Fw: Re: Son on Miralax for almost 4 yrs...

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This is the long term side effects with ilues that I'm talking about, just found this e, how sad, our story is very similar. Many of these children seem to have accidents long after taking and I mean long................----- Forwarded Message ----To: guamkeith@...Cc: miralax Sent: Tue, November 9, 2010 7:18:23 AMSubject: Re: Re: Son on Miralax for almost 4 yrs...

Hi, Ken.I have been reading your story.Our son was on Miralax

from age 10 months to around age 6 before we realized the stuff was junk.

You can image the damage done. He still has lots and lots of

accidents. What I wanted to tell you was that we send him to school, he

plays sports, etc etc, but he wears a pullup. He is 8 now, and we pray

some day that his poop will be normal and his muscles will allow him to poop

properly. He takes Culturelle and eats Activia. (He is a very

picky eater, so eating Activia yogurt is a milestone victory for us!!)

There is 6 years worth of damage; we don't expect overnight results.Good

luck.Quoting Ken

: Thanks so much for the

advice. I'm actually just starting the probiotics and I've heard good stuff

about the nature calm so I'm probably going to go ahead and give that a try. Does anyone ever use a herbal laxative tea? I've heard some stuff about them but

not sure which one if any to get.... thanks!> > Hi! I'm new on here and

just looking for some help. My son has had > pooping issues since he

was about 2--at 3 they put him on Miralax. He > just turned 7

yesterday. We just took him off Miralax 6 days ago. We > were

researching it after our last GI appt. because I just felt like > we

have gotten NO answers and they just keep having us up the dose. > For

the last 6 months he was on Miralax and Exlax every day and still >

having trouble. After reading all the side effects etc.. we realized >

that he was showing so many of the symptoms--behavior changes, tremors > of his fingers, headaches etc.. But now, we're not sure what to do--if

> any one has any suggestions I would really appreciate it. We sit him

> on the toilet 3-4x a day and have upped his water intake alot. His

> poop is very pasty and is stuck to his behind--Someone mentioned this

> could be from the Miralax--not sure. He has to be homeschooled

because > of the accidents etc.. We tried twice to put him in school

and ended > up pulling him out as he was constantly staying home or

coming home in > new clothes from accidents. We feel so bad for him and

just want to > figure out what will help him. Thanks>