Levsinex

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Levsinex Hyoscyamine

Hyoscyamine (also known as daturine or duboisine) is a naturally occurring tropane alkaloid and plant toxin. It is a secondary metabolite found in certain plants of the family Solanaceae, including henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), mandrake (Mandragora officinarum), angel's trumpets (Brugmansia spp.), jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), the sorcerers' tree (Latua pubiflora), and deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna). It is the levorotary isomer of atropine (third of the t...

I have had severe bouts of diarhhea, bloating, and gas for over a month. I have done a lot of reading about this on the Internet and think I may have irritable bowel syndrome. I have seen a GI and am having an endoscopy/colonoscopy on 10/19. When I saw her she would not prescribe anything for me and the episodes have become more frequent. A friend of mine who is a nurse said I should call the GI and tell her I can't live like this until she gets does the endoscopy/colonoscopy. She said I should ask her to call in a script for Levsinex capsules. I would appreciate input from anyone out there who has used this med or something similar. ## Hi Leigh, I personally don't use Levsinex (Hyoscyamine) but I thought I could provide you with some information about what it's used for, it...

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I was taking this with medication for IC and was working well with other meds to help but about a month or so ago I was unable to get it any more. Pharmacist said that the plant burnt down.....Will this be back in production soon and if so when might it be available to the pharmacist again? Thanks so much ## Possible, but doubtful. This actually has nothing to do with the plant burning down, this is one of those meds that was actually never approved by the FDA and it hasn't been proven to treat anything, so they pulled it from the market. ## I have been taking this (Levsinex-time released) for many years (15+) for IBS. Before finding this med., I was house-bound (runs) and malnutritioned, and was ridiculed for making myself have the runs (5+times a day) because I wanted to or it was...

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