Use of Miralax
#348178 - 07/17/09 05:38 PM
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Jo1976
Reged: 07/17/09
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Loc: North Carolina
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I have not had a bowel movement in 7 days. Very unusual for me. I usually have diarrhea. My doctor recommended Miralax. Afraid to use it without knowing more about it. There is a warning on the bottle about IBS sufferers using this medication. I follow your dietary suggestions, use your products. Generally have been much better until this snag.
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Hi there! There are many posts on this board about Miralax. Do a search for them.
Here is my experience with Miralax:
I LOVE IT! It helps so much! I take it everyday, as told to do by my doctor and GI doctor. So it won't harm. My doc even said if I was trying to get pregnant, I would have to come off of all meds EXCEPT Miralax!!!! yeah!
Please give it a try, especially if your doc told you to.
It takes some time to work, so don't give up on it! I had to take it for 2 weeks to get it to really really work well!
I dunno why you would all the sudden change though, unless you are A which is alternating between the two.
You might need to introduce some IF into your diet. It really helps constipation.
HTH
Kappy
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IBS-C, Gas, Bloating, HURTING!
I'm married and it's so wonderful!
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I have bad constipation too...I took Miralax every day on a recommendation from a doctor, and it helped a lot, but then another doctor I saw said it wasn't good to take it every day, so now I only take 1/2 dose when I haven't had a bm in 2 days.
It's hard because every doctor says something different, but you might try taking it every day for a temporary period and then cut down to 1/2 dose a day or as needed.
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food allergies: soy, dairy, peas, lentils...& more
IBS-A
nausea, dizziness, fatigue
when will it end?
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