Amitza Vs Linzess

I have been taking Amitza for about 4 months. Works great but over time getting extremely tired and sharp pains throughout body. I'm in process of trying to loose weight as well giving up dairy,red meats, and carbs. Switched to linzess three days ago. Reading posts that worry me about weight gain. Can you clear up the subject on weight gain and which drug works best? I've had issues for 19 years and tried everything. These medications both work for me but I need to have energy, no sharp pains and no weight gain.

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I added a multi-vitamin and b-12 supplement to help with energy. So far I'm doing okay. Been on Linzess for a week. It only started to work for me yesterday. Best of luck to you!

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@Kgirl,

Posted below is a link to another active discussion thread here relating to linzess and weight gain that you may be interested in checking out...

Source: 'Linzess weight gain'

On the contrary, apparently it's not uncommon to hear about linzess also being prescribed for weight loss...

Source: 'Linzess prescribed to help with weight loss'

However I think when it comes to weighing out the benefits vs risks, trial and error is the only proven way to know for certain. So with this in mind, perhaps it would be best to at least give linzess a chance (for a set number of days) and hope for the best, knowing that you can stop at any point in time.

Giving up red meats, dairy is definitely a feasible approach in my opinion, but giving up carbs altogether seems unnatural and nearly impossible... Even for hardcore bodybuilders. I went that route before and personally feel that restricting rather than eliminating the carbs is a much safer long term method that ensures the longevity of the approach, whereas you can at least eat some heart healthy fruit or a sweet potato. Perhaps giving up "refined sugars" would be more sustainable?

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Thank you for your help. I decided just to stick with amitza. Insurance doesn't pay for linzess. Agree with giving up sugars. It's definitely harder to do as I get older! Thanks for your advice.

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