Constipation: What helps you?

@electracat Yes!! Trulance has been a lifesaver for me...I was even hospitalized for constipation twice..I also miralax everynight ..unless I am having diarrhea (which I never complain about)..not sure if Trulance is causing it.. or what.. but atleast I am going.and going.. most of the time!! IDK where it all comes from!! I did read somewhere that 2 other people said Trulance did this to them.. Linzess and Amtisa.. produced nothing for me..what a delima..huh..? I'm like you .. feel like I'm doing all the right things ..but never finish and God help me if I don't go for two days..I had a CT for kidney stones and I showed I was constipated simply because I hadn't gone THAT day yet!! Ge whiz!! Do you take anything like the Trulance or Linzess..?? Praying for us to find a resolve on this.(and much more!!)

@bbest1010
Miralax once or twice a week?.............and it working.good news!
what quantity are taking?
stay well

@anniewee ..
thanks for the info!.........seems almost everything comes with a handle "take only for 7 days"......i require something long term to try to get back a normal life!.............hard stools jamming up in narrow small intestine ..near colon!

@peterose

I'm taking the standard dose -- one envelope if I buy it in envelopes, or the recommended amount if I buy by bulk.

does anyone have chronic constipation due to a permanent narrow intestine after colon surgery?.......what works for you? {first few months after surgery were ok ...now not so!......2nd colonoscopy showed no adhesions..... just a narrow intestine!} ANY INFO APPRECIATED!

ASKING MY SPECIALIST ABOUT USING LINACLOTIDE...HE IS NOT ENTHUSED!

Linaclotide is a guanylate cyclase receptor agonist that has shown promise in treating constipation caused by a permanently narrow small intestine. It works by stimulating water secretion from the intestinal epithelium, which can help alleviate constipation symptoms. Linaclotide has been found to improve colonic transit times and complete spontaneous bowel movements in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation (CC) and irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C). It also improves functional abdominal symptoms, such as pain, discomfort, and bloating, which are major symptomatic complaints of patients with CC and IBS-C.
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Hi, @flnance. Welcome to Connect! You mention magnesium citrate is wonderful. How great you have found something that helps you so much.

What type of health challenges do you deal with? How do you use mangesium citrate, and how does it help you?

I have constipation, the magnesium citrate fixes it in twelve hours. I am having a complete knee replacement in December. I thought I would get an idea of what I will be facing here.

@peterose are there foods that can help you, in addition to any meds you are using ? One thing I do is eat apple slices every day and a single dried apricot- and rarely need colace or MiraLax…hope you and all here get good relief !

stewed prunes help!.............cancer agency here says no Mirimax?

@peterose interesting..my cancer team says to use MiraLax if gentler solutions don’t work…if i use it, usually just for colonoscopy prep,i mix it with Gatorade. yes, prunes work well for most people.