Has anyone tried making a Phosphatidyl Choline (PC) enema?

I recall there was some discussion a while back about the tiny German study that used enteric-coated PC (lecithin) to get some high remission rate for UC... It;s basically impossible to make your own or even have a compounding pharmacy make enteri-PC capsules unfortunately (I contacted about 20 to no avail and gave up at that point), so there was some discussion about using enemas to do the same thing.  I just tried to mix some liquid PC with water and it doesn't work-- it is completely water insoluble.  Just wondering if anyone has tried or looked into this.  Maybe a compounding pharmacy could mix it more effectively into some sort of solution (I'll have to start emailing them all over again!)

On a sidenote, the same mixing problem exists with Vitamin E if one happens to try that Vit E enema idea that is posted friom time to time- basically won't mix in water, period.

 

I just got some PC gel capsules for myself, and was thinking of making retention enemas out of them.

The old thread below seems to show some history of it on this forum. Has anyone tried it? Results?

All this came about because I ran into this study that seems to talk a lot about the benefits to the epithelial tissue of the intestines in regards to Phosphatidylcholine.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20595010

[email protected] - can you send me the info too Horus? Did it work for you?

Yes, I used straight liquid lecithin, it seemed to be irritating, burned somewhat.
Been so long cant quite remember all the details but probably made me worse.
Old Mike

I used it straight, perhaps diluted would not burn/irritate. Perhaps olive oil.
The stuff is a gooey mess, also might be possible to emulsify with water in a blender then use it.
The PC acts as a hydrophobic layer on top of the mucus,which is an additional way to prevent
bacteria penetration.
So don't give up just because of my experiment, there are perhaps other ways to approach this.


Here is the theory.
OM

www.drmyhill.co.uk/wiki/Ulcerative_colitis_and_phosphatidylcholine_(PC)_in_the_gut

Post Edited (Old Mike) : 9/9/2016 6:07:57 AM (GMT-6)