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Feedback on Linzess for Irritable Bowel-C or Chronic Constipation
Digestive Health | Last Active: Apr 14 6:19am | Replies (147)Comment receiving replies
I took Linzess for a year. The higher dose was too high! Finally was changed to 72 milligrams. I had to be careful not to take it on a day I was going out to be sure I wasn't going to have a problem. If it worked well, I skipped a day. Linzess stopped working for me.
I have chronic constipation with a pelvic floor diagnosis. That was all in Michigan.
I am now in Wisconsin at Mayo. I cannot get in to a gastroenterologist until late January..
In the meantime, miralax, stool softeners, ducolax and senakot not helpful. I did purchase an organic orange psyllium powder online which is helpful. I take it with water and crystal light, which helps the taste.
I've not taken Trulance.
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One sort of positive effect of using daily liquid antacid( to deal with upper g.i. gastritis) which contains 200mg of magnesium carbonate (in addition to 200 mg of calcium carbonate )per tsp×3 times a day is that I sometimes can lower the amount of senokot from 3 pills to 2 . It's the magnesium working.
I had severe constipation with Gastroparesis. I had every medication mentioned. They all gave severe cramps that sometimes lasted all day no matter how many time I had a movement. I finally stopped all of them.
I use 1 cup Oat Bran (not oat meal) 1 cup applesauce and 3/4 cup of prune juice. Mix, keep in bowl in frig and take 2 tablespoons before bed with small amount of Milk of Mag Saline. I have now had Pyloroplasty and have no pain and am slowly adding new foods. This has been like a miracle for me after 4 years of cramping!!
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HIGH dose Linzess did zero for me - took for 4 days - did not go one time. How much Miralax do you take per day. My guess is if you take enough and drink enough fluids it WILL WORK! The medication they give you when you have a colonoscopy works on the same principle - absorbs water into the gut - so you go. you cannot take too much - its an inert substance. you either did not take enough or did not drink enough fluids. you don't have to drink a ton - just have about 10 ounces when you take it - I put it in my morning tea - big coffee cup - and then drink 'normal amounts' of fluid throughout the day.