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pchoate

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People Considering Colon Cleansing Should Do Some Research
Posted: 01-31-06 17:49pm

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ruwach

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Posted: 02-01-06 19:20pm

I kind of find it really weird how people with very few post counts, post how their results were "great." the responses sound kind of generic and unenthuastic, that coupled with the fact that they seem to just post once or twice and then disappear forever.

I just find it awkward, thats all.
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jana32481

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Colonix Day 7
Posted: 02-02-06 22:53pm

Friday feb 3 will be my seventh day on the colonix program. I am 24, and in my past I have had severe problems in this area. I am lucky if I go once a week sometimes once every two weeks if I am really stressed out. I know it sounds hard to believe but its very true. I think I have been on every fiber supplement possible. When I was pregnant I took prenatal vit called carenate which had a stool softner, I took two colace in the morning and two at night plus I drank a mixture called miralax which is perscription fiber mix. I did this every day to keep from becomming impacted while pregnant. I found this program and new I had to try. So far I have not experienced anything I have gone three times in the seven days which I guess is good for me however I thought I would be going every day. I have been very paranoid about my water intake. Today I drank 7 of the 20oz walmart bottles of water, thats over 14 glasses of water. One things for sure I have no appetite probably because I am drinking so much water. I have been steeping my tea for at least 10 min and have no movement in the morning. I am wondering if it takes a while for everything to get moving. Anyway I will keep posted on my progress. If anyone has any info on how soon you see results please let me know I am still waiting.
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SteveFrench

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Colonix
Posted: 02-27-06 21:09pm

I have read the testamonials and the day by day accounts, and even viewed the photos of the strange 'creatures' passed by people who have documented their experience with the colonix program. It appears to me that these 'creatures' are in fact casts or 'psillium fibre moulds' of the participants digestive system. It seems that these pictures are sometimes accompanied by comments such as, 'no wonder I didn't feel good with that thing inside me' or 'i don't remember eating that !'.

I don't doubt that the program with the 'paranil' will rid the body of parasites but I do doubt that the pictures posted are of parasites. I also noticed that one 27 year old man who was passing this 'stuff', doubled his dosage and a day later passed the

"biggest, longest and nastiest piece of stuff I had ever seen! It was approximately 2 to 3 feet in length."

a day later he remarks

"another very large piece of stuff came out. This was thicker than the rest. I am very glad that I upped the dosage to 2 scoops!"

is it just me or is it somewhat misleading that a company would allow testamonials that would suggest to the public that their product is chasing this 'stuff' out of their body, when it is the treatment itself that is creating the 'rubbery stuff' that their clients are passing?

Don't get me wrong, I have had drugstore facial peels and they feel great, and I imagine it could be very refreshing and even possibly very helpful to have an "intestinal' peel done, but if this guy keeps upping his dosage and increasing his water content he is going to end up with a complete 'psillium fiber' mold of his entire digestive system and that might not be the best thing for his health.

It seems irresponsible that a company would allow a testamonial where a client describes how he had to double the dosage to see the really big nasty pieces pass from his body; when the pieces that he passes are more than likey composed of the product that he has consumed as part of the colon cleanse. Or is this an attempt to get people to use twice as much of the product to increase profits? Just wondering.
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DrButtura

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My Experience
Posted: 03-06-06 17:24pm

I just wanted to post about my experience with colonix.

I order a month supply for myself and my wife. Just wanted to try it out for the month, and order more if it was worth it. I had high hopes for it after reading this forum. Got tired of the intensly glowing testimonials on the colonix website, but this more objective venue showed some people were having a good experience. I don't have problems with irregularity, etc., just wanted to clense.

Well, after one month, i'm not interested in continuing. Not that I had a bad time, but I did not experience anything that I found really encouraging. During the first three weeks I was feeling a lot of discomfort in my gut. Almost like constipation, but I didn't have any problems pooping. Then that passed, and things were kind of normal. Nothing spectacular came out, like what's shown on the website. No worms or other parasite type things, and no long strands of hard gunk. There was a little bit of dark, hard looking material from time to time, though.

It was only in the last week, when I realized that the colonix powder container had more than one tablespoon per day, that I doubled the daily dosage. Things improved: I was pooping twice a day and they were both big and satisfying. But then the stuff ran out and I decided it wasn't worth the expense (face it, this stuff is expensive) for another month. This was compounded by my realization that psyllium is also the main ingredient in metamucil, and can otherwise be obtained far more cheaply. I agree that the other ingredients in colonix are beneficial, but again, just not worth the price. I can bug a larger can of psyllium at my health food store for $10.

