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My stool softeners and miralax aren't working, how come?

Posted by pb0o7 @pb0o7, Mar 21, 2023

I've been struggling with stomach issues for a long time now and it runs in my family. I went to the hospital recently and had to have a GI clean out through an NG tube. When I was discharged from the hospital they told me to take one stool softener at night and one stool softener in the morning and one capful of miralax each day. But it stopped working. I'm in a crazy amount of pain. I had a CT scan done when I was in the hospital, it showed I had stool stuck almost half way through my colon. But before my stay in the hospital, I had been to many other hospitals. No one could find anything, until I had that CT scan. iv had both scopes done, but the doctor didn't see anything wrong. I have no clue if it has something to do with it but I have really bad hashimoto. I have no idea what to do now. Please help me with what I should do next. Please and thank you.

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heyjoe415 | @heyjoe415 | Nov 19, 2023
In reply to @gennaro629n90277 "Is it possible, that Miralax is causing Mr to have bad breath Yes, I do have..." + (show)
@gennaro629n90277

Is it possible, that Miralax is causing Mr to have bad breath
Yes, I do have complete dental care everday, often 3 times a day..
Thankyou

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Never heard of Miralax causing bad breath. It is tasteless and odorless so not sure what is causing your problem. All the best.

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sallyw133 | @sallyw133 | Nov 19, 2023

Miralax will draw water into your colon but will not make things move. You can do a stimulant lax like dulcolax or senocot which will usually produce a big clean out. Sometimes I add-in just a half tsp of Calm magnesium powder with the Miralax. The combo works for me. I do Miralax in am and calm in pm.

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johungate3 | @johungate3 | Nov 19, 2023
In reply to @foundryrat743 "Thank you for your advice! I do prunes every day, but Kiwi and Chiaseed I have..." + (show)
@foundryrat743

Thank you for your advice! I do prunes every day, but Kiwi and Chiaseed I have not tried! Parkinson’s can be very difficult to deal with, as it is, so any advice I can get, to help with slow peristalsis is a bonus! My Doc stated Miralax, and a fiber supplement ( like Metamucil ), every day, as his only advice.,Thanks for your kind words and excellent advice! Doug

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I’ve found figs help me. We were buying fresh figs and I found that two a day helped with eliminating, an unexpected benefit. Now, I’m buying dried figs since fresh are not available. They seem to help, too. Prunes don’t do much for me.

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foundryrat743 | @foundryrat743 | Nov 19, 2023
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@johungate3

I’ve found figs help me. We were buying fresh figs and I found that two a day helped with eliminating, an unexpected benefit. Now, I’m buying dried figs since fresh are not available. They seem to help, too. Prunes don’t do much for me.

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Thank you! I will try figs, and see if that helps! Your experience is helpful, with my decision-making, because I’m trying to get the right combos that would help me!!

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dragonfly123 | @dragonfly123 | Nov 20, 2023

drink more water, lots more water....add electrolyte powder, magnesium and potassium, if you have hashimoto's vitamin D3, and you might want to add a good multivitamin, including the B complex, particularly folic acid and B12

also I found that things like miralax and stool softener, should be used occasionally, not all the time, once I stopped using them, things got a lot better

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gennaro629n90277 | @gennaro629n90277 | Nov 20, 2023

Polyethylene is a bi-product of fossil fuel OIL. The front label on my Miramax container states as one ingredient "polyethylene", I don't quiet understand why that is an ingredient?

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