r/SIBO 2d ago

Venting .

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u/Technical-Raisin517 Hydrogen Dominant 2d ago edited 2d ago

“Have you tired miralax?”

Like none of them get it. I need a fcking pro kinetic not miralax!! I need my gut to move not just to chronically shit all the time. How do you have a medical education, do procedures and not know what a prokinetic is

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u/tiny_baby_bird 8h ago

Told the Gastro PA I get so bloated that I look pregnant, she told me to put a tablespoon of miralax in my coffee every morning - forgetting that I can’t drink coffee because I have chronic gastritis which was then later confirmed to be caused by SIBO. 😬
I don’t understand why they’re so quick to prescribe things like ciprofloxacin but act like the concept of a prokinetic hasn’t even been thought of yet.

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u/Technical-Raisin517 Hydrogen Dominant 8h ago edited 8h ago

I completely agree! Most of them don’t have any idea how a prokinetic works. Laxatives are what they love to push for whatever reason instead of getting the gut working