My wife, on the other hand, had a much harder time. She had the problems with consitpation that are described elsewhere in this thread. And she gave up on the tea because it didn't do anything except make matters worse, even after steeping it for 15 minutes. While my interest in not continuing is financial, she doesn't want to have anything to do with it.

So, I just wanted to post about my experience for someone to take into account when deciding on the product. I know you're supposed to do the program for 2-3 months, but again, I just didn't see encouraging enough results the first month to justify the cost of continuing. I think psyllium based colon clenses are beneficial, and can work. But i'll just look for some alternatives at gnc or my local health food store.
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jcma

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Posted: 03-09-06 20:14pm

First, let me say that the people who are attacking people for having questions and concerns about this product are jerks. This is our health we're talking about here, and if you don't have serious reservations about putting anything into your body, you're nuts. You can't fault someone for trying to weigh all sides.

That being said, I am trying the colonix program (and also taking the probiotics). I'm on day five right now. I'm sticking through a couple more days at least, but right now, i'm not all that happy.

I was not suffering from constipation before I started. I've suffered with ibs since I was just a little kid (i'm 25 now), but it was recently under pretty good control.

I'll admit it was the fear factor (all those horrid testimonials about tapeworms and roundworms and god knows what else) got me to start the product. I figured that it couldn't hurt, considering my history of intestinal difficulties.

As i've said, i'm only on my 5th day, but so far, my bms have been less healthy than usual. Very loose and fibrous. Generally not great.

Day 3-4 I had a headache, which they claim is detox.

I've only been steeping the tea for like 1-1.5 minutes, as i'm hesitant to get myself into a laxative disaster situation at work or something, but still, the bms seem looser and looser.

Today, on day 5, I woke up with really awful cramping, and I had several bouts of urgent, loose bms. Those subsided after an hour or so, but it's been about 10 hours now, and my abdomen is still very cramped, very bloated, and i'm really uncomfortable.

I'll stick with the system for another day or so, but if this cramping and abnormal bm stuff keeps up, i'm going to send it all back for a refund.

If things change for the better, i'll let you guys know.
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nathandaniels

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Posted: 03-11-06 13:26pm

I just started the colonix program 2 days ago, I have been wanting to cleanse my colon for years but never wanted anything going up my rearend, I am 40 year old male who became concerned about 3 weeks ago when my heart started acting funny, I can't afford to go to the hospital, I don't have health insurance and I don't trust charity hospitals, so since I am a christian I place my life in the hands of my lord jesus. I have always read what a dirty colon can do to a body and got to thinking about my heart acting strangely, I remedied it 3 weeks ago by beginning to jog everday and taking things out of my daily diet, I also do situps everyday, I am 6'1" about 185 pounds, athletic build with a protruding belly, belly not too big just about even with my chest, hoping to have a six pack soon. Well my heart is much better before I started the colonix program but still I noticed sometimes when sitting at the computer a warm sensation flowing around my heart and sometimes little sharp pains, well this could be a number of things causing this, high blood pressure which I have never had a problem with before, could be gas, I have had problems with acid reflux real bad, could be the beginning of diabetes, my mother was just diagnosed with type one and just discovered that my father has been in denial for years with it, could be bad cholesterol, even hypertension, I would have a very difficult time beleiving I have diabetes or high cholesterol, I always eat pretty much healthy and I am for the most part a calm person. I have started taking magnesium everyday for my heart, been taking vitamin c for years, just started b12, day 2 into the colonox program and my heart is no longer feeling funny, fisrt day I felt constipated and bloated, second day crapping pretty well, maybe some worms in a hard stool the first day but not sure, been eating only fruit maybe some veggies, dreid fruit and mixes, soy milk, apple juice, v8. Nothing scary yet in the toilet but will keep you all posted, no burst of energy yet, was pretty regular before starting colonix, if I don't see drastic improvements I will request a refund but so far the heart thing is interesting. I am posting this to maybe to help others find a solution for some health problems, I am not a health expert just your average joe concerned about his health.
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STUCK4LIFE

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Posted: 03-16-06 23:38pm

Hi. I have searched and searched the internet for answers or if anyone has a similar story. I am 26, and have dealt with constipation for over 10yrs. I used to be unhealthy, but for the past 3ys, I have been excersizing and eating lots of fruits and veggies daily. Here is my huge concern: a few years ago, I took laxatives and my bm looked like intestines!! Sometimes I see that wrapped around my bm (without laxatives). I've went to a doctor twice, she detected nothing. I was doing research 3 days ago on fiber suppliments and came across the parasites!!!! The pictures looked just like what I saw! I ordered drnatura's colonix, I stayed up for a day reading everything I could. I am really scared to take medicines, scrared about my bm and scared about parasites.
Has anyone had similar stories?
Has anyone taken colonix?
Any information will help. Thank you.
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nathandaniels

