Vit D and bowel leakage
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 2:24 pm
Hi,
I just noticed that the forum is for people with MS. I don’t have this condition (touch wood!) and I was about to delete it, but then thought the post might still be relevant and of interest.
I have been taking Accrete D3 for over five years, starting when I had a long course of high dosage steroids for Temporal Arteritis, and continuing when a scan showed osteopenia. For over four years I have had slight (and sometimes not so slight) bowel leakage, nearly always when I exercise, even walking. I don’t even know that this has happened usually, I don’t feel it until it is too late.
I didn’t connect the horribly embarrassing problem with the vitamin D content of the pills until my sister came to stay, and confided that she had had very similar bowel leakage while taking a course of vitamin D pills, and on stopping the pills, the problem disappeared! I am really hopeful that stopping the Accrete D3 will help me. I haven’t taken it for the last few days, and so far, so good.
I have had very invasive and comprehensive tests to try to find the source of the problem, and have stopped exercising almost completely, although I know this is not good for me, but it saves a lot of embarrassment.
I will talk to my doctor and see if there is an alternative form of this medication that I can take. Has anyone else come across a link with ABL to Vit. D? Do you think there might be anything to this theory? I will let you know how I progress, I would love to get back to jogging.
I just noticed that the forum is for people with MS. I don’t have this condition (touch wood!) and I was about to delete it, but then thought the post might still be relevant and of interest.
I have been taking Accrete D3 for over five years, starting when I had a long course of high dosage steroids for Temporal Arteritis, and continuing when a scan showed osteopenia. For over four years I have had slight (and sometimes not so slight) bowel leakage, nearly always when I exercise, even walking. I don’t even know that this has happened usually, I don’t feel it until it is too late.
I didn’t connect the horribly embarrassing problem with the vitamin D content of the pills until my sister came to stay, and confided that she had had very similar bowel leakage while taking a course of vitamin D pills, and on stopping the pills, the problem disappeared! I am really hopeful that stopping the Accrete D3 will help me. I haven’t taken it for the last few days, and so far, so good.
I have had very invasive and comprehensive tests to try to find the source of the problem, and have stopped exercising almost completely, although I know this is not good for me, but it saves a lot of embarrassment.
I will talk to my doctor and see if there is an alternative form of this medication that I can take. Has anyone else come across a link with ABL to Vit. D? Do you think there might be anything to this theory? I will let you know how I progress, I would love to get back to jogging.