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December 11, 2006 at 3:53 pm #20062

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After switching Ben to the 40 mg. packs of Zegerid with hopes of seeing less gas and diarrhea, we are now wondering if the Mylanta isn’t causing the problem. Dr. Phillips suggested using the dissolvable Tums instead. I am all for this, but I noticed that they contain soy (guar gum). I am in the midst of the elimination diet, hoping to deterimine if my son has interolerances, so what should I do about this?

Natalia, I hope you’ll chime in because I know you used these with Trace and he is MSPI. Did you have any problems?

December 11, 2006 at 4:17 pm #20064

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Sorry I don’t know about the dissolvable tums but for us the Mylanta was awful. He had such severe gas and diarrhea that he needed a bath because it was everywhere everytime we gave it to him. We were not even giving him close to the dosage the dr had told us to use either.

December 11, 2006 at 5:39 pm #20073

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hey there…
yeah i just loooked at the ingredients, i had no idea that guar gum was Soy. why do they call it that?
Trace had absolutely no problem with this. im guessing maybe because its not the actual soy protein, or maybe because the amount is so tiny.

December 11, 2006 at 9:36 pm #20093

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I have no idea why they can’t just call soy, soy and milk, milk. I found a list of hidden soy ingredients from Laura’s into. and it listed guar gum. And, the bottle of Tums says on the bottom that it contains soy… It’s so stupid really. We tried the Tums tonight, so we’ll see how it goes. Thanks for your help!
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