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5 year old and laxido

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hi there my little girl is 5 years old and on 8 sachets of laxido a day her poo is thick brown liquid like gravy sorry tmi and theres not as much as last weekI was wondering if any one knew if I can start reducing the sachets I can't get a hold of the nurse and she's off now till Monday any advice would be a help thanks

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If ur doing a dissempaction then I've been told to get to the watery stage (bottom one on Bristol stool chart), then gradually reduce it e.g 6 sachets, next day 4/5...etc until down to maintainence dose (about 3 days later).

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