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Does Lactulose work for constipation?

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Does Lactose work for toddler? My daughter hasn’t pooped in over a week and GP just suggested Lactose been taking it since last night nothing yet😟 She is withholding because it hurts when she goes.

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Yaleamanda

We found it pretty ineffective, you want movicol as a stool softener and a stimulant to help with the withholding

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dharshana in reply to Yaleamanda

so true. pls go with PEg 3350 also known as movicol

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Katieb1981

Hi Suechap, I’m sorry you’re going through this. In my experience lactulose does nothing. If your toddler hasn’t been for a week and is withholding then she is going to need suppositories. My son, now 8, was fobbed off with lactulose since he was 2 months old and now has to suffer with piles because of the damage that was done. Ask to be referred to the continence clinic, they are fantastic. If you don’t have one of those where you live discuss giving your daughter senna, which makes the bowel move and also a softener such as movicol which will help her to go everyday xxx

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14crosstitch14

liquorish will work, 3/4 small peices should help her poo. Lots of fluid and diet/exercise. I'm looking at getting some senna from doctors too.

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