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g_1988 · 01-21-2010, 03:14 PM

Hey everyone,

Earlier this week I was given some omeprazole by my GP because I was having seriously bad acid reflux.

I took one capsule and the acid was gone in about 30 minutes. The next morning I noticed I had a very loose, green stool. That evening, I had a much better formed, but still green bowel movement!

Ever since my bowel movements have been green! They have been MUCH BETTER formed than before. I mean they're almost completely normal now, but they're green.

I phoned up my local practice that night but my usual GP wasn't there so I spoke to another one. He said it was nothing to do with the omeprazole and that he wasn't even worried about it. He said it's something to do with bile salts.

Not the omeprazole? That's kinda like the coincidence of me taking antibiotics, and then developing Crohn's disease the day after. These drugs they give us are doing things to our bodies that even the doctors don't know about, I swear!

This is just NOT a coincidence!

And yes, I do eat green vegetables; but this colour has never happened before and for the past week or so I've only been eating 1 portion of green veg a day, anyway.

Strange that my bowel movements have actually improved and are almost perfectly formed thanks to one capsule of omeprazole (which is apparantly not enough to show any improvement at all), they're just green.

Thoughts?

chelli · 01-21-2010, 03:20 PM

I never had any issues when I was allowed to take it. It worked great and it had nothing with my bowel issues.

imisspopcorn · 01-21-2010, 03:22 PM

Never had that problem while on any acid reducers......Did you eat an alien?

Sometimes food coloring, especially blue can do it.

Fog Ducker · 01-21-2010, 03:23 PM

That is a weird coincidence, Im with you thinking there is more to it than the doc gave credit to. Id do some more digging

lucitcha · 01-21-2010, 03:27 PM

I take it daily, helps me a lot and never had poo issues because of it.

I started having heartburns (hence the omeprazol) 2 days after starting my IBS medication. I was pretty sure it was a side effect, but my GI swears it has nothing to do and it´s part of the IBS/inflammation picture. I just don´t know what it was until now... but thankfully it´s under control.

vintage-girl · 01-21-2010, 04:53 PM

hi I was fine on tht med but i did have green poo too
not sure wht it was it did go away it was when i was first ill not much help sorry but your not alone.

Peaches · 01-21-2010, 04:55 PM

Google green stool and you should come up with some things to think about.

Creepy Lurker · 01-21-2010, 09:38 PM

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If stool is still green by the time it is excreted, it could mean that it went through the large intestine too fast to be changed in color. This is often called "rapid transit" or "decreased colonic transit time" and diarrhea that is green in color could be the result.

http://ibdcrohns.about.com/cs/otherd...greenstool.htm

01-21-2010, 03:14 PM	#1
g_1988 New Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 19	Green.... Hey everyone, Earlier this week I was given some omeprazole by my GP because I was having seriously bad acid reflux. I took one capsule and the acid was gone in about 30 minutes. The next morning I noticed I had a very loose, green stool. That evening, I had a much better formed, but still green bowel movement! Ever since my bowel movements have been green! They have been MUCH BETTER formed than before. I mean they're almost completely normal now, but they're green. I phoned up my local practice that night but my usual GP wasn't there so I spoke to another one. He said it was nothing to do with the omeprazole and that he wasn't even worried about it. He said it's something to do with bile salts. Not the omeprazole? That's kinda like the coincidence of me taking antibiotics, and then developing Crohn's disease the day after. These drugs they give us are doing things to our bodies that even the doctors don't know about, I swear! This is just NOT a coincidence! And yes, I do eat green vegetables; but this colour has never happened before and for the past week or so I've only been eating 1 portion of green veg a day, anyway. Strange that my bowel movements have actually improved and are almost perfectly formed thanks to one capsule of omeprazole (which is apparantly not enough to show any improvement at all), they're just green. Thoughts?

01-21-2010, 03:20 PM	#2
chelli Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 190	I never had any issues when I was allowed to take it. It worked great and it had nothing with my bowel issues. __________________ Chelli Diagnosed 3/2009 Methotrexate 12/2009

01-21-2010, 03:22 PM	#3
imisspopcorn Punctuation Impaired Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5,945	Never had that problem while on any acid reducers......Did you eat an alien? Sometimes food coloring, especially blue can do it. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~* Instead of hiding in the darkness of a grey cloud, why not look for the silver lining?

01-21-2010, 03:23 PM	#4
Fog Ducker Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,385	That is a weird coincidence, Im with you thinking there is more to it than the doc gave credit to. Id do some more digging __________________ - Brian Dx UC: 2006. Dx CD: 2008 Current Meds: Remecade 800mg evry 6 weeks, Methatrexate 7.5mg once a week oraly, Asacol 800mg 3 times a day.

01-21-2010, 03:27 PM	#5
lucitcha Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 72	I take it daily, helps me a lot and never had poo issues because of it. I started having heartburns (hence the omeprazol) 2 days after starting my IBS medication. I was pretty sure it was a side effect, but my GI swears it has nothing to do and it´s part of the IBS/inflammation picture. I just don´t know what it was until now... but thankfully it´s under control.

01-21-2010, 04:53 PM	#6
vintage-girl New Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: uk Posts: 13	hi I was fine on tht med but i did have green poo too not sure wht it was it did go away it was when i was first ill not much help sorry but your not alone.

01-21-2010, 04:55 PM	#7
Peaches Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: North Carolina Posts: 2,994	Google green stool and you should come up with some things to think about.