Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Please, need help with Zelnorm questions

I tried Zelnorm last fall too, and it didn't do anything for me and I wasn't taking laxatives with it.

I've now started taking it for about a week. I was only taking 1/2 tablet in am and 1 tablet in pm because I was having some cramps and headaches from it. I thought if I only took half, the cramps and headache would be more tolerable during the day if I only took 1/2. I increased it to 2 whole tabs twice a day and still nothing!

I take it 30 minutes before breakfast but I do drink slippery elm tea before I take it. Don't know if the slippery elm is considered "food" since it is just a powder I add to my hot water, sort of like taking an sfs beforehand? Do you think that could be messing it up for me? But you know, it didn't work before when I wasn't doing the slippery elm. Would it be okay to drink herbal tea before the zelnorm?

The one I take before dinner, I have about one hour after finishing a snack. Do you think that is long enough to be considered having an empty stomach?

Oh, I also take my probiotic about 15 minutes before the zelnorm because that has to be taken on an empty tummy at least 30 minutes before meals too.

Is that messing me up?

Can anyone help me with the timing of my supplements?

When you say some people may need ot stop for a few days and start back up again, did you mean at the end of the 4 to 6 weeks? Or in the beginning because of D? Or because it isn't working?

I hope you have better success than I have had with it. I'm ready to give up on it.

And still, what do people do once it stops working after the 4 to 6 weeks if it does?

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