Experiences with

Movicol

The Gp prescribed movicol initially at a high dose that we then dropped down (think it was 6 per day to begin, then reduce to 2 per day once she'd had a clear out) this seemed to give her tummy ache and when she did eventually go it was so forceful like an explosion!

My son is 6.5 and he is having trouble with poo and wee accidents, we have been to the GP had movicol and senicot and have been referred to a Gastroenterologist our first appointment is in May. I can relate very much to the stress and frustration other posters are experiencing.

They asked us to start him on movicol. After this I recorded for 2weeks and he was going every day so we did not give him the movicol. He started on desmopressin melts and after 2 weeks still no improvement, they doubled the dose. He has been on this for nearly 5 weeks now and still no improvement.

GP was useless - put her on movicol with zero explanation as to what to do. Got to the diarrhoea stage, panicked, went back to the GP who took us off it and said it was a control issue that she would grow out of.

Tried movicol, made things much worse, Spoke to ERIC, who suggested 'swetcorn test' which was on the long side, suggested disimpaction then maintence which we did last October. since then tried varying doses of maintence Movicol, seems stool either too hard or too loose & either way continues to have

since she started toilet training 2 years ago. she has had xrays, ultrasounds etc...she sees a Nephrologist every 6 months but basically we are getting no where- Consultant says she has a dysfunctional bladder and just to keep going as we are and to try to get 1 litre of fluid into her a day, she is on movicol

Drs have prescribed movicol although she refuses to drink it if she knows it's in her drink and I struggle to get her to drink much anyway. She is awaiting a paediatrician appointment but I've been told that because it's been going on for so long it may not be treated as urgent!

Hi there, my nearly 10 yr old is on Oxybutinin, movicol & desmopressin & all ben under control for last 6 mon the! !

She went through a soiling phase a couple of years ago, we didn't think she was impacted but we did the whole movicol thing which made things much worse!

Hes had movicol,lactolose,picosulphate and microlax enimas.. his current meds are 10mls of picosulphate and 6 sachets off movicol with microlax evry 4days.

I gave her one sachet of Movicol and this produced dramatic diarrhoea but got rid of the tummy ache. No more Movicol. The loose poo continued for a week so I took her off lactose, this helped a bit. Last weekend, another tummy bug struck.

He has been on and off movicol and Laxido and the occasional use of lactulose when needs be. Even on movicol he is still holding for around 4 days on average. He makes signs that he needs to go everyday but I cannot get him to routinely sit on the loo.

He was placed on a tough movicol regime to clear the blockage. For the last 10 days we have been through this and his stools went to the last stage on the chart - loose and watery. We hope this means the blockage has clearered.

She has been on movicol for 2.5yrs and things had finally been going well for the last few months only requiring movicol from time to time and managing to poo on the toilet every other day.

We've taken her to the Drs and been given movicol and lactolose. But she's withholding probably 10/15 times a day and each time lets a tiny bit out meaning lots and lots of changes. It's become so readily for our family. She's not the same happy girl she once was.

Just a quick note for anyone just starting with the delights of movicol. Docusate didn't do anything for me to 'get things moving more quickly' in the battle with sluggish food transit but Movicol has.

We have been under the continence nurse for years (now discharged as made no difference), seen paediatricians (nothing medically wrong) and tried all sorts of medicines (movicol, senatot, desmomelts and more) and nothing works - it seems to be pure laziness.

I started to get constipated a lot, i was given all types of laxatives until fybrogel and movicol seemed to work well. I developed severe hemorrhoids which had to be operated on. The operation did the trick but in getting rid of them I then developed more issues. 1.

He's been back to the docs and she thinks it's anxiety, there isn't anything seriously wrong physically, and to stay on the Movicol and up it if needed.

We've been on movicol since he was 1 also. He used to have one sachet a day which pretty much kept him regular although he never had the right type of stool. Since around December he has been suffering with major bloating (like huge). We've been docs lots of times since December about it.