Copy of my old post:
I cured my Methane SIBO in 6 months starting with 14 days of Xifixan & Neomycin - felt like unwell the entire time and many extra days beyond that.
Then started taking Atrantil too much too fast and it gave me bad stomach pains so took Activated Charcoal and stopped for over a week.
Then re-started very super slow. One pill of Atrantil & 1 pill of Berberine for 5 to 7 days and then added a 2nd pill of each one for another 5-7 days. Took a long time to build up to 3 pills of each in morning with food and 3 pills of each in the evening with food = 12 pills total per day. Once I got to that dosage I stayed at that for over 2 months.
Also did a modified 3 week Elemental Diet using DR Rusio’s Low Carb while taking the Atrantil / Berberine. First week only the shakes. 2nd week added 1 real meal. 3rd week added 2 real meals. All was per recommendation of my Integrative Dr. I was eating low Carb/ High Protein and taking Nystatin as well as many other supplements. I was treating both SIBO & Candida at the same time.
Using Trio Smart SIBO breath test was 100ppm Methane in June 2021 and then 9.6 ppm ( under 10 = normal ) Methane on Dec 7, 2021. No more bloating. No more pain every time I eat 😀
Another key was improving my lifelong chronic constipation. Had to realize that 1 painful BM per week was not normal. I tried tons of supplements that did not help at all. Finally had to get prescription for 2mg Moregrity in addition to taking daily Triphala, Miralax, and nppure Mag07.
Atrantil;
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TW4DWVT/
Berberine:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003FIMNJK/
Triphala:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019ET28WA/
Mag07:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00028OVXM/
WARNING : do NOT take Neomycin if you have ever had any ringing in your ears / tinnitus as per my Dr. This antibiotic has a Black BoX warning label - the highest kind. It can potentially cause permanent hearing loss. It is rare but want people to be aware of the risk.
• Cured my Methane SIBO with mainly Atrantil & Integrative Therapeutics Berberine Complex
Copy of my old post:
I cured my Methane SIBO in 6 months starting with 14 days of Xifixan & Neomycin - felt like unwell the entire time and many extra days beyond that.
Then started taking Atrantil too much too fast and it gave me bad stomach pains so took Activated Charcoal and stopped for over a week.
Then re-started very super slow.
One pill of Atrantil & 1 pill of Berberine for 5 to 7 days and then added a 2nd pill of each one for another 5-7 days. Took a long time to build up to 3 pills of each in morning with food and 3 pills of each in the evening with food = 12 pills total per day. Once I got to that dosage I stayed at that for over 2 months.
Also did a modified 3 week Elemental Diet using DR Rusio’s Low Carb while taking the Atrantil / Berberine. First week only the shakes. 2nd week added 1 real meal. 3rd week added 2 real meals. All was per recommendation of my Integrative Dr. I was eating low Carb/ High Protein and taking Nystatin as well as many other supplements. I was treating both SIBO & Candida at the same time.
Using Trio Smart SIBO breath test was 100ppm Methane in June 2021 and then 9.6 ppm ( under 10 = normal ) Methane on Dec 7, 2021. No more bloating. No more pain every time I eat 😀
Another key was improving my lifelong chronic constipation. Had to realize that 1 painful BM per week was not normal. I tried tons of supplements that did not help at all. Finally had to get prescription for 2mg Moregrity in addition to taking daily Triphala, Miralax, and nbpure Mag07.
Atrantil;
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TW4DWVT/
Berberine:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003FIMNJK/
Triphala:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019ET28WA/
Mag07:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00028OVXM/
WARNING : do NOT take Neomycin if you have ever had any ringing in your ears / tinnitus as per my Dr. This antibiotic has a Black BoX warning label - the highest kind. It can potentially cause permanent hearing loss. It is rare but want people to be aware of the risk.
———>. It is now APRIL 2023 and Per Recommendation of my Integrative DR I continue to take 1 pill each of Atrantil & Berberine per day with food to prevent relapse and it has worked ! 😀.
• I never have any bloating or stomach pain anymore.
I take Motegrity, Amitiza , Triphala & Mag07 daily so never have constipation anymore either. Most people would not need THAT much. I only had 1 big hard BM every 7-10 days for over 50 years and never took any medicine for it until 1.5 years ago. I did not realize how abnormal that was. 🤣.
Are you HLA-B27+ or not? That's going to determine a lot about how you react to various compounds. For example, HLA-B27 has a propensity to misfold, causing homodimers to form. These homodimers interact with KIR3DL2 which then interacts with NF-kB to promote inflammation and block the normal cell apoptosis that regular inflammation would cause. Thus, you have cell inflammation and those cells that cause inflammation are allowed to survive for extended periods of time. Baicalein (a compound found in skullcap, which is a flower used in Chinese medicine) is a natural IKB kinase inhibitor. I did some digging on the internet when I found that they often prescribe sulfasalazine to people with AS. In those who were HLA-B27+, they found that sulfasalazine inhibited homodimers through this pathway. So, I took it upon myself to find natural IKB kinase inhibitors. The king of compounds, baicalein (which happens to be INSANELY healthy and promote health in so many different ways [look up some studies online and you'll be shocked,]) works wonders for me. I take half of a scoop of Baicalein in olive oil (it didn't work at all in coconut oil and burned my guts when taken with water [found out that it's not water-soluble so was likely interacting with my mucosal membranes and breaking it down when interacting]) along with the other analog found in Skullcap called baicalin (missing the "e".) Within 10-15 minutes my pain drops to about 20% the level it was at prior to taking it. I now continue to take this 2-3 times a day, about 4-5 hours apart.
