Bad constipation while having ibrutinib. Could someone please that experienced the same tell how it got resolved?

[J-123]

Thanks in antecipation for your help!!!!

[splashsplash]

I found lots of water and exercise helped.

[Name-1 in reply to splashsplash]

I take Lactulosis .

[J-123 in reply to Name-1]

Thank you very much for your answer!

Sorry....I sent the reply to you but it was meant to be addressed to splashsplash instead.

I will take a look into Lactulosis. Thank you very much for sharing!

Regards

[J-123 in reply to splashsplash]

Thank you . My mother now has a problem on her back so exercising is not very easy. She is drinking water (around 2 liters a day).

Thank you again!

[J-123 in reply to splashsplash]

Thank you . My mother now has a problem on her back so exercising is not very easy. She is drinking water (around 2 liters a day).

Thank you again!

[starsafta]

Are you eating a high fiber diet? Kiwis are particularly high in fiber, and some say that even one kiwi a day can help keep things flowing. Artichokes, peas, broccoli and many other vegetables are also fiber rich. Eating a plant based diet, with lots of greens, lentils, beans, veggies, and fruits, while avoiding flesh, is the best way to speed up the processing of food in our intestines. Animal products and fat tend to sit around in the intestines, blocking the process.

It wasn't until I learned that most of the other patients in my Idelalisib clinical trial were experiencing constipation that I realized what a benefit my 40 years of eating vegetarian was. That benefit continues now on Imbruvica. Even as I write this, I am eating leftover salad for my breakfast: kale, Romaine lettuce, carrots, peppers, mango, avocado, chickpeas, tomato, in a dressing of Bragg's raw apple cider vinegar, pomegranate molasses and lime juice. Yum!

Of course, if you are already vegetarian, I am stymied. If you are not, do consider lots of greens and beans.

[J-123 in reply to starsafta]

Thank you for all these tips. We will try to implement them as much as we can.

Regards and thank you again!

[Mijoed in reply to starsafta]

Not a vegetarian myself but I do find that cutting down on animal meat and fats certainly help in times of trouble.

I take a maintenence dose of lactulose daily and need to add senna tablets if I take any morphine based drugs.

If suffering from constipation, switching to the above type of diet works wonders ......

Mike

[flutterbye]

Prune juice always works for me

[J-123 in reply to flutterbye]

Thanks for your answer. She just fractured the one of the necks of her femurs and will have to go through a surgery so this problem became secondary....Anyway thanks a lot!

[mgh348]

Magnesium should help.

[Name-1 in reply to mgh348]

In addition Lactulosis syrup,occasionally,eat stewed dried plums and dried figs.

Tell You if it's works.

Greeting

Olga

[J-123 in reply to mgh348]

Thanks for your answer. She just fractured the one of the necks of her femurs and will have to go through a surgery so this problem became secondary....Anyway thanks a lot!

[mgh348 in reply to J-123]

Oh no! So sorry to hear that.