Weird medicine - poop pills

[Atheon]

Pills made from poop cure digestive tract ailments.

I guess the expression should be changed to "Eat shit and live."

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[caseagainstfaith]

I read of something similar, but even grosser, weirder.  Fecal implants where they take feces out of one person and surgically place it into the digestive tract of another. I guess this is a non surgical method.

[LikelyToBreak]

Seems like eating things with probiotics might be better as a rule than taking poop pills.  Also, I suppose my acidophilus pills could be considered to be poop pills.  

caseagainstfaith wrote:

I read of something similar, but even grosser, weirder. Fecal implants where they take feces out of one person and surgically place it into the digestive tract of another. I guess this is a non surgical method.

I think the more usual less invasive approach is to get a stool sample from someone, and then "feed" the person the poop through a feeding tube run through the nose.  I think this becomes necessary when for whatever reason a person takes too many antibiotics.

[The Skeletal Atheist]

Seems like eating things with probiotics might be better as a rule than taking poop pills.  Also, I suppose my acidophilus pills could be considered to be poop pills.  

caseagainstfaith wrote:

I read of something similar, but even grosser, weirder. Fecal implants where they take feces out of one person and surgically place it into the digestive tract of another. I guess this is a non surgical method.

I think the more usual less invasive approach is to get a stool sample from someone, and then "feed" the person the poop through a feeding tube run through the nose.  I think this becomes necessary when for whatever reason a person takes too many antibiotics.

Well you have normal bacterial flora in your gut that are useful to you. They play a role in digestion and keep a lot of the bad bacteria away. When one takes too many antibiotics these little guys die, so the fecal transplant becomes necessary in order to replace them.

[dgirl1986]

Pills made from poop cure digestive tract ailments.

I guess the expression should be changed to "Eat shit and live."

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lol love it.

Not sure I would have the balls to take those pills.