Miralax

Not 5 days...

It should work within 24 hours. If I remember rightly, the maximum dose was 8 sachets, which would be basically like a bowel prep: the more usual recommended dose was 1-2 sachets. I may have used a different brand to you, though, so check the packaging.

Anyway, you can almost certainly safely increase the dose, but you might want to remain close to a toilet. Ideally, you'll want to find the right dose which relieves the constipation, but doesn't cause urgent diarrhoea.

I used it for a prep for my surgery, the instructions to me were to drink a whole bottle of Miralax. I forget if it was the 14 or 30 dose bottle.

It worked pretty fast for me actually within a few hours and it didn't taste as bad as other preps that I had, I also found Miralax to be more comfortable than prescription preps when it started to work.

The reason they don't use it for c-scopes is that it doesn't clean the intestines as well as the prescription preps.

As always you should contact your doctors office to ask advice for something like this. It's good for them to know about your condition.

Yes, it's drugs I'm on for psych problems. Very constipating. Flare is over though.

If I eat prunes, I go to the bathroom, but that's a pure laxative. Don't want to go there.

The diarrhea wasn't as prevalent in my flare just severe pain. I think I was constipated because of these drugs also I was completely immobile during the flare and slept through it.

Darn it that you have to treat symptoms of things you are taking for other things. I hate that.

Fiber caps do nothing for me even though I am taking them.

why couldn't I take both, prunes and Miralax. I've got to get the hard stools out of me. I haven't had a real bowel movement in what feels like 10 days now. The doctor told me to be patient about the Miralax.

Sometimes, you feel you can't catch a break. At least I'm not flaring.

I have so much hard stool still piled up inside of me. It is so painful. Maybe I should just blow it all out with a laxative and hope that the MiraLAX is helping with new stoool formation that is softer. Yes I am doing what is in my signature. Doesn't miralax work for everyone?

I'm sure it's addictive but what can you do when your meds are constipatng Doc is calling in moviprep if this keeps up. My stomach is verydistended

HOw does colace work?

But which medications are constipating? Have you discussed with your GI about discontiuing the medication or finding better alternatives for it? I would just get to the root cause of it honestly.

If that isn't feasible, I can only suggest natural alternatives like magnesium citrate, psyllium, inulin, RS, etc, etc.

I really don't think miralax is safe at all for long term use. I used it very sparingly in the past and for a prep, but never again.

I take psychotropics unfortunately. They can really dry u out and I don't know what my GI or psychiatrist can do. They all affect me in that way. Going out to get colace

I take psychotropics unfortunately. They can really dry u out and I don't know what my GI or psychiatrist can do. They all affect me in that way. Going out to get colace

i usually take 2 rounded teaspoons of magnesium citrate. that doesn't give me anything close to watery poop but does help me go. no cramping either. only side effect is wicked gas and it's that kind of wet sounding gas that isn't actually wet haha

Oh, thanks for asking, colitis32. Stools are coming out, very little, extremely painful.

Doc wants me to move on to movi-prep. Don't you think that's drastic?

On 2 caps miralax daily.