Guest guest Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 Thanks , Do you think I should stop Miralax while trying this? I don't want to overload her with laxatives. I think staying at 3 for a week or so is a good idea too. Thanks !! Re: oxypowder Hi Kathy-- I remember with Elora it took a while to "work" i.e. about a week or just under a week. I wouldn't necessarily increase the dose but just stay with the dose you are doing in that what I am noticing with Elora being back on it, more isn't necessarily better for her. I have to find her "right dose". Too much and her stool is so soft that it seems to be able to stay in there longer, i.e. I don't think it stimulates her "urge" reflex to push it out, so she'll skip a day or so. That's on one full capsule (she's 6). But when I was doing half capsules every day, then it seemed like not enough...stools were coming out daily but they were kind of lumpy and sometimes a bit too large. So now I'll probably try three fourths! LOL! I'm hoping to get it to the point of stools with enough bulk to them so that she gets that "urge" to go.Anyway, see what responses you get about dosing for her weight, but my thought would be to stay with the three capsules and see how it goes after about a week or so (then either increase or lessen the amount).W>> Hi all,> I'm giving Oxypowder another try since all the great testimonials.> Abby is a big girl (about 110 lbs) The first night I gave her two capsules> and last night three capsule but it does not seem to be doing much so far.> The full dose is 4 capsules. Are those with older/bigger kids using the full> dose?> Thanks,> Kathy> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Hard to say! Since you know from her history that each time you stop miralax, she gets backed up, I am inclined to say keep her on at least a semi-dose... very hard to know for sure! :-) How is she doing as of now? W Hudson wrote: Thanks , Do you think I should stop Miralax while trying this? I don't want to overload her with laxatives. I think staying at 3 for a week or so is a good idea too. Thanks !! Re: oxypowder Hi Kathy-- I remember with Elora it took a while to "work" i.e. about a week or just under a week. I wouldn't necessarily increase the dose but just stay with the dose you are doing in that what I am noticing with Elora being back on it, more isn't necessarily better for her. I have to find her "right dose". Too much and her stool is so soft that it seems to be able to stay in there longer, i.e. I don't think it stimulates her "urge" reflex to push it out, so she'll skip a day or so. That's on one full capsule (she's 6). But when I was doing half capsules every day, then it seemed like not enough...stools were coming out daily but they were kind of lumpy and sometimes a bit too large. So now I'll probably try three fourths! LOL! I'm hoping to get it to the point of stools with enough bulk to them so that she gets that "urge" to go.Anyway, see what responses you get about dosing for her weight, but my thought would be to stay with the three capsules and see how it goes after about a week or so (then either increase or lessen the amount).W>> Hi all,> I'm giving Oxypowder another try since all the great testimonials.> Abby is a big girl (about 110 lbs) The first night I gave her two capsules> and last night three capsule but it does not seem to be doing much so far.> The full dose is 4 capsules. Are those with older/bigger kids using the full> dose?> Thanks,> Kathy> __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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