The Associated Press news release hit us right in the gut. "A life without Lotronex is a miserable existence," a tearful Diana Hoyt of Atlanta told Food and Drug Administration expert advisors at a recent hearing to determine whether to recommend reintroducing the drug to the U.S. market.
Lotronex (alosetron hydrochloride) from Glaxo-Wellcome has been linked with seven deaths and resulted in the hospitalization of more than 160 people. Lotronex had been pulled from the market in November 2000.
But it is needed, says Hoyt.
Just to get to the hearing and tell the FDA advisors how badly she needed the controversial drug, Hoyt had to take four antidiarrheal pills and don a diaper. Lotronex, she told the panel, is the only IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) drug to ever make her feel well.
A potentially harmful drug that people are craving. That's how desperate some IBS patients can be. Could natural remedies aid these patients? We think so.
Rethinking IBS
The current thought on IBS is that it results from bacterial imbalances. A recent study in The American Journal of Gastroenterology links pathogenic bacterial strains to IBS. Thus, we now see a direct link to the cause of the disease, whereas most treatments (e.g., Lotronex) up to now have been directed at controlling symptoms, not initiating a healing response.
The answer would appear to be that complementary approaches might well be beneficial, either as adjuncts to medically prescribed drugs or in place of such medications.
Repopulate GI Tract with Good Guys
Colon Pure is an important nutritional formula for sufferers of IBS because it supplies types of organisms largely missing from our modern, overly sterile food supply. We used to maintain our gastrointestinal tract's bacterial health by consuming a diet consisting of large proportions of bacteria-rich fermented foods (grown from healthy bacterially active soil).
These foods contained the beneficial bacteria associated with fermentation, as well as the beneficial bacterial species that used to be common in agricultural soils. Today, due to our overuse of pesticides and fertilizers, our foods are often devoid of such beneficial organisms. Our foods are, in effect, sterile. They should not be.
In the human body, these beneficial organisms perform many of the same functions that they do in maintaining healthy soil, which might be regarded as the the gastrointestinal tract of the growing plant. They are mortal enemies of parasites and other pathogens.
Patients Improve with Colon Pure
When our clients repopulate their GI tracts with the good bacteria contained in Colon Pure, they do remarkably well. Brigitte (name changed to protect confidentiality) suffered from fibromyalgia, a condition with chronic muscle pain. Like many fibromyalgia sufferers, Brigitte also was suffering irritable bowel syndrome. The symptoms were always bothersome and beginning to wear her down. She needed help desperately.
Her bowel patterns were so irregular and unpredictable that she was afraid to even go out to dinner. She avoided milk and dairy products, high fat foods and sugar, and was afraid of spices. But her greatest fear was having to take antibiotics. She could not tolerate them.
After about two weeks of using using Colon Pure, Brigitte felt noticeably different. An improvement in the way her body was function gave her the self-confidence to eat out again.
How Colon Pure Works
Colon Pure can help to repopulate the gastrointestinal tract with beneficial bacteria.
Remove Putrefaction with NZ Gestion™
NZ Gestion can help you to clean your colon, and that's important. NZ Gestion contains proteolytic enzymes for breaking down proteins, lipase for fat-breakdown, and amylase for digesting starches. These and other enzymes present in this supplement not only effectively aid digestion and assimilation of nutrients, but also help to remove the accumulated, sticky waste adhered to the lining of the intestines and colon.
Many gastrointestinal problems result form malfunctioning lymphoid cells. We must keep digestive waste freely moving through the intestines. If the lymphoid cells found in the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal tract are covered by layers of gluey and hardened food, they can't function to block toxins from entering the bloodstream. Large amounts of toxic substances will be absorbed by the body.
The continuous intake of specific enzymes in NZ Gestion will not only aid the gradual elimination of this hardened, sticky waste from the intestines and colon, but will also bar the formation of such substances. In brief, NZ Gestion participates in both cleaning and maintaining both the small and large intestinal environment free of toxic resident waste. This is an essential condition for achieving appropriate assimilation of nutrients.
What Else Can I Do for IBS?
Address any underlying complications such as candidiasis and parasites with immune formulas such as Immune Defense™ from Whitewing Labs.
- Increase fiber intake.
- Reduce stress.
- Eliminate any allergenic or irritating foods.
- Exercise regularly.
- Take digestive enzymes (i.e., NZ Gestion to aid digestion.)
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