Anyone tried charcoal capsules

I did a search for this and most of the replies were on the IBS forum, just wondered if anyone with UC had used them?

It would just be temporary, I've heard they can absorb your other meds as well.
I'm going away for the weekend, fancy hotel, spa treatments, sharing a room with a girlfriend (luckily she's a nurse and understands) but the last thing I want is a gut full of gas! Wouldn't like to inflict that on anyone

Any suggestions?

I use them and they help me. I have been trying to lay off of using so many of them to see if things would clear up by themselves. My gas has intensified since being off of them. I am hurting so bad from waking up with a full stomach and intestines of gas my pelvic area is throbbing. I have belched alot this morning which got alot of the gas off of my gut and alot out the other end also. Sorry to be so graphic. I wasn't having much of an issue with this in the intestines when on the charcocaps or activated charcoal for gas. Yes they work. Gas-X and stuff like that work only on stomach gas, not intestinal gas that is why you have to use the other. Give them a try. My gastro doctor knows I am on them.

My dad also has UC, and he's been taking charcoal with alot of success. I havn't tried it yet, since the other things I'm using seem to be working fine.

(p.s. I think the clay substance Eric is referring to is Bentonite. I think it's supposed to help absorb toxins from your colon, but I've never used it so I can't speak to it's effectiveness).

any results on this? My mom just sent me some charcoal tablets, because i entered a tiny flare, but I have already been able to decrease the diarrhea,

I don't know if i should try it yet

thanks

I am on 10 mg of pred
That's it

I'm fighting a mental battle of the natural way vs the medication way

Also my mom sent them because she is a nutrition nut
And knew that charcoal helps with diarrhea

Pred all by itself only works while you take it. Once you taper down or off your condition is pretty much guaranteed to return. Prednisone is dangerous to take long term. It has many side effects, some of them permanent.

Quincy - sorry my dr who did the initial scope was nice but he seemed like he was always in a rush

He did the scope, said you have uc and then gave me iron pills (a whole bag of samples) and an asacol prescription

I remember from the screen that the inflammation didn't go past the first bend into the middle part of the large intestine.

You are right it's largely an argument between my mom and I.

In terms of what I'm trying naturally, is just to cut all the things that have shown to hurt me, use probiotics and some other supps to try and see how my daily life goes

I am 22 and male

I don't plan to use charcoal as a daily thing
I just wanted to see how some of you guys reacted to it and if I should use it if I am having loose stools in the future

I know we had someone recently say that he used them and they worked great for him. I believe he was able to achieve remission so they must not have absorbed his UC meds too much :)