anyone recovered their child from mucosal damage from miralax

January 21, 2012

Hi,

I'm new here. I've read a little bit and have a lot more reading to do - a lot

of good info! My son, now 14, has struggled with food intolerances and

constipation since he was small. The constipation wasn't severe until he was

about 11 and started having rectal bleeding. with bowel movements. I had not

been paying much attention to his bowel habits at this point in time since he

was 11 and seemed OK. Our ped sent us to GI specialist who diagnosed

constipation and put him on miralax, senna, and a few enemas. He was on this

protocol for about 4-5 months. His stools were water during this time, and I

finally followed my gut that this was completely the wrong approach to his

constipation and quit everything the GI had prescribed. His stools did not

return to formed stools for months, and I am not sure that they have ever

returned to a consistently formed stool. (He doesn't like discussing this at his

age. He says they are formed at this point.) I felt like his digestion had been

severely compromised from the miralax, but that it was improving and would

likely heal over time. His GI system has always been sensitive because of the

food intolerances, and I think in his case the miralax was the wrong approach.

However, we recently had the GI Effects testing done through Metrametrix, and

had some results showing maldigestion of fats and low levels of pancreatic

enzymes. Since I don't have previous tests to compare to I can only speculate,

but I feel like his GI mucosa was damaged by the miralax (and wasn't in good

shape to begin with because of food intolerances), and that is what is causing

the maldigestion and low enzyme numbers.

SO - I will be talking to the doctor who ordered the tests this coming week, as

well as scheduling an appointment with a naturopath familiar with Metametrix

tests, but am wondering if anybody else has encountered gut mucosal damage from

the miralax and if you were able to treat and heal the damage? If so, what did

you do? I've started my son on glutamine and slippery elm, increased his

probiotics, cut out all gluten, and added digestive enzymes to his protocol. He

is also taking colostrum, cod liver oil, zinc, a multi, and B12. Any other

suggestions and/or comments would be welcome.

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