UC at a root cause instead of symptoms but it just failed to stand up to continued testing.
Posted 3/13/2014 2:11 PM (GMT 0)
I take them once or twice a day most days, usually before lunch and sometimes before dinner. I take enzymedica digest. If I plan to eat out (which is rare) I also take an extra enzyme for gluten, just in case.
I think they help with indigestion, I get less gas when I take them vs days I don't.
Posted 3/13/2014 7:40 PM (GMT 0)
I took them at one point and they did nothing for me.
Posted 3/14/2014 4:58 AM (GMT 0)
Actually Ive been diagnosed with slow digestion.. I believe the dr guessed wrong when they put me on nexium and assumed I had reflux.. I believe it's the opposite, especially when scope showed no relux and tests confirmed slow digestion.. about 98 minutes from memory.. I think I have low stomach acid.. Which presents the all the same symptoms as reflux.. Except the feeling of being full for hours, which was my main symptom, not reflux.. So this is why I'm considering digestive enzymes.. Pathogen killer actually suggested triphala which was on my list as well..
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