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Posted 6/23/2011 2:41 PM (GMT 0)
L-glutamine put me in a nice flare last year. Twice i've tried id, twice i've flared. I guess suplemments are a thing dependant of our gut bacterial flora. Reactions differ from one to another.
Posted 6/23/2011 3:05 PM (GMT 0)
i posted a year ago on this thread that it constipates me badly in higher doses but nowadays this is not the case- go figure. I currently take large daily doses of it- as many as ten teaspoonfuls a day but usually about 5 or 6 at 5 grams per teaspoon... I consider myself- or rather, now have come to stop living in denial- that I have chronic IBS (d/urgency type) along with my UC, so in combination with a few immodiums at breakfast it keeps me down to one decent not too urgent stool a day quite often, the way I like it, as opposed to 4 or 5 urgent ones. Hopefully if LDN or something one day finally ends my low level of chronic inflammation, then I wont need the immodiums, but I think I will keep doing the glutamine as I see no evidence there is any toxicity and I am thinking that so long as i have never ending mild inflammation it is one more piece in my toolkit, along with my circumin, fish oil capsules, vit D, vsl3 capsules, s. boulardi, etc. (i am now med free except for LDN seeing as meds never seem to do anything for me anyhow.) I buy it in 1000 gram containers at vitamin shoppe- if they sold it in a 5000 g or 10 kg tub I'd get that lol.

Post Edited (Probiotic) : 6/23/2011 9:10:42 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 6/23/2011 5:40 PM (GMT 0)

You may want to also look into Metagenics products.  They do alot of research for chronic illnesses and have an L-glutamine product too.

Place was recommended by a medical research friend who has Crohn's.

http://www.metagenics.com/products/a-z-products-list/Glutagenics

Posted 6/23/2011 7:04 PM (GMT 0)
I am able to take many pre-workout drinks now because I add a scoop of it into every single glass.
Posted 3/7/2015 1:11 PM (GMT 0)
So here's one thing I see as people using and some say it put them in a flare while others talk of the healing and good. I got into reading about this from a FMT where a user talked about L-Glutamine helping in combination with that and then wondered about it being something acceptable in the SCD diet and one goes into these rabbit trails of threads where you see mixed results. I'll stop at this trail and just ask some users and others to please share the latest on this please (I researching for future - my remicade and Imuran may only last so long so am charting a diet, supplement and other med course)

Just wanting an update.

@imamagardener2: you stopped using this; any reason why?

@quincy: on another thread you mentioned you should take this. Did you and what were results if so? Or why not?

@Probiotic: are you still on it and what is your take?

Thanks
Posted 3/7/2015 1:30 PM (GMT 0)
Hah, reading this thread I posted in almost 4 years ago. I cannot remember why I quit using l-glutamine. Usually when things go bad I quit all supplements and go back to basics: chicken broth, meat and low-fiber everything.

I still have l-glutamine on the shelf of supplements. The supplement I am currently waiting for delivery is curcumin because of the study results posted. My current problem symptom is IBS overreaction to some foods which may or may not be inflammation-related. But I am always trying new things since my gut is 95% in a good place and I can clearly determine whether something new is good, bad or meh. That was not always possible in the past, figuring out what what a positive addition.

Burli-I see you lost hearing in one ear. My hearing in one ear is not good (plus having tinnitus since getting UC) and I've wondered about Asacol as a cause. But since there is hearing loss in my family can't be sure of the cause.
Posted 3/7/2015 6:04 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you. I have gone through many posts over the years and follow outcomes and see what people gave up (there are new things and some cycle). This l-glutamine wasn't much talked about wrt UC in here that I recall prior to 2007 or so. I looked at 2-3 poster who tried it and reported it put them into flare so want to see about the ones using it.
Thanks and I hope others respond.
One hear hearing loss is more common than I realized (I did take Asacol at one time plus Colazol). There are several ppl I work with who have this issue (don't have auto-immune issues). I have a constant ringing and sounds of the ocean but you get used to it until I'm asked about it. They said mine wasn't tinnitus. My doctor said they don't have the ability to learn a lot from different surgeries to repair hearing (the nerves are so close to important brain areas for experimental studies. Also, if you have damage to bones it can be helped but mine's nerve damage (just woke up one Saturday and ear was ringing so thought wax. Took a bulb syringe to clear it and, boom! - it was gone). I had finished a prescription of Augenten just a few days before. Hope your recovers. Take care
Posted 5/14/2015 2:43 PM (GMT 0)
In the CCFA's webcast yesterday, the speaker indicated that L-glutamine is a good choice for many with UC, so I thought I'd resurrect this thread.

Anybody recent/current users that want to comment on effectiveness, brands, etc?
Posted 5/14/2015 5:38 PM (GMT 0)
my experiences with l-glutamine are quite bad and what's more, i've read that it raises blood glucose considerably. I personally prefer bone broth which i tolerate very well
Posted 5/29/2015 1:56 PM (GMT 0)
For those who want it in capsule form, I've gotten it from: http://www.swansonvitamins.com/

I've gotten several supplements from there, and always look here before I go anywhere else. Good prices, but be careful because the dosage might not be enough- that's why sometimes it seems so cheap!
Posted 6/6/2015 8:01 PM (GMT 0)
Quite the popular thread. I'm going to give l-glutamine a good chance to see if I see any improvements. In the past I would take around maybe 2-4g a day, and some days I would forget, never seeing a difference. I have switched to powder, from capsules, and doing 5g in the morning, and 5g in the evening. I even feel like maybe I should be trying more but for now I want to see if 10g a day will help my endless symptom of blood. I can't see to stop the blood. Frequency and urgency have both decreased but that never ending blood is still there, hope this can help.
Posted 6/7/2015 9:28 AM (GMT 0)
Imagardener- question for you. When things got bad and you quit supplements and did the bones broth thing, did you take any probiotic? I have pretty much cut most of my supplements right now because I can't tell what's helping and what's irritating things (I feel like everything is!). Did you take a probiotic at all during those times?

Usually I feel like VSL helps me, as do the large amount of fermented foods. However, last night I was crazy bloated- even in my upper abdomen. I hadn't really been able to eat much yesterday so that wasn't it....and I don't think it's the cortenema causing it that high up.
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