Picked up the Mirilax tonight and will try it tomorrow. Hope it works!

some herb teas can be really helpful. There is one called alpine tea which is really great for opiate constipation.

It is a red seal product - if that brand is not available where you live then you may be able to find something similar. When I have taken it, I had to make sure not to have it more than once a day esle I would get the runs. It is very gentle, and not habit forming for the bowel.

good luck with the miralax

raglet

Can you do something to the tea so that it doesn't taste like tea? I have never liked tea so am afraid I couldn't get it down.

Jay

Actually the tea that I use for this (alpine tea) tastes like liqouriche (sp?), and I take it with a about half a teaspoon of honey. I just make up half a small cup of it, let it cool then just chugg it down quickly.

cheers

raglet

I've taken the Mirilax for 3 days straight and it seemed to work, though the 3rd night I woke up with stomach cramps, feeling like I had to go, but nothing happened. Are you supposed to take this stuff everday of your life? Do you skip a day?

How are any of you dosing Mirilax?

Thanks,

Jay

Well, about 6 days on the Mirilax and it seems to help with the BM's, but its leaving my stomach always feeling like someone has punched me in the gut! I haven't eaten dinner in 4 nights and only a very small snack around 11pm. My appetite has really dropped off which concerns me. Also, I seem to have on and off major gas. I tried going off it for one day, which didn't change anything in the symptoms, so went back on it the next morning. I always take it in the morning mixed into some juice. I'm going to go off it for now and see if I get feeling better.

Has anyone else had this reaction? Did you stop taking it?

I'm going to have my wife try and find the alpine tea raglet noted, but I absolutely hate tea and honey, so maybe I'll try it with a good dose of sugar instead of honey.

I'm really hating this folks!

Jay

People report gas commonly with Miralax.

You can try reducing the amount you are taking, or use it every other day, etc, or only when needed.

I think it is the glycol function...bacteria in the bowel are metabolizing it and producing gas.

There are anti-gas capsules called Gas-X you can use that will help you pass the gas more comfortably.

I have see on some other internet sites that the gas may get better with time. (but I personally wouldn't count on that).

Make sure you drink enough fluids during the day while taking Miralax. If I am 'good' about it, it solves my problem....then I get lazy, 'forget' my Miralax, and plug up with river rock, resulting in a rear end approach to solve the issue (most unpleasant).

I too, have gastroparesis. It is best if you can sip fluids all day long, don't load your stomach all at once, or you can lower your blood pressure, vomit and just generally feel awful.

I found out by accident, after having an IV contrast and barium contrast CT yesterday, that the barium contrast part makes your bowels move.....they did not bother to tell me that. So little makes my bowels move, so I was not really all that worried. I thought, well, if you are average, it makes your stools loose.

As I was leaving from the CT they asked me how far I had to drive. I told them. "22 miles, country, freeway". Here I had planned a nice stop for coffee and a donut, after being NPO for 4 hours and missing my morning coffee.

They said, 'You may get loose stools', as I trotted out the door.

Well, I managed not to poo on my new Subaru, by divine intervention alone. I want to keep that new car smell for a while. I just got that car a few months ago and have been OCD about it. It is my 'last' car.... I burst into the house, plowed past my 3 loving labradors, with 12 entangled dog legs of every color fumbling with my feet, flying as fast as a roadrunner.

I made it to the throne, where I delivered something. I didn't look.

I remained in a Depends for a few hours after that, with many more forays to the restroom, punctuated by short naps and cramps. I do not recommend this as a cure for constipation.

I am fine now, really.

Miralax should help.....and yes, bowels become part of your daily conversation. I know my husband loves me, because he asks me if I pooped today. If he had thought that this would be part of his daily routine 36 years ago when he married me, hmmm, I wonder.....