<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> I am having trouble with malabsorption of things. I would like to hear more about betaine HCI, and Pancreatin Enzymes, and papaya enzyme. I am newly diagnosed and having trouble after 3 months on the diet. My stools stopped floating after I cut out gluten, but I still get periods of icky, gooy stool that are a mess to clean up at least once a week. I also cut out corn flour and corn meal products because I have heard that they are difficult to digest. I am assuming that it will take months and months for my gut to heal. I have heard that such enzymes can help digestion. I would like to hear from a doctor out there regarding starting on the betaine HCI so early after my diagnosis. Would it be hard on my system to ingest this acid so early after starting a gluten free diet? I am worried I might have an adverse reaction to this acid. I have had problems with other acids. Citric Acid in shampoo makes my head breakout in sores, juice seems to make the edges of my lips crack but I've read that it might be a B Vitamin Deficiency which causes this. I keep wondering if betaine HCI might help me to absorb the vitamins I take orally. I am going to start on a B-Complex. I have read that this may help my digestion too. When I spoke to a pharmacist about the yeast medications the other day, she thought that maybe they too are too acidic for me--she believes this is what was causing my fried reaction. The thought of putting acids in me bothers me because of these problems. So, please, if there is one of our expert GI doctors out there who could tell me if I would hurt myself by trying betaine HCI, please let me know. Please, also recommend how to use the stuff. Thanks. --- Abigail "To be nobody but myself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make me everybody else, is to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting." e e cummings