Fw: Re: osmosis / blood barrier

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----- Forwarded Message ----To: miralax Sent: Fri, January 8, 2010 2:52:28 AMSubject: Re: osmosis / blood barrier

Jeanie -

Please let me preface what I'm about to say with the statement that I believe PEG 3350 (or breakdown products) must be able to leave the walls of the GI tract and enter the blood stream - I believe this based on a study showing recovery of PEG in the URINE of patients administered ORAL PEG.... It had to get from the GI tract, to the kidneys in some way. . . (http://www.ncbi. nlm.nih.gov/ pubmed/16456758)

BUT, this would *not* occur via osmosis. By definition, osmosis refers to the movement of water across a semipermeable membrane. Osmosis only refers to the movement of water.

So, the PEG must be leaking out of the GI tract via leaky gut or other transport process. The point that it is possible for PEG to leave the GI tract may have been what s/he wanted to make, but if a physician actually used the word osmosis in referring to the movement of the PEG, that was a poor choice of words on his/her part.

best,

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> > > Yang, it's great that your son is doing well off of all laxatives. My grandson is 8 and was on Miralax for 5 years. I too felt like we were poisoning him sometimes when we'd encourage him to drink all that Miralax. He's been off of it since Dec. 14 with no accidents and what appears to be good BMs. We are using Fruit-eze and pushing more water, fruits, and veggies, and still one Senekot/day. I'm praying that this works and his colon goes back to normal. Words cannot express how happy we are that he's not having the accidents. It appears that they were caused by the Miralax and not just from the encopresis.

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> > > Please share what has been working for your son. I'm afraid that what we're doing isn't enough and am open to suggestions.

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> > > From: Yang Lin <lin67226@ .>

> > > To: miralax@yahoogroups .com

> > > Sent: Wed, January 6, 2010 12:41:50 PM

> > > Subject: To Jack and others - Miralax or Not

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> > > Hello everyone!

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> > > I normally don't post, but I feel like I should after seeing some of the comments.

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> > > My son was on laxative for 6 years since 8 months old, and he had sampled all the laxatives on the market over the years. For the last three years he was on laxative, we used Miralax. He is now 7.5, and FREE of all laxative, because I finally found the right nutritional supplements that worked for him.ÂÂÂ

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> > > I never liked medication, I don't even like taking Aspirin myself, so you can imagine what it was like when I had to put my only baby on laxative, and was told for the rest of his life. I used all kinds of foods first, hired a nanny just cooking for my son. I bought the best food possible, and took him to some of the best doctors and nutritionists in the country, but it was not work. Each time I poured the laxative into his water and watched him drinking it, I would cry. I felt like I was poisoning him, yet I had no other choice, but it did make me more determined to continue my search for something healthier and better. So for the last six years, I researched nutritionals extensively and tried many products, and some had help to reduce the laxative, but it wasn’t until a few months

ago, when we tried this new product, it changed our life. It got rid of the last bit of Miralax he

> was taking, and he is now free!

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> > > I think everyone here has a point and everyone is with the good intention of trying to help these kids to be safe and healthy. Our body is so complex, and each one is different. When someone takes something, the reaction can be so different and it is difficult to say what actually caused what. As a parent with special needs, we always try to find clues about why he was doing this and that, and what the possible cause might be so that we can eliminate it and fix the problem and he will all the better. It can drive us crazy. Many times our own behavior and hormones can affect the kids in a very dramatic way, we need to be very careful of our emotions and actions around the kids, and it CAN affect their bowel movement and many other things.ÂÂÂ

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> > > I think this site should be a place for families to share their experiences (good and bad), suggestions, and provide encouragement, so that new parents can learn and research and find the best solution for their kids. As you all probably remember how confusing and scaring it was when we first had to encounter this problem. Just because something worked or did not work for you, it does not mean it will have the same affect on others. None of us are scientists here who specifically study the Miralax and know for sure the true affects on our body (although I wish so). Every medicine is being absorbed by our body and I believe in that, even our skin absorbs many chemicals into our blood stream each day. However, what kind of effects it has on us is hard to measure, and some scientists are studying that. Today, there are so

much chemicals in the things we use, we eat and drink. Did you know there are

> over 60,000 chemicals introduced

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> > > WWII, and the number is still growing? ÂÂÂ

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> > > The United States is an over medicated society, the fourth leading cause of death in this country is pharmaceutical drug related and under supervision. So, if you can find natural and healthy ways to take care the problems and reduce the amount of chemicals in your life that would be the best solution. However, for many people, they simply have no choice, and that is when drug has its place.ÂÂÂ

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> > > If a child has diabetes and all the diet did not work, he may need insulin injection daily. We all know that is not good long term, but would you not give him the insulin or only give him once in a while if he needs it daily? There might be some diet or supplement that you haven’t discovered could possible help him to reduce or eliminate the insulin, but until you find it, you must give your child the insulin he needs, because the alternative is dangerous.

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> > > Best regards,

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> > > Yang

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