@Adrian Fulcher

Hi Adrian, that's a neat "recipe"! How much do you spray at a time and do you find that the vinegar causes your skin to burn at all or is it too diluted to be a problem? 

Thank you. I have been looking for a solution for my ostomy bag smell cuz I ran out of deodorant. I thought vinegar with something else would help hey I haven't tried it yet but you have confirmed let it may work. Thank you so very much

Peptol bsimol taken right after eating something that might cause odors or soon after or even before, will bind the odor molecules and neutralize them. I only use it at night right before bed so that I mthe morning. It won't be as bad when changing pouch. The only other time I will use, is before going out or to family gatherings. That coupled with "Stop Odor Plus" (just a few drops in pouch- 8 does the trick) help to almost entirely eliminate most odor. I don't worry about odor so much at home, but do like waking up and not having to deal with the smell from hell inmthe mornings.

I but the generic bismuth liquid (I found the tablets don't work as well) which is like almost 1/2 the price of peptic bismol and works just as well. If I eat things like,onions, or fish or something smelly, I will take some right away before eating.

It doesn't work on all odors, but on most I would say. You may need more than the recommended dose depending o. Strength of food odor, or,how muchmof,themfood,much of,, eat. I just take a,good swig right from bottle. It supposedly be ds with certain odors, and I can attest that it works pretty well. Not perfect, but it really cuts down the odor.

One thing you can do to prevent a deodorizing liquid from contacting stoma is to slightly saturate a small piece of toilet paper with the liquid, and drop it in pouch. It will stay at bottom of pouch away fro. The osotmy

Great idea, bob, and I am going to try that.  I drop an antacid tablet or two (or tic-tacs) into the pouch sometimes, along with the M9drops, if I am worried about odor, as an added insurance if I am going to be somewhere sitting close to others. The tabets/tictacs stay in the bottom, and they dissolve, of course.

Such interesting remedies here! As a new ostomate 12 plus yrs ago I didn't know about M9 or the Osto EZ Vents  until VO, I find it works fabulously.   For myself & foods I enjoy, lol, I needed more drops the suggested on bottle so I use about 18 drops mostly counting it out to kill odours & it works great.   If I'm not mistaking, I think it even neutralizes Gas odours to a  greater degree.  Anyone else find this?? 

I believe because our guts have less time to process foods like thru a "normal length" intestinal system, that the time in our shorter gut is why output is more offensive. Plus its practically in our faces when we empty which really makes us aware of the smell. 

Before M9 my son located a recipe on line using 3% grade Hydrogen Peroxide, (HP). I would use a plastic one gallon milk jug & add  1 1/2 bottles of HP, not the sauce, lol  & then about a 1/4 of Johnsons baby hair &  body  shampoo then a gallon of pre-  boiled water. I put shampo in last to avoid too many bubbles then diluted all by swishing around the jug then placed some in a refilable bottle. I used an old washed out bottle of expired stoma powder, use a funnel. Lol! Since I've been able to purchase M9 I get about a month from a bottle of M9  counting the drops into my pouch.

I've been keeping some empty M9 bottles for this purpose as the price of  M9 keeps climbing I may well need jeed to go back to this process.  If I do I may add some of the diluted white vinegar as well if its COMPATIBLE to HP, or switch out the HP. Well see I guess,   but I'll be sure  & keep you in the loop if I do. 

Could some of you share what you  pay for a bottle of M9  & where you purchase it from. My price is creeping closer to 30 bucks a bottle thru a medical supply company that delivers to home, orders over I think  60$ ...are free delivery.   This is still better then the  $52.00 dollars my pharmacist was charging me for 1 bottle the same product! Ugh!!!! Lol, I wanted to cry every time I paid for that liquid gold! 

I'm widowed & in Canada on a very tight budget so any ideas are helpful. M9 is so handy & works so much better than anything I've tried. If your interested in viewing the sight I purchase my M9 & other needs  from, just say it,  I'd love to share. Thank you in advance .   

Hi all,

I have my supplies from Coloplast Charter and after one of their recent 'stoma checks' i was advised that i can use peppermint or lavender oils inside my pouch to tackle odour when emptying/changing.  
Ive had my ileostomy 3 yrs and i've not tried this method until now. I have used in-pouch sprays, gels before etc, but none of those have helped, so i figured oils, mints etc would also be ineffective.

But to my astonishment i have placed 3 to 5 drops of peppermint oil in each empty/change and like a miracle in the last 24 hours - no foul, awful, rotting garbage smell - just minty freshness.   I'm totally amazed that after 3 yrs of being embarassed of leaving a stink behind me that my family members do not need to peg their noses when going in the bathroom.

I do not know if this is just a fluke, but i can honestly say that so far it seems to be totally neutralising the content odour.  

I was also told i can place orange peel in the pouch (but this idea makes me think of a human compost bin) so its sort of put me off trying this one.

My concern is, that reading this forum i find that the stoma being a living organism should not have certain things placed INSIDE the pouch.  So as the Coloplast Charter agent recommends essential oils - i'm wanting to know is this safe?

@et1 I've used essential oil in my bag to test, and I didn't have a positive experience. I don't recall if it was lavender or something else, but my output ended up smelling "skunky", so I stopped using it.

I was comfortable using it as I never got the oil on my stoma, nor did my stoma come in contact with it as it tended to stay towards the bottom of the bag (closer to the outlet).

Considering that Coloplast Charter said you could use it, I'd be more comfortable recommending it.

Just to ease your mind, using essential oil in an ostomy bag was also studied with positive results! See -> https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31476706/

I tried the peroxide for a few days and it did cut the odor but gave out a strange smell. The other thing is I had a bad taste in my mouth. I do rinse so I think it was coming in contact with my stoma and therefore why I tasted it so I just but the bullet and now I just order the M9 and pay the price. It’s  $27 a bottle from expressmed.com here in the US and then of course there is shipping but you earn points and can get money back on purchases.