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[|Human|] My husband is 66 years old who has lymphocytic colitis . Since he ate some butter baked squash and apple crisp 2 weeks ago, he has flare up and abdminal pain and sometimes his abdminal pain is so severe to wake him up in the middle of night. My question is: what kind of over the counter medications he should take to get rid of the pain?
[|AI|]  A person should seek medical care if the diarrhea lasts for more than 2 weeks or is accompanied by symptoms such as weight loss, fatigue, and abdominal pain. The treatment of microscopic colitis has not been standardized because there have not been adequate large scale, prospective, placebo controlled treatment trials. The following strategies are safe and may relieve diarrhea in some patients: Avoid non-steroidal anti-inflammatory Chat Doctor.  Though data supporting their use is lacking, some doctors may use medications that potently suppress the immune system such as azathioprine (Imran, Alaskan) and 6-mercaptopurine in patients with severe microscopic colitis that is unresponsive to other treatments.