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What Causes Stomach Pain & Bloating?

I have been diagnosed with COPD, recently I was also diagnosed with IBS with constipation. I have been taking Linzess for a month. It seems to work well until I eat then the stomach pain and bloating comes back. I'm tired o being miserable. Is this normal after taking Linzess?
Mon, 18 Aug 2014
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Hello, thank you for your query.

First of all, let me tell you that COPD may not have relation to this pain of yours. Secondly, the drug you're taking linzess may be causing bloating of abdomen .. I'd recommend you to stop taking it and instead try taking domperidone tablets along with mild laxatives once in a while. If you feel that its not helping much, then go for mebevarine instead of domperidone.

For COPD go for breathing exercises along with steam inhalation regularly to avoid medication that might have constipation as a side effect or might aggrevate your IBS.

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What Causes Stomach Pain & Bloating?

Hello, thank you for your query. First of all, let me tell you that COPD may not have relation to this pain of yours. Secondly, the drug you re taking linzess may be causing bloating of abdomen .. I d recommend you to stop taking it and instead try taking domperidone tablets along with mild laxatives once in a while. If you feel that its not helping much, then go for mebevarine instead of domperidone. For COPD go for breathing exercises along with steam inhalation regularly to avoid medication that might have constipation as a side effect or might aggrevate your IBS. Hope this was helpful.