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Can Ensure Drink Cause Severe Diarrhea In An Elderly Lady?

My 88 year old mother just started drinking Ensure shakes to help with weight gain. She has been experiencing pretty serious diarrehea. have checked all the side effects of her other medications and none of them cause diarrehea. Could it be the Ensure?
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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ensure is a nutritional drink. there can be indigetion and diohrea. can take ors and unienzyme tablet. ensure can not cause diohrea.
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Can Ensure Drink Cause Severe Diarrhea In An Elderly Lady?

ensure is a nutritional drink. there can be indigetion and diohrea. can take ors and unienzyme tablet. ensure can not cause diohrea.