Hi everyone.

[cmjoyce]

Those of you taking co-codamol for your pain, what do you take to keep constipation away?

Thank you

CmJoyce

[Jalia]

High fibre cereal (50g) such as AllBran for breakfast each day + fruit , as much veg as you can stand (!) plus plenty of fluids If that's not sufficient then a stool softener such as Laxido, from the chemist, does the trick

[cmjoyce in reply to Jalia]

Thanks for your suggestions. Will try

[Happyrosie]

I drink plenty of water and eat beetroot and figs

[cmjoyce in reply to Happyrosie]

Thanks . Will try

[piglette]

Prunes

[cmjoyce in reply to piglette]

Not enough on their own for me. Thanks

[piglette in reply to cmjoyce]

Vindaloo work pretty well too!!

[NBeh]

Hi I have AllBran cereal and prunes! Prunes are amazing and I remember, in the olden days , they used to give it to patients for breakfast in hospital! Also have fruit and vegetables! Not too much banana though as that makes my constipation worse! Not sure why! Lots of water too!

Hope it helps!

[cmjoyce in reply to NBeh]

Prunes are not enough on their own for me. Thanks for your reply

[NBeh in reply to cmjoyce]

You welcome! I was going to say senokot might help!

[Happy5]

Drink lots of water even more in this heat. Drink banana based smoothies and cherries get me going.

TBH I only use Co-codamol as last resort, trying not to use for days on end.

[cmjoyce in reply to Happy5]

Do try but water is not enough, Can not cope without pain killer though, Thanks

[chrisj]

Dried fruit and nuts

[cmjoyce in reply to chrisj]

Do have dried fruit but need something more Will keep searching for an answer. Thanks for replying

[Hidden]

Dulcolax works for me

[cmjoyce in reply to Hidden]

Thank you. Have not tried that yet.

[Wansell26]

Fulfils works for me to

[cmjoyce in reply to Wansell26]

What is that? I have never heard of it.

[Jackie1947]

GP can prescribe a sachet you mix with water. Not Fibrogel something else

[Lemonice61]

lactulose BD, dose according to results, works very well.