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Silicol gel

Has anyone tried silicol gel for flare ups? I have read some good reviews


  1. Yes I did try it during a bad flare up this year. I am not sure if it helped or not, or whether I took enough or not, or timed it right. I'd never taken it before. I had the recommended dose soon after my third toilet visit that morning, and saw it's supposed to be taken a short time before food, but had to force myself to eat a piece of toast after as I felt too horrible to have any appetite. I hated the texture and taste of the gel. It was like gritty slime. I could just about get it down and fortunately have a pretty tough gag reflex.
    I had 2 more bm's after which were not too good. I took some more of the gel in the evening before eating a boiled egg and some toast. I 'went' again 30 minutes later -still not good. I had some more before bed. Couldn't eat anything after it that time.


    In the morning I had 'd' again, but only a tiny bit after my gut made such a dramatic fuss. I took some more gel, and later had a constipated kind of tiny bm, which was no relief anyway. Not sure if it was the gel that caused that (?)
    So maybe I didn't give it a fair enough trial, but I feel it didn't do anything for me and haven't used it regularly since.
    I had hopes that a small amount daily might just firm me up a bit (I am 80% a bit too loose even when not flaring) but I haven't been inspired to keep trying it.

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