Yes i'm aware,my mom has already warned me about the effects of taking prescription pills for a long time and i was prescribed colace in april 17,and have started taking it on april 20th twice a day for a total of 5 weeks and 1 day. I took my first prescription for 4 weeks asked my pediatrician when i should stop taking it she told until i go to the restroom everyday or no longer than 3 days and until the straining stops and my stool goes back to being soft and normal again. I told her the effects were inconsistent because some days my stools where softer than others and I still strained a little but at least the stools where still coming out. So she prescribed my a colace refill and told me to take the Colace for 3 more weeks to see if the straining stops and that my stools would go back to normal again. If I'm still straining she said i can stop taking it and follow-up for an appointment so we can try something else. And so like I said I took my first prescription for 4 weeks and took I'm currently taking second prescription this week So that's 5 weeks and 1 day of taking Colace . I wanted to know exactly how long you know it takes for prescription pills to get your body used to it and if you think taking colace for this long has already gotten my body too adjusted to it and if taking it for the next 2 weeks will also have this effect ? because I don't want my body to be too dependent on prescription pills and i'm scared it could be happening right now.