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Do you drink enough liquids? There's a formula to determine fluid intake based on body weight. Also a product called equalactin to help with water balance.
""Equalactin is an over-the-counter bulk-forming laxative. Its active ingredient, calcium polycarbophil, equalizes water balance in the bowel to relieve both occasional constipation and loose stools/diarrhea. Tablets must be thoroughly chewed and swallowed with a full 8 oz glass of water.""
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Because of my Short Bowel Syndrome I only absorb 30% of my intake so I have to have LR IV fluids 5 times a week. My fluids need to have sodium and glucose in them for them to absorb in my body. Plain water can make me dehydrated and remove the electrolytes from my body. I usually have diarrhea but 3-4 imodium helps. I am on a low fiber diet. Can't take bulking laxatives, Metamucil also makes me constipated.