# Fecal transplant for recurring C. difficile **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 6, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-transplant-for-recurring-c-difficile/700579 "2014-10-06T20:04:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-transplant-for-recurring-c-difficile/700579/41 "2014-10-10T16:57:01Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > [Ok, the DIY movement has officially gone too far.](http://thepowerofpoop.com/epatients/fecal-transplant-instructions/) > (Warning, yeeeech.) Ugh. But speaking of that webpage… Shortly before she retired I presented my PC Physician with a genuine _Bristol Stool Chart_ coffee mug. (My wife and I were friends as well as patients.) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-transplant-for-recurring-c-difficile/700579/42 "2014-10-10T18:42:51Z")
_Adds an item to my Christmas list_ Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-transplant-for-recurring-c-difficile/700579/43 "2014-10-11T17:11:33Z")
I just got the courage to open this thread. It does mean what I think it means. Makes sense I guess, but I had never heard of such a thing. > [@Amberlei](#): > > …I did talk to my brother about donating “the material” and he’s fine with it… I bet that was an interesting conversation. Good luck to you. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-transplant-for-recurring-c-difficile/700579/44 "2014-10-12T15:50:07Z")
[Enteric coated shit pills](http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/10/11/355126926/frozen-poop-pills-fight-life-threatening-infections?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2035) Taking 15 a day for 2 days helped treat c diff in 14/20 people. Of the other 6, 4 had remission after a second trial. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-transplant-for-recurring-c-difficile/700579/45 "2014-10-13T12:22:12Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > [Enteric coated shit pills](http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/10/11/355126926/frozen-poop-pills-fight-life-threatening-infections?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2035) > > Taking 15 a day for 2 days helped treat c diff in 14/20 people. Of the other 6, 4 had remission after a second trial. [Confirmed by a second source!](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/10/11/good-news-you-can-take-your-fecal-transplants-orally/) “Fecal transplants just got easier to swallow.” Oh, what will those DC natives write about next? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-transplant-for-recurring-c-difficile/700579/46 "2014-10-13T12:57:20Z")
Since this is a medical thread, moved to IMHO (from MPSIMS). ---
**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-transplant-for-recurring-c-difficile/700579/47 "2014-10-13T14:39:29Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > [Enteric coated shit pills](http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/10/11/355126926/frozen-poop-pills-fight-life-threatening-infections?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2035) > > Taking 15 a day for 2 days helped treat c diff in 14/20 people. Of the other 6, 4 had remission after a second trial. I read that article the other day. Bummer that the only capsules they could find that wouldn’t get dissolved in the stomach are transparent. Because of all the pills you’d want to not see inside, these would be the ones! I was hospitalized with food poisoning several years ago. Fortunately, it was only campylobacter and responded to antibiotics. But I would have done the fecal transplant in a heartbeat if it would have made me feel less crappy sooner. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fecal-transplant-for-recurring-c-difficile/700579.md?page=2)