Disimpaction

[DJC1102]

Disimpaction over 2 weeks still treating 4 year old on 6 sachets of Movicol a day. Poo very sludgy & dark. Any idea at what stage we are at? Thanks

[Bambie83]

Did you manage to achieve a ‘watery stage with bits in’ stage at 8 sashets a day?

[DJC1102]

No not yet, very runny & dark. Dr prescribed 6 sachets max a day and 10ml Senna at night.

Thanks

[Bambie83 in reply to DJC1102]

Not sure the difference between Movicol and Laxido (which I use) but it should be day one 2 then 2 days of 4, 2 days of 6 and then 2 days of 8 by which point you should be expecting a lot of mushy poo - followed by thin watery poo with bits in. Once you got that stage

then slowly reduce to 6 then 4 then 2.

We've stuck with a maintenance dose of 2 and got it on a repeat prescription for the foreseeable. If all goes to plan we hope to reduce it to 1 and then half over the next few months.

Hope that helps...

[Amychamps]

Hello, we have just finished this exact thing. I went back to the doctor after a week to ask what it is I’m looking for. She told me, after the slushy stuff you should start to see rabbit pellets, then a sausage like poo, then another round of slushy stuff and that means she’s clear. However we didn’t get any of that. We basically just got to a point where we were giving her 6 a day and she had almost nothing left to poo out. So we started reducing when she wasn’t pooing anymore. Good luck!!

[DJC1102]

OK thanks. That is the problem not sure if we should continue...

[Yaleamanda]

You definitely need to continue, go the maximum dose of 8 sachets per day, stay there until you reach rusty water looking poo. Once you get there remain there for 3 consecutive days of rusty water looking poo before you start reducing the dose very slowly i.e. 8,8,8,7,7,7,6,6,6 and so on until you reach a suitable maintenance dose to keep on.

[DJC1102]

Thanks, I'll try to go up to 8 then.

His poo is runny & sludgy very dark on the 6 per day.

We're now on 3 weeks of this.