Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Has anyone experienced issues with severe constipation with their loved ones? If so, what do you recommend? My sister is on Seroquel and also stool softeners. She doesn't eat very well and due to her limited ability to walk hardly no exercise. She has been in a lot of pain and discomfort. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 My mom gets a prune puree every day to help her along. There is a product out there specifically for this but I can’t remember the name – hoping someone will write in with the name. Courage From: hibbittsjenn@... Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 9:54 AM To: lbdcaregivers Subject: Constipation Has anyone experienced issues with severe constipation with their loved ones? If so, what do you recommend? My sister is on Seroquel and also stool softeners. She doesn't eat very well and due to her limited ability to walk hardly no exercise. She has been in a lot of pain and discomfort. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Miralax is the over-the-counter medication recommended by nearly all MDs. > > > Has anyone experienced issues with severe constipation with their loved ones? If so, what do you recommend? My sister is on Seroquel and also stool softeners. She doesn't eat very well and due to her limited ability to walk hardly no exercise. She has been in a lot of pain and discomfort. > > Thanks, > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Hi , My husband was having the problem, and now is having terrible bloat and pain. The doctors here had him start using: 1. Citrucell twice daily. 2. MiraLax once daily. (we buy ClearLax at Walmart... cheaper and the same thing.) 3. A stool softener daily This has not helped the intestinal pain, but, it appears to have helped the constipation. His Neurologist says that there can be a blockage in the intestine with softer stool passing around the blockage, thus they are passing stool, but there is still constipation. Bonnie At 06:54 AM 3/28/2011, you wrote: >Has anyone experienced issues with severe constipation with their >loved ones? If so, what do you recommend? My sister is on Seroquel >and also stool softeners. She doesn't eat very well and due to her >limited ability to walk hardly no exercise. She has been in a lot of >pain and discomfort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Courage - were you thinking of Fruit Eze? Here's the link: http://www.fruit-eze.com/ - there's a few others in our Links section - go here: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LBDcaregivers/links in the folder marked Bathroom Aid List of sites that help caregivers with their LO's constipation, UTIs, impactions, and diarrhea. and the sub-folder Constipation Links to sites or messages that can help with your LO's constipation issues. > > My mom gets a prune puree every day to help her along. There is a product out there specifically for this but I can’t remember the name †" hoping someone will write in with the name. > Courage > > From: hibbittsjenn@... > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 9:54 AM > To: lbdcaregivers > Subject: Constipation > > > > Has anyone experienced issues with severe constipation with their loved ones? If so, what do you recommend? My sister is on Seroquel and also stool softeners. She doesn't eat very well and due to her limited ability to walk hardly no exercise. She has been in a lot of pain and discomfort. > > Thanks, > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Hi , We give our Mom Milk of Magnesia chewable tablets (usually 3 or 4 every afternoon) or, and we try to give her soup daily that is rich in fiber/veggies/etc. that help the process. We use the liquid form, too, on occasion, and that seems to be a bit stronger than the tablets. Hope this helps. It's difficult to figure out the right balance, sometimes. Regards, Helene (Mom 77 in the Bronx, NY) > > > Has anyone experienced issues with severe constipation with their loved ones? If so, what do you recommend? My sister is on Seroquel and also stool softeners. She doesn't eat very well and due to her limited ability to walk hardly no exercise. She has been in a lot of pain and discomfort. > > Thanks, > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 If you'd like to order, instead of making, a fruit paste, please go to www.fruit-eze.com. You give a tablespoon a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 > > > If you'd like to order, instead of making, a fruit paste, please go to www.fruit-eze.com. You give a tablespoon a day. > I got this idea from a NYT article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/01/health/01care.html?_r=2 Choclate covered raisins. I don't offer them to him. I just put them in a bowl next to the cookie jar and let him discover them. He gobbles them up. It seems to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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