Guest guest Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 Hello, I've had Crohn's disease for almost 20 years. In 1993 I had a radical resection of the ileum involving about a foot each of large and small bowel. Since then, I've been on cholestyramine resin to bind the bile acid since the uptake site was removed. Without it, life deteriorates in less than 24 hours. My question is this: Is there a natural product I could grow or buy or find or harvest or whatever that could replace this? I ask since I've run out once or twice because the pharmacy was back-ordered, or I got stranded overnight. Currently I'm taking 4mg twice a day. I've read that a mixture of saponins might do the trick, but there are literally dozens out there. Any info would be VERY appreciated. Thanks in advance, Gord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 herbal remedies , " tbgord " <windyandgord@t...> wrote: > Hello, > > I've had Crohn's disease for almost 20 years. In 1993 I had a radical > resection of the ileum involving about a foot each of large and small > bowel. Since then, I've been on cholestyramine resin to bind the bile > acid since the uptake site was removed. Without it, life deteriorates > in less than 24 hours. My question is this: Is there a natural > product I could grow or buy or find or harvest or whatever that could > replace this? I ask since I've run out once or twice because the > pharmacy was back-ordered, or I got stranded overnight. Currently I'm > taking 4mg twice a day. I've read that a mixture of saponins might do > the trick, but there are literally dozens out there. > > Any info would be VERY appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > Gord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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