I take Movical as it was recommended by my colorectal surgeon as i have been REALLY constipated. I would go say like once every 10-12 days. I took senna laxatives but gradually had to increase the dose to like 4 tablets per day to get things going. Eventually, they stopped working and just gave me cramping but nothing more. Mum recommended this herbal chinese tea which she uses and at the start it did work but then i was putting like 2 teabags and it did nothing but cramping.
I have IBS too, so i think it is part due to that.
I have lost a lot of weight (15kgs through liteneasy and exercise) and only then has thing become an issue, prior to that i was fine. I drink water, exercise, eat wholegrains only, 2-3 serves of fruit but must confess don't get much veg in me.
tea/coke - in a day maybe 2 cups of tea and 1-2 cans of diet coke/pepsi.
I did have some action today and it was fantastic.
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Was at work and a lady who i talk to a lot was in the other cubicle and i was busting to go but she wouldn't shut up, so i lost concentration and held back most of it but when i got up, there was so much i was shocked and happy! I must have done it all.
Isn't it funny how we have to concentrate to get a bowel action???
Thanks for the advice and responses all, it is greatly appreciated. I shall add a squeeze of orange in the mixture before drinking it.
Just did a long post and lost it - hope this one works.
My 11YO DD has been taking Movicol for over a year now - and hates it with a passion She's about to start taking Macrogol 3350 instead - which is the active ingredient in Movicol. It's supposed to be completely tasteless. But is not available at all chemists, just the ones that mix their own medicines (can't remember what they are called?)
What dosage are you taking? DD takes up to 2 sachets a day if she's really blocked up, usually gets her going pretty quickly.
My colorectal surgeon said that women and men differ greatly in their bowel habits, women are usually worse.
He recommended a product called colocap (basically just Epsom salts in capsule form), I have to take 15 tablets over 30 minutes before I go to bed and voila tomorrow, I should have some action.
He said it is vital to have a good clean out once a week to really get the bowels moving.
I'm taking the movicol as well. I find the taste absolutely disgusting but given that I'm 26 weeks pregnant and still suffering morning sickness, i find i'm really intolerant to anyhthing that isnt sweet-unfortunately. I don't add anything too it i just knock it down and hope for the best.When you are in absolute agony and the choice is going to hospital for iv hydration and an enema the motivation is pretty strong to drink the stuff. At my worst i was drinking three sachets a day for two days with at least a one litre increase in my water and it took two days for action. The thing that had me worried was was i going to have an uncontrollable explosion when i did go. But rest assured it was very normal just alot of it as it had been over a week. Hopefully once this pregnancy is over things will return to normal as i've never had a problem with constipation in the past. It has taught me though to express a little more empathy to patients now that i've had first hand experience and know how painful it can be.
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and held back most of it but when i got up, there was so much i was shocked and happy! I must have done it all.
Just did a long post and lost it - hope this one works.
She's about to start taking Macrogol 3350 instead - which is the active ingredient in Movicol. It's supposed to be completely tasteless. But is not available at all chemists, just the ones that mix their own medicines (can't remember what they are called?)
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