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Posted: 03-28-06 15:17pm

Drbuttura and I have had similar results, cramping first 2 1/2 weeks, but now the cramping has seized, my heart is no longer bothering me but maybe thats because I have been jogging everyday and cut down on my sugar intake also changed some things in my diet. Dont know if I had any worms though saw some stuff in the bowl that was questionable, for the most part the waste in the toilet in the morning has been black surrounded by black water, dont know if thats toxic sludge or just the effect of the tea (the tea is dark when drank), this is a very expensive product and I just dont think I can really endorse it yet, I will give it one more week and then ask for a refund, if it was'nt so expensive I see gambling money away on an ify product would be more reasonable..
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questions17

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Help
Posted: 03-28-06 15:27pm

Hello im new to this system and actually doing anything like this
but I have been reading about this colon stuff
and please tell me does this really work
to loose weight and feel better?

Where do you buy this system
and have others tried anything else that
works also ??

Thanks
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STUCK4LIFE

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Posted: 03-29-06 00:54am

Nathandaniels, your heart bothered you?!?! Yikes!
Well, my dumb butt already gambled and bought the kit 2 wks ago. I haven't taken it yet because I was afraid at first, and now I have a business trip this weekend. I'm debating on sending it back still.
I found out the "parasites" that come out are just a sticky substance that builds up in your colon.
I guess knowing they are giving false information about parasites to scare us is a good enough reason to send it back.

I've also given up most junk food and changed my diet and lifestyle. I've been reading up on general health a lot because the parasites scared me to death. I've always saw myself as pretty healthy, boy was I wrong!!!

Good luck and congradulations on your life change nathandaniels!
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skhealth21

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Posted: 03-30-06 15:01pm

Hi!
I would like to try colonix, but does anyone of you knows if I can take any prescription medice while doing this cleaning? The reason I want to do it is because i've been suffering from hives for the past 3 years 24/7(going onto 4!) and I have heard that it might be due to an unhealthy colon (i do suffer from constipation). After this, I want to try to detox my liver as well. Any suggestion for that? I'm so tired of this allergy. I have seen dozens of doctors and I have gone through extensive skin and blood testing, but nobody knows what it is causing my allergy. Every single result comes out negative: i'm not allergic to meds, food, animals, you name it..I'm not allergic to anything i've been tested for, but I still have hives. Every nite I have to take medication; otherwise the itching and swelling doesn't stop. :(
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justcallmecandida

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Posted: 04-07-06 00:23am

Sk,

have you done any research on hives and candidiasis? Just google those two words and you'll come up with a jillion articles linking the two. I haven't tried a product to specifically cleanse my colon, but I am taking kyolic to kill yeast, aloe vera to heal colon ulcers caused by yeast. My husband and I have had dramatic results from the two plus we added a probiotic that we bought at whole foods. You can find these products at any health foods store and they are safe. The mayo clinic has even published that aloe vera seems to help certain colon problems.

Yeast often goes undiagnosed and can cause all kinds of problems. The book the yeast connection is a great resource too. Good luck!
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smacky

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Tired of Being Sick
Posted: 04-10-06 13:53pm

Hi, i'm new to this forum and discovered it while doing research on ibs and dicetel. I went to a walk-in clinic a few times and the doctor there suggested I may have ibs and gave me some samples of dicetel to use. I really don't know if I actually have ibs...I've been constipated since I was really young (i'm 23 now) but lately - bang - i've been having problems with passing tons of mucus, awful stomach cramps, painful gas, feeling like i'm going to faint when I have a bowel movement even though I hardly ever pass anything, and still constipated. My sister has ibs and her symptoms are nothing like mine. Does somebody know what could help me? I'm so tired of being sick!
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STUCK4LIFE

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Posted: 04-14-06 22:03pm

After tons of reading and asking around, someone lead me to this site
http://www.Herbalcare direct.Com/index.Html

this product seems to be the safest and not so harsh like colonix. For about the same price you are getting a cleansing system for your lungs, liver, kidneys, arteries, and colon.