What others have mentioned about turmeric/curcumin is indeed true. I recommend a few different versions, which have had varying levels of efficacy in me:
CurQFen (Gamma-Dextrin Delivery System [The Newest Generation])
THC Focused (not cannabis lol) Curcumin Supplement
C3 (The Three Curcuminoids) Standardized to 95%
I also found that berberine functions to reduce TNF-alpha via similar routes but not the same as curcumin, thus it covers a wider spread than just taking curcumin alone. My favorite berberine supplement also contains alkaloids from goldenseal which, for both myself and a friend, had an insane cleansing effect. I had a non-painful intestinal purge after the first two caps. I am not sure but I think it may have changed the way my body communicates its inflammation and this caused my body to realize it was allowing certain bacteria to thrive that it shouldn't...or at least that now that the dynamics of my inflammatory pathways had changed...were no longer permitted to thrive. It resolved within 1 day and has never happened again. Both berberine and curcumin are known to have antibacterial qualities as well. I have tried many versions but the one I'm mentioning has had the best effect:
If you are interested in further joining the discussion on treatment modalities, please join me over on the forums at the Spondylitis Association of America's site. I have started a long-running thread over there. We have been discussing everything under the sun, most recently stem-cell treatments (which look extremely promising) and Helminth therapy (a touch radical, but the science is sound.) I have since found studies that show that scientists are isolating the compounds that Helminths create and studying their immune-suppressing effects. This could fuel a whole new generation of therapies. I have a few other things I'll be posting soon, too. Here's the link to the post (beware, this is a dense read and it's currently 11 pages long since my initial post.)
Copy of my old post:
I cured my Methane SIBO in 6 months starting with 14 days of Xifixan & Neomycin - felt like unwell the entire time and many extra days beyond that.
Then started taking Atrantil too much too fast and it gave me bad stomach pains so took Activated Charcoal and stopped for over a week.
Then re-started very super slow. One pill of Atrantil & 1 pill of Berberine for 5 to 7 days and then added a 2nd pill of each one for another 5-7 days. Took a long time to build up to 3 pills of each in morning with food and 3 pills of each in the evening with food = 12 pills total per day. Once I got to that dosage I stayed at that for over 2 months.
Also did a modified 3 week Elemental Diet using DR Rusio’s Low Carb while taking the Atrantil / Berberine. First week only the shakes. 2nd week added 1 real meal. 3rd week added 2 real meals. All was per recommendation of my Integrative Dr. I was eating low Carb/ High Protein and taking Nystatin as well as many other supplements. I was treating both SIBO & Candida at the same time.
Using Trio Smart SIBO breath test was 100ppm Methane in June 2021 and then 9.6 ppm ( under 10 = normal ) Methane on Dec 7, 2021. No more bloating. No more pain every time I eat 😀
Another key was improving my lifelong chronic constipation. Had to realize that 1 painful BM per week was not normal. I tried tons of supplements that did not help at all. Finally had to get prescription for 2mg Moregrity in addition to taking daily Triphala, Miralax, and nppure Mag07.
Atrantil;
Berberine:
Triphala:
Mag07:
WARNING : do NOT take Neomycin if you have ever had any ringing in your ears / tinnitus as per my Dr. This antibiotic has a Black BoX warning label - the highest kind. It can potentially cause permanent hearing loss. It is rare but want people to be aware of the risk.
Cured my Methane SIBO with mainly Atrantil & Berberine
Copy of my old post:
I cured my Methane SIBO in 6 months starting with 14 days of Xifixan & Neomycin - felt like unwell the entire time and many extra days beyond that.
Then started taking Atrantil too much too fast and it gave me bad stomach pains so took Activated Charcoal and stopped for over a week.
Then re-started very super slow. One pill of Atrantil & 1 pill of Berberine for 5 to 7 days and then added a 2nd pill of each one for another 5-7 days. Took a long time to build up to 3 pills of each in morning with food and 3 pills of each in the evening with food = 12 pills total per day. Once I got to that dosage I stayed at that for over 2 months.
Also did a modified 3 week Elemental Diet using DR Rusio’s Low Carb while taking the Atrantil / Berberine. First week only the shakes. 2nd week added 1 real meal. 3rd week added 2 real meals. All was per recommendation of my Integrative Dr. I was eating low Carb/ High Protein and taking Nystatin as well as many other supplements. I was treating both SIBO & Candida at the same time.
Using Trio Smart SIBO breath test was 100ppm Methane in June 2021 and then 9.6 ppm ( under 10 = normal ) Methane on Dec 7, 2021. No more bloating. No more pain every time I eat 😀
Another key was improving my lifelong chronic constipation. Had to realize that 1 painful BM per week was not normal. I tried tons of supplements that did not help at all. Finally had to get prescription for 2mg Moregrity in addition to taking daily Triphala, Miralax, and nppure Mag07.
Atrantil;
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TW4DWVT/
Berberine:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003FIMNJK/
Triphala:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019ET28WA/
Mag07:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00028OVXM/
WARNING : do NOT take Neomycin if you have ever had any ringing in your ears / tinnitus as per my Dr. This antibiotic has a Black BoX warning label - the highest kind. It can potentially cause permanent hearing loss. It is rare but want people to be aware of the risk.
———. It is now Nov 2022 and Per Recommendation of my Integrative DR I continue to take 1-2 pills of Atrantil & Berberine per day with food to prevent relapse and it has worked ! 😀. I never have any bloating or stomach pain anymore.
I take Motegrity, Amitiza , Triphala & Mag07 daily so never have constipation anymore either. Most people would not need THAT much. I only had 1 big hard BM every 7-10 days for over 50 years and never took any medicine for it until 1.5 years ago. I did not realize how abnormal that was. 🤣