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weight gain

by debbie547, Oct 12, 2008 09:23PM

Tags: Drug induced weight

hi i have ibs and i have been losing weight like crazy . is there anything i can take to put it back on. any information will be helpful. thanks debbie547

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by CalGal, Oct 13, 2008 10:32AM

Debbie, unless you're avoiding food quite a bit, having IBS should not result in a significant weight loss. I'd suggest you return to your doc and be re-evaluated. People with IBS can have rather violent diarrhea and avoid certain foods and the pattern seems to be they'll lose a little bit of weight but not a lot of weight.

If you're doc didn't do any testing before he 'pronuounced' that you had IBS, you need to find another doc and get some testing done.

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