Re: Constipation medicine

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My son is 16 and has been constipated since he received his first DTp shot

at 2 months old. Obviously the doctors could not blame his diet as he was

only on formula at the time and was going fine before the shot.

We tried many things including Miralax (we did not try Lactulose). Nothing

seemed to help. We are currently using Benefiber but Benefiber alone hasn't

helped. I read on a list one time about increasing his magnesium. We now

give him Benefiber and 1500 mg of magnesium a day. We played around with

the dosage for a while. 2000 mg made the stool too soft and 1000mg was not

enough. For the first time in many many years, DJ is not constipated.

Using the bathroom is not a 2 hour ordeal and it is not painful. It also

flushes without clogging the toilet!

Good luck,

on 2/2/06 12:08 AM, at

wrote:

> Message: 5

> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:06:45 -0000

> From: " eglove " <eglove@...>

> Subject: Re: Constipation medicine?

>

> We used Lactulose for quite a while and it really helped. He still

> had large, formed stools but they were at least soft and not painful

> and he would go everyday. This was given to us by our pediatrician

> and supposedly it is not harmful, you can take it everyday. It

> worked for us with no side effects. Now my son takes Ambrotose

> (glyconutrients~ see eightsugars.com) basically to help with autism

> symptoms but I think it has his body working well enough now that we

> don't need the Lactulose anymore. Good Luck!

>

>

>>

>>> Hi,

>>> Does anyone here use any medicine for

>>> constipation?My son's doctor has

>>> been asking us to use miralax but I have avoided

>>> that since i am not

>>> sure about its safety.Please let me know what you

>>> can do to relieve

>>> constipation...i have tried high fiber cereals/brown

>>>

>>> rice/oats/fruits/veggies but nothing seems to

>>> help.Has anyone used

>>> benefiber...is it o.k for our kids?Any advice

>>> please.

>>> thanks.

>>>

>>>

>>>

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

I just talked with the nurse from my son's clinic...it is the same

story...give him Miralax...it is safe and is used even in babies and it

is not absorbed into the system.I told her that if someone has leaky

gut syndrome it is not safe ....They are not co-operating at all

whenever I ask about any other option.I am scared that if I give him

something and he reacts we have to go back there.Anyway waiting for the

doctor ...I will ask her about all the different choices like mg,vit

c,lactulose,benefiber etc.Thanks everyone for replying.I am hoping that

he will have a good bm today or otherwise I have to do something.

Thanks.

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

My son is almost 4 and became chronically constipated with his first

DTaP shot as well. We did the lactulose and then the Miralax and

then I took him off the pharmaceuticals. Interestingly, what

ultimately seemed to work for my son was removing orange foods -

squash, pumpkin, carrots. It appears my son has a carotene issue.

I couldn't for the life of me give you a scientific explanation, but

since I removed those foods two months ago he has only missed one

day since (and went twice the next day). I had been through the

gamut of alternative remedies - high magnesium, oxypowder, enzymes,

Benefiber, aloe, glycerine suppositories, senna, etc. - and they all

worked to some extent, but too often we had to convert to liquid to

get it out. What we have now would certainly not rise to " tropy

poop " status, but it comes neither in liquid nor rock form, so we

are happy. I don't know that this will be the case for anyone else,

but know that there are options besides Miralax (which is in the

same chemical family as anti-freeze) and lactulose (which I think

has a very high sugar content and therefore probably feeds yeast).

It just takes effort, experimentation and resolve. You might check

out the group that deals with miralax (I don't remember the

name off the top of my head, but it should be easy enough to find).

There are some great suggestions there for resolving these issues.

Anne

> >>

> >>> Hi,

> >>> Does anyone here use any medicine for

> >>> constipation?My son's doctor has

> >>> been asking us to use miralax but I have avoided

> >>> that since i am not

> >>> sure about its safety.Please let me know what you

> >>> can do to relieve

> >>> constipation...i have tried high fiber cereals/brown

> >>>

> >>> rice/oats/fruits/veggies but nothing seems to

> >>> help.Has anyone used

> >>> benefiber...is it o.k for our kids?Any advice

> >>> please.

> >>> thanks.

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

>