Experiences with

Laxatives

Tried all the new, expensive medications as well as the gamut of traditional laxatives, suppositories and enemas to no relief. My symptoms have become more severe since the onset with new ones added almost weekly. Lately I am having excruciating ano-rectal pain not associated with time of BM.

Add some laxatives, have the liver biopsy and let's see what happens. He will then (apparently) be able to have a better idea what is going on.

I ve not had one good day in 5 weeks not even Xmas day this is horrendous now I just want to be back to the way I was before I had my Covid booster (yes that is what I think had cause all my abdo/bowel issues) Do other constipation sufferers feel this way after taking laxatives to help them go ?

I’m on laxatives everyday, stool softeners, suppositories, enema and now irrigation… and even if I do all the above in a day there is still stool left in my bowel. It’s not just a feeling of me needing to go, I genuinely have to go and there is always stuff leaving my body.

My normal symptoms are, bloating, trapped wind, feeling sick unsure if constipated or diarrhoea as been taking laxatives every night to make sure I go in the morning with a BM of type 6/7, I do only go once daily if took laxatives.

Surely the laxatives would be desensitising him causing him to not realise when he's been?

I've had to take laxatives daily otherwise my body just stops functioning. I've just had a colonscopy, I've also had an mri, flexible stigmoidoscopy and an endoscopy. all normal. but each time I give in a sample the calprotectin levels are rising, the most recent being just over 400.

Because I'm taking Ibrance I don't want to take laxatives so it looks like prunes and orange juice are back on the menu! If anyone has any tips for any other radio side effects please share!

I'm really relying on these laxatives every time I go and see a doctor they tell me they are safe to use long term worried I'm getting very reliant on them is anybody else in this situation and have they been told the same thank you.

We tried a song, a nappy, dropping slime in the toilet to make a ‘plop’, colouring the toilet seat in, cutting a hole in her knickers and sitting on the toilet, laxatives… you name it and we have tried it.

I’m also “bunged up” because of using Co-codamol and have to take a variety of laxatives each day. I have made an appointment to see my consultant but that’s not for 7 more days. It’s so odd that co-codamol works well but morphine does absolutely nothing.

Laxatives prescribed, but not needed to use them. It's more the nausea and cramps I'm having trouble controlling, which may start up after eating. Any ideas please?

When I had that dreadful appointment with surgeon and my cns nurse I asked her if I could maybe have baked beans she was doubtful and said we’ll try it but you may need to use laxatives afterwards. Nobody has been clear in my diet and I’m confused.

They've said - do not take any acid in any form, do not take any multivits or minerals ever, dont self treat b1, take more artificial enzymes to make myself constipated and manage that with laxatives. I asked should i be constipated all the timevand they said yes!

my dr has been hopeless a bowel nurse said it cd be "slow transit colon " but I wd think I wd have to be constipated all time for that and I'm not ( do have to take laxatives to go though) and I shd be referred to the colonectomy team but she referred me for a colonoscopy.

Hi , I’m having a baseline transit study on Friday & the consultant has let me carry on with the laxatives but has said to stop the Prucalopride, so he can hopefully get a better idea of what is happening in my colon .

Laxatives Laxatives work for some people with symptoms of bloating by encouraging the expulsion of faeces and gas. Keep a wellness diary This is a 12-week mood and food diary where you record what you are eating, how you are feeling (mood) and your IBS symptoms.

We've been referred to bladder and bowels service for possible constipation issues but still waiting to hear from them and also on laxatives. Thing is, our son has very rarely had hard poos. His poos are always loose and he goes multiple times a day.

with me ... so was moved over to an alternative Oxycodone hydrochloride- which although kills the pain only is effective for 45mins... but all this has caused stomach cramps especially in the upper part and acid reflux and lots of gas... to the point where i cant eat without feeling sick... i am on laxatives

The laxatives have worked so it isn’t a blockage. I am pretty thirsty and don’t seem to pee enough. Can this all be due to a brief experiment driven by extreme fatigue. I am aware that Tocilizumab can lead to tears in the stomach lining. Not sure where to go from here.