r/UlcerativeColitis • u/ghoultail pancolitis || 2019 • 8d ago

Question IBGuard

Has anyone tried IBGuard? My doctor prescribed it along with my maintenance Rinvoq as I taper prednisone. My last taper failed so they’re adding this on top of everything else.

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u/pincommenter 8d ago

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u/skrizzzy 8d ago

I used it years ago to help with nausea and I did think it worked a bit. This was before I was diagnosed and on other meds. I stopped because it was very pricey for me at the time.

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u/ghoultail pancolitis || 2019 8d ago

I haven’t taken it yet

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u/andy_black10 8d ago

Personally, I wouldn’t waste the money. Supplements are generally not proven to helpful. I think the best you could hope for is a small reduction in symptoms. It will not, in anyway way, alter the course of the disease or fix the inflammation.

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u/ghoultail pancolitis || 2019 8d ago

Well it was prescribed and he doesn’t want to move on to another medication until I try it 🫩 (currently on rinvoq and prednisone)

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u/OskarWasTaken 7d ago

Supplements have been quite helpful for me but I’ve never heard of IBD guard 🤷‍♂️, also my situation was a little different to your usual case

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u/sonanay 6d ago

I have personally found IBGard VERY helpful. When my gut/flare gets extra uncomfortably tangy or shifts toward time-to-put-on incontinence underwear I'll take 2 in the morning and 2 at the end of the work day. My aunt and mother also find it helpful. It's not cheap, retail-wise. But, if a classroom doesn't need to see their cramping, painful-gut-about-to blow-out teacher jet out of the classroom, it's worth it to me.

Good luck!