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What Causes Abdominal Pain And Mucus In Stool While On Citalopram And Abilify?
Yes I have been taking citalopram, abilify and trazadone for a week. I have been nauseous, and constipated and using glycerine suppositories. I had a bad reaction a couple years ago with a similar antidepressant as citalopram and ended up constipated for a week and finally passed some mucous you stool but went through extreme anxiety and sleepless nights, almost like a severe allergic reaction. I passed mucous you stool this time and am having abdominal pain and gurgling sounds. Should I go to the hospital?
The presence of mucus in stool is common. And normal in some amounts however a large amount of visible mucus in your stool isn’t normal and might be a sign of a problem.
If you begin seeing mucus in your stool, the levels are probably already elevated. That doesn’t necessarily indicate you have a problem, but it’s something you should monitor especially if there is blood in stool or pain during defecation.
In such cases it may be caused by inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohs or ulceratice colitis. IBS or infectious colitis are another causes but it would be assoictaed with fever and loose stools.
All in all, you should wait for few days, have easy diet, lot of fluids and see will it improve. If not you should do colonoscopy as a start of work up.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Iven Romic Rommstein
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What Causes Abdominal Pain And Mucus In Stool While On Citalopram And Abilify?
Hi, The presence of mucus in stool is common. And normal in some amounts however a large amount of visible mucus in your stool isn’t normal and might be a sign of a problem. If you begin seeing mucus in your stool, the levels are probably already elevated. That doesn’t necessarily indicate you have a problem, but it’s something you should monitor especially if there is blood in stool or pain during defecation. In such cases it may be caused by inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohs or ulceratice colitis. IBS or infectious colitis are another causes but it would be assoictaed with fever and loose stools. All in all, you should wait for few days, have easy diet, lot of fluids and see will it improve. If not you should do colonoscopy as a start of work up. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr. Iven Romic Rommstein