I really hate taking chemical medications because there is a natural cure for everything.
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stuffedup

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Posted: 04-25-06 10:27am

I just started my second month of the program and im not impressed. I've had ibs, gas and constipation problems for a few years and noticed it takes every meal just about 5 days like clockwork to pass through me. I've been pretty regular, most of the time, it just took longer than I think is normal, or good to pass through my system. The only thing i've got so far is some bad cramping and slightly bigger stools, due to the increased fiber. Nothing weird coming out, no weird headache from the detox, and stuff is not passing through me any faster. I went with this system because supposedly it worked wonders and was complete and easy to take/use but im really thinking about returning the rest. I ordered the 3 month package because I think my problmes have been pretty bad but im thinking I should have tried something on www.Curezone.Com there are lots of other ways to cleanse on there and some are very cheap compared to colonix. I've heard before that you need to cleanse for a minimum of 6 weeks so i'll probably give it 2 more weeks and then i'll be contacting them about a refund.
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rnsnyder

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the Down Side of Colonix
Posted: 05-04-06 17:08pm

Hello all, I recently tried the colonix by Dr.Natura and at first it seemed to be working great. But, after 2 weeks of use I began bleeding excessivly with each bowel movement and even in between movements, then I became very light headed. I stopped using the product, went to er and have a doctors appointment and emailed through the Dr.Natura site (have not received a response by the way). Just wanted to let everyone out there know that while it may work wonderful for some with no negative affects, please be advised that things can go very wrong. I thought I was dying for a couple of days, and I have always been healthy. :oops:
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mininani1

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Colonix
Posted: 05-11-06 18:35pm

Hi I am one the program now for three days .,and the next morning I had a good bm. I'am 40 years old and all my life I had problem not going enough . Last year I went 119 times not quite enough so I hope this is going to help me a lot, I will let everyone know how i'm doing for sure . Bye
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rnsnyder

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Wanted to Update
Posted: 05-11-06 18:53pm

Hello all, just wanted to update you on my previous post. I had the bleeding and light headed. Anyhow, the company (drnatura.Com) finally emailed me back, they said that the light headed was a normal side affect, but that bleeding was not. They tried to convince me I had hemorrhoids. Okay, first let me tell you that I have always been a healthy person with healthy bowel movements! I only tried the colonix system because I am almost 30 and want to take really good care of my body for my children, this sounded great right? Well, I went to the doctor, and he ordered me to immediately stop taking the colonix! So, I did, but then I became constipated for the first time ever in my life, that totally sucked! After 4 days and nothing happening my doctor gave me a laxative, and well it worked, thank goodness. But, now for the really really bad news :( I have to go for a colonoscopy, wow never thought I would say that at 29! The doctor checked me for hemorrhoids, and nothing. Also, my blood pressure is elevated (for the first time ever) and my heart rate was off, that is back to normal thank god. Anyhow, he said that the colonix could have caused 'scarring' or abrasions in my colon, wow can you image going 29 years of your life without anything more than an occasional cold, then finding out that one simple product you took could have caused severe problems, it sucks! Moral, well I do not recommend this product to anyone! I own a natural supplement company, irony huh so I am not against any form of natural and over the counter products. But, the fact is all of the testimonies you find on their sites (including my own :? Are fabricated! Please please please do a ton of research before trying anything. I do not and never will believe in law suits, but if this product did in fact cause problems like my doctor believes it caused, you can bet I will be in court, not for the money but to protect everyone else out there considering this harsh method!
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rnsnyder

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Re: Wanted to Update
Posted: 05-11-06 18:54pm

rnsnyder wrote:
hello all, just wanted to update you on my previous post. I had the bleeding and light headed. Anyhow, the company (drnatura.Com) finally emailed me back, they said that the light headed was a normal side affect, but that bleeding was not. They tried to convince me I had hemorrhoids. Okay, first let me tell you that I have always been a healthy person with healthy bowel movements! I only tried the colonix system because I am almost 30 and want to take really good care of my body for my children, this sounded great right? Well, I went to the doctor, and he ordered me to immediately stop taking the colonix! So, I did, but then I became constipated for the first time ever in my life, that totally sucked! After 4 days and nothing happening my doctor gave me a laxative, and well it worked, thank goodness. But, now for the really really bad news :( I have to go for a colonoscopy, wow never thought I would say that at 29! The doctor checked me for hemorrhoids, and nothing. Also, my blood pressure is elevated (for the first time ever) and my heart rate was off, that is back to normal thank god. Anyhow, he said that the colonix could have caused 'scarring' or abrasions in my colon, wow can you image going 29 years of your life without anything more than an occasional cold, then finding out that one simple product you took could have caused severe problems, it sucks! Moral, well I do not recommend this product to anyone! I own a natural supplement company, irony huh so I am not against any form of natural and over the counter products. But, the fact is all of the testimonies you find on their sites (including my own :? Are fabricated! Please please please do a ton of research before trying anything. I do not and never will believe in law suits, but if this product did in fact cause problems like my doctor believes it caused, you can bet I will be in court, not for the money but to protect everyone else out there considering this harsh method!
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