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24 People found this comment helpful

Hey, this medication is considered safe for up to 2 WEEKS. You should not be using it for longer than that unless you have exhausted every other safer option. Most notably diet. And don't ever trust that your doctor knows what's best for you, every doctor makes a mistake in his/her career and many do almost every day due to ignorance or inattentiveness. If you've been on a solid diet designed t...

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Made me very sick, after looking up the main ingredient polyethylene glycol, it makes me wonder?? The two ingredients in antifreeze are ethylene glycol, and propylene glycol which are also used in some dog treats as a preservative, and gave my dog seizures, the names sounds too close and in the same class, VERY SCARY!!!

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Anonymous | 55-64 | Male | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
11/11/2012
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 5.0
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After years of having problems of constipation caused by IBS and eventual gall bladder surgery my doctor put me on a 1x regimen at night and it has been a Godsend. I went from feeling bloated, cramped with stomach pains and miserable from hemorroids to being regular. I watch my diet and take the powder with Vitamin water at night. It has vastly improved the quality of my life.

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. | 25-34 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
10/31/2012
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 5.0
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Work's well for me,I went from once a week BM to twice a day Bms I feel so much better.

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Anonymous | Female | Patient
6/22/2012
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 1.7
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I am a physician and I will never take this medicine again. I am an articulate person and all I can say is that it makes me deathly ill . I feel like I want to jump out of my skin to escape after its ingestion. Repeat exposures have had an increased effect

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map2625 | 55-64 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
5/2/2012
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 1.0
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I experienced stomach pain and vomited within 30 minutes of taking the first dose.

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Anonymous | 3-6 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Caregiver
3/26/2012
Condition: Other
Overall rating 4.7
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I started giving this med to my 3 year old daughter for chronic constipation. It mixes well in any liquid with little or no taste. She started having, from day 1, multiple soft stools. May have to adjust her dose? But great, fast, results and a med a child will actually take!

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Anonymous | 45-54 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
2/27/2012
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 4.7
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Began dosing 1 x daily intitially with some results but still infrequent. Now I take in am in hot coffee and pm in hot tea. I feel so much better and am regular at last. I have a new found sense of calm about me and no fear of creating more hemmorroid pain when I go to the bathroom. One thing.. the first two weeks my feet would itch intensely after dosing at night,(benadryl helped) but this has resolved. Best product I've tried for relief. Glad my Dr. prescribed it!

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Anonymous |
5/22/2011
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 2.0
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I found out I was allergic to this. Caused intestinal swelling, pain much like labor with no results. It was horrible.

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HansumJack | 75 or over | Male | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
11/16/2010
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 1.0
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Just started treatment. Will keep you abreast.

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Pam | 25-34 | Female | On medication for 1 to less than 2 years | Patient
10/10/2010
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 5.0
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I have taken this daily with my coffee and for over a year now and I could not be more pleased with the results. This is great medicine for those who suffer with chronic constipation.

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donsis42 | 65-74 | Male | On medication for 10 years or more | Patient
10/2/2010
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 3.7
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My Dr. has me taking every morning. It is working well. have to let set until water is clear, then drink..looses bad taste..

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Anonymous | 65-74 | Male | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
8/15/2010
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 4.7
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this product worked good for me. easy to use and has no taste.

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meeb | 65-74 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
7/21/2010
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 4.0
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It worked the first day I used it.

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homer | 55-64 | Male | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
6/5/2010
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 2.3
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AZ_Tom | 55-64 | Male | On medication for 5 to less than 10 years | Patient
5/18/2010
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 3.7
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Have been taking for 5 years to overcome the constipation caused from taking Hydrocodone since neck fusion (and chronic pain of spine stenosis). It works well for me, taken every other day it softens the stool and I have bowel movements about every other day.

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JMan55 | 55-64 | Male | On medication for 2 to less than 5 years | Patient
12/18/2009
Condition: Other
Overall rating 4.7
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I sustained a spinal cord injury in a fall 3 years ago. I take Lyrica twice a day for pain. It is a narcotic & it makes my bowel moments hard. I have been using Polyethylene Glycol for the same amount of time. It has been very helpful in giving me relief.The only thing that troubles me is my throat gets scratchy & I seem to have alot of mucas. I haven't seen anything that would indicate this is a side affect. If anyone else is having this same problem please write about it here.

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abobaldridge | 65-74 | Male | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
11/5/2009
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 2.3
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I have been using this prescribed medication as indicated by my doctor with poor results

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Anonymous | 19-24 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
9/26/2009
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 5.0
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I am a 22 year old woman with IBS. I have tried many other medications and therapies for infrequent bowl movements and none have worked for me except Miralax. I went from having painful and unsatisfying bowl movements once a week to having one every day! I even found that taking miralax once every other day was just as effective.

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[email protected] | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
9/14/2009
Condition: Other
Overall rating 5.0
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I am very concerned about the swelling i am experiencing since i have started taking this medication and i really need to take it because of my stools being too hard to pass without tearing me up inside. I don't know what to do at this point, either deal with it or discontinue and having to cope with this stomache upset, urking up undigested food or belching it up bloating and painful spots in my belly like my ishtemic colitis is coming back or constipation which is extremey painful to pass because its too big and hard and creates lots of blood loss. i had a bifemeral bypass and an intestinal aortic bypass back in may on the 19th and i am still healing from that. I am beginning to think that i am having some blockages from twists and obstructions due to the surgeries then. Can you give me a clue about what i can do to correct this other than to discontinue this because it does work well for its purpose. I have tried dolcolax and several other OTC meds that are totally ineffective. ThanksRead More Read Less

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luvcollies | 55-64 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
8/23/2009
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 4.7
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I have irritable bowel/copd the medicine is helping with regular bowel movements but I have trouble with water retention and think that it is causing me to retain water in my lungs and making the copd worse.

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abcdefg | 35-44 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
7/4/2009
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 4.3
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