... numerous stool exams all normal, no hx of irritable bowel, or anything remotely like that. Would like to stop it (and replace with something else) to see if that's the cause but cardio says no). Other meds: levoxyl, Cymbalta for yrs, no px w/ either.
Diarrhea 2 months. Been on carvedilol since July, had nausea at first, now diarrhea. Blood work and?
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- 5 Oct 2011 by harlanesque
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- irritable bowel syndrome, diarrhea, nausea/vomiting, carvedilol, blood disorders
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Added 5 Oct 2011:
very healthy 79 yrs old woman, lean, athletic, eat organic, no crap, no dairy, wheat, glutin or junk food, no hx (history) of any IBD, so why the diarrhea only since I've been taking the carvedilol? Coincidence? It may not be that, so having a thorough GI workup in two weeks, or sooner if I can get in. THANKYOU BOTH FOR ANSWERING.
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meyati5 Oct 2011
Hi, this doesn't sound good. What does "HX" mean? I'm thinking that they ruled IBS out? You keep talking about bloodwork. So do you have IBS or not? Did you list your problem here in case we might have ideas? How did this start? The only way you can tell if you IBS-and that's only for a spastic gut-is pencil thin stool. Oh that hurts. They're other forms of IBS that lab work won't do anything about. Did you start taking the med- then have diarrhea or what? #1-get a second opinion #2-Have you had a colonoscopy so they can check you out for diverticulus-little pockets in your gut-that holds bits of food and gives you problems like this, or a bacteria that gives diarrhea like IBS, but doesn't show up in blood work or Chron's disease #3 get a second opinion from another cardiologist-or go to GI-sometimes they're sharper than other specialists #4 ASK YOUR CARDIOLOGIST WHY HE WANTS TO KILL YOU
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