Fixing Leaky Gut Helps ME/CFS, and Sometimes Achieves Full Remission
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Nov 2011
Summary
Tried Xifaxan for IBS about a year and a half before posting but stopped after only four or five days because his diarrhea got considerably worse. He notes the drug "does seem to help a lot of people, just not me," reporting no benefit and a worsened symptom instead.
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