Re: Amitiza -- was Chronic Constipation-- need help with starting diet please :-)

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> Amitiza should be legal on SCD. I took it for a few months, as a

replacement for Zelnorm (which my body liked), but my body rejected

Amitiza after a few months. My medication had just the active

ingredient, plus a legal tablet coating.

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> What other illegal laxative are you referring to? It might cause

worse problems than Amitiza.

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> I've been on Miralax for more than five years. I had just about

tapered off of Miralax, thanks to SCD, but then Zelnorm was pulled

from the market so I had to go back to using Miralax and taking extra

magnesium. My doctors swear that Miralax is safe over the long

term. I just take Miralax once a day, but I know others with severe

constipation who take it two and three times a day.

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> Kim M.

> SCD 5 years

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> >>>>>>>>>>>>

> Thanks for the help.

> I wasnt sure if Miralax was legal or not-- I was also taking

> Amitiza (illegal) and another illegal laxative. I am in teh process

> of experimenting. I think I will switch every other day-- Miralax

and

> the illegal laxative to see if that will suffice. I did find a

recipe

> for muffins and preads that are nut free on Pecan Bread so i used

> Beets in that (recommended for C), and I tried the Prune Juice this

> morning. Thanks the help!

>

Hey,

I looked online and Amitiza has inactive ingredients including

sorbitol (http://www.amitiza.com/amitizafaqs.aspx), which would make

it illegal. I'm really not having any luck with the prune juice and

beet muffins (the no nut recipe). Should I add the nut flour? I just

havent had luck with adding fiber...usually it makes it worse. I hate

to be taking a stimluent laxative...but really i will not go--

ever...without it. Any suggestions to help out would be great.

Thanks!