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Posted 4/30/2012 6:43 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all!

Since about October I have been really suffering on and off with mucus.

I have upped my medication and tried to vary my diet but the only way I can seem to reduce the mucus is to eat nothing for a day or two which obviously has it's own complications!

I do find if I take the Salofalk for 3 or 4 weeks and I then stop using it, I may get a week or 2 with absolutely no mucus but it soon returns!

I am currently on:

6x 800mg Asacol (Maximum doseage)
3x 50mg Azathrioprine (Maximum dosage)
1x 2g Salofalk
2x Saccharomyces BoulardII Probiotic

I saw my specialist the other week and he said there isn't much more that can be done as I am on the maximum dose of everything!

Is there anything anyone can suggest to stop the mucus?

Thanks!
Posted 4/30/2012 6:45 PM (GMT 0)
By Salofalk, I'm assuming you mean the enemas, correct?

If so, I would use them nightly until the mucus has been gone for a couple of weeks (minimum), then taper to every other night for a couple of weeks, then go to twice weekly, and stay there. I've been in remission for three years now and am still using them twice a week as maintenance.
Posted 4/30/2012 7:01 PM (GMT 0)
Yes its key to keep doing the enemas and not stopping completely. Mucous just loves to come back and taunt us!
Posted 4/30/2012 7:06 PM (GMT 0)
Ditto on the enems regimen.  Plus, you're not on the highest dosage...there is a 4g as well.

Stopping eating for a day won't change mucous production.  It'll just cause your gut to work harder and produce more mucus when you do eat.  Adding fibre supplements to your meals can help with that...it also increases the exercise of your colon helping to even out the peristalsis rhythms.  That might help with mucus as well.


plus, maybe consider to change your probiotic or take only one and add another to broaden the types of probiotic strains.

q

Posted 5/1/2012 5:16 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for all of your replies!

So would a fibre suppliment be beneficial? I am guess I am a bit scared of fibre all together so haven't touched any fibre supplements! And what other probiotics would you recommend? I heard a bee one can be quite beneficial?

Does this mean I have to add Salofalk to the list of medication I am going to have to take forever? :( I know it works but the whole operation of usage is not nice plus the next day it makes me really gassy and I can't tell if it's enema or mucus coming out.

How are they getting on with that cure?!
Posted 5/1/2012 6:30 AM (GMT 0)
If you use the enema at night and have a bm in the morning, it's the enema around the stool that you're seeing.

Mucus is whiter and blobbier or fluffier from my experience.

Regarding the enemas....I've seen the benefit of them for over 23 years. It's a personal choice to use them. But, I'll use them forever if I have to. I've never been on anything but oral/rectal 5aSA meds.

Fibre supplements...I choose to use the Metamucil capsules (because I can take them with me when I'm out for a meal). I would suggest you start with one at one meal for a few days, then add another one to another meal...etc.

Fibre supplements are the prebiotics of probiotics, plus they help exercise the colon and help with the "housekeeping" of the colon.

q
Posted 12/14/2014 6:16 AM (GMT 0)
I have been belching as much as 15 times a minutes for hours on end for 6 months. They took out my gall bladder, had done tons of tests no help except tranquilizers which are not helping. I started taking metamucil about a year ago and it just occurred to me that this might be my problem. Anybody?
Posted 12/14/2014 2:31 PM (GMT 0)
Don't know but if they took your gall bladder out to fix the problem and it didn't then that really sucks.
Posted 12/14/2014 3:28 PM (GMT 0)
I've had this problem for years as well, but even whne i take the meds it doesnt do anything- at one point the meds made it worse... im currently on ZERO meds and for a period of time it improved then went back to before but it hasnt gotten worse... weird eh?

now im not saying go off ur meds at all, im just frustrated like you and trying various avenues to be rid of this mcuous that my doc also says" is fine, there is no active inflammation"

i tried fibre one day psyllium husks and lord that made me worse everyones different but be cautious with that stuff...
if you figure anything out PLEASE LET ME KNOW, i too am a mucous sufferer i feel your pain lol
Posted 12/14/2014 10:22 PM (GMT 0)
If your only symptom is mucus, it's definitely worth cutting out dairy for a week to see if that stops it. It might be that you've become sensitive to it as your colon has been through the wars a bit. If it turns out that cutting out dairy makes no difference, try the same cutting exercise with wheat products. Wheat and dairy tend to be the two prime suspects in food sensitivities.
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