Experiences with

Senna / Docusate

By noon I am feeling a bit better (will give lunch a miss though). i expect nause will clear by mid afternoon as usual Bowels not really clearing despite taking 2 Senna tablets, 4 docusate tablets and daily dose of lactulose.

Meanwhile I’m taking 3 docusate a day and 2 senna at night. I hardly have bowel movements. Feel constantly bloated, having severe crampy spasms in left lower back. Does anyone else suffer like this. I try drinking hot water in the morning. I find that prunes and fibre don’t really help.

I have been given docusate (dicotyl) to take to help with hard stools with my IBS constipation has anyone tried this medication, I can have IBS constipation for weeks then have to do something out my comfort zone like a hospital appointment then the IBS loose stools kicks in big time several visits to

Does anyone else use dicotyl/docusate and or mebedeverine for bowel issues? The GP has prescribed them to me and I'm pretty apprehensive about taking more meds on top of the naproxen and omeprazole I'm regularly taking, plus the doxycyclidine and metronidazole antibiotics the hospital sent me home with

I was diagnosed with IBS C and then SIBO but I do not have slow transit of food from my stomach (imaging using isotope). I try to keep with low FODMAP diet and recently seem to be managing a little better - haven’t used docusate laxative for maybe 6 weeks. Frequently I will have a day of very little

Hi everyone. My 3yo son is on Day 11 of a disimpaction regime (using CosmoCol/Laxido macrogols and Senna as a stimulant alongside) and although we're making progress (poos are type 6 with bits of his undigested food in), we're still nowhere near rusty coloured water it seems. He's really struggling to

Hello, My daughter has suffered with chronic constipation since birth. Being a ‘lock down baby’ she didn’t have the usual checks and was born passing unusually large, painful stools. We were always told that this would ease when she started weaning and introducing fibre. Unfortunately, this was not

Good morning all. I had a Triple Heart Bypass and Mitral Valve Repair and now have also been diagnosed with Heart Failure. Before my surgery I had a Laminectomy for Severe Spinal Stenosis. Unfortunately this failed so after a couple of months I was back to square one with my pain with the added complication

i’m at a loss at how to help my little girl - she’s been through so much since day 1 yet nobody seems to really understand what’s going on! She opens her bowels daily but we rotate between solid large poos, very watery to mushy consistency and the MUCUS in there is significant, with every bowel opening

Hi Been a while as I have been quite stable. so not been abroad for 6-7 years and on 1st September went on holiday abroad, very very anxious flyer, that day bowels were bad put it down to nervous. All inclusive holiday in Spain day 2, bloating, wind struggling to go to the toilet. Forget to take

My daughter (4.5) has Ehlers Danlos (connective tissue disorder) which affects her joints and muscles. It causes constipation, unsafe swallow and hyper mobility. We’ve done disimpaction for weeks, many times. The poo that comes out burns her so badly that her skin gets covered in pin pricks of blood

Last month I had 3 flare ups and everytime I had such severe diarrohea that I completely emptied my bowel. I now am constipated. I have been constipated my whole life, nothing helps, fibre included, and taking senna ends up with crippling pain. I have discovered Lactulose and find that this works

Hi, I have recently had an upset stomach that caused a bout of diarrhea and nausea just the day before I travelled to Majorca for a week's holiday. Since getting here I have felt better and started to get my appetite back but I have now gone constipated for 3 days! Has anyone ever taken a dose of Senna

I just had a minor op (Wednesday) when they numbed my bum (and around there, interesting). Now possibly due to painkillers that I tried to avoid I can't get things going -one nurse gave me tramadol assuring me it's fine for constipation (not, I trusted). They gave me a load of dulcolax tablets in the

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I do think things have settled somewhat, though it has only happened gradually. I realised I needed less and less of the docusate/cosmocol and hardly any now. I try to keep with the low fodmap diet but not totally. Thankfully my pains have reduced (I do wonder if some of that was linked to the laxatives

Hi, I have been diagnosed with IBS. My main symptom is constipation, which builds up no matter what I eat or drink and is accompanied by severe bloating and flatulence to the point where (especially in the evenings) I cannot be around people. I almost constantly feel as though I need the toilet but often

Hi My husband is chronically constipated due to PSP. It’s been a major issue for about 2 years but it’s getting worse… he was averaging once every 5 to 8 days and now last time was 14 days and this time it’s 15 I have a continence nurse and GP that have input fortnightly and we usually manage on a

Hi, everyone, I haven’t posted for quite some time now, I thought I was maybe getting a year off from being prodded, poked, wired up etc. However, following the recent request to provide a sample for the bowl screening service, I now need colonoscopy for further investigations. Questions for you, please

Hi, Looking for a bit of advice- we are on second disempaction with our 5 year old. Last year he had the max dose for at least 5-6 weeks and still did not reach rusty water. we have started another disempaction with senna and laxido this time and he has been on the max dose of laxido (12 satchets