Trying Prescript-Assist--and not sure what to think about results

Hi all,

I've been having some pretty bad non-blood symptoms (colon/rectal pain, frequency, d) which seem tied to pre-menopausal hormonal changes for me. (I also switched from Asacol to Asacol HD recently, but the symptoms preceded doing that. I use Rowasa enemas also.)

I decided to add Prescript-Assist to my twice-a-day VSL3DS regimen to see if that might help, since a lot of these symptoms seemed like they could be IBS. I've taken it now for about 6 days. It seemed to immediately lead to fewer bathroom trips and pain-- indeed, it's led now twice to 1-2 days of no poops at all, which is maybe a bit odd. But in the past couple of days I've also noticed some piles of very fluffy skinny stool with LOTS of the Asacol HD casings, which gives me concern. Any thoughts on whether to continue with the Prescript-Assist? I am glad the D and pain are so much better, and not sure where to turn next.

Thanks!

I take 2 PA per day plus 2 VSL capsules per day. I believe it helps me so I vote yes.

I've been considering starting another one of those Asacol in the stool posts (of which there are already probably hundreds) so maybe will use this opportunity to hijack your thread, just a little. I am starting to believe that in some cases, such as yours and mine, that perhaps any unused Asacols in the stool are actually a good sign and not a bad one. I have been doing a little better lately and have started to see more of these than before. They are always incased in formed stool and upon inspection sometimes they have never opened. Just happened this morning. I would worry if you were passing them with diarrhea but when I find them in formed stool maybe it is because your system is working more normally and if they get incased in formed, hard stool then they just never reach the PH needed for them to open up. I'm not really sure of every detail on how the digestive system works but if the pill gets incased inside a formed stool as it goes through your system then it probably wouldn't do much of anything anyway, even if the PH allowed it to open because it would be inside the stool. If they are all just empty casings I would not worry about it at all. I think I have started rambling here but look forward to what others might say.

If I had to vote I would say that Prescript-Assist does not cause constipation. To the best of my knowledge it has never done that to me.