Re: Re: What's A Person To Do?

April 19, 2012

17 capfuls within 24 hours along with additional laxatives for an at home cleanout.

17 capfuls over how much time? A week? Two weeks? Not 17 capfuls in a day?

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> > **

> >

> > ** I agree with this and that's why I view Miralax as an absolute last

> > resort. But this reminds me of something else--Miralax is a strange drug in

> > that it becomes MORE dangerous when you take too little of it than when you

> > take more of it. I know that sounds odd but this is why: when you take just

> > a little, it isn't enough for a cleanout and it gets stuck behind an

> > impaction and sits there long enough for the body to a) absorb some of it

> > and break it down potentially into ethylene glycol. (This is just my

> > theory by the way but I ran it past my GI doctor and he thought it was

> > sound.) But when you take more of it, enough to really clean everything

> > out, it is less dangerous because it passes through the digestive tract

> > faster and there is less of an opportunity for absorbing it and less time

> > for the body to break it down at the molecular level and form ethylene

> > glycol.

> >

> > If you use this drug, BE CAREFUL with it. We are using it but I do find it

> > scary. Bear in mind also that doctors are starting to use PEG (Miralax) to

> > help carry drugs through the blood-brain barrier. Of course in those cases

> > they are injecting it but...think about the fact that PEG is good at

> > getting stuff through the blood-brain barrier. What might it usher through

> > that would otherwise get filtered out and excreted by the body? To me this

> > is another reason to be very aggressive about keeping the colon clear so

> > you don't end up with toxic sludge sitting in there getting absorbed.

> >

> > Also bear in mind that sometimes Miralax isn't enough to clear all the

> > impactions if they are long-standing. My daughter had so much stool in her

> > colon that even though we put her in the hospital and she had a 24-hour

> > drip of Miralax through a nose tube into her intestines to clean her out

> > for a colonoscopy, the doctor later told me that she could have done that

> > for days and never cleaned out what was in there--she had a football-sized

> > impaction, he said, and they had to clean it out manually while she was

> > under anesthesia (had to cancel the colonoscopy for the time being).

> >

> > Finally, another thought: to reduce the overall level of exposure to drugs

> > that can stress the body in various ways, I think it's wise to stick to an

> > otherwise all natural diet while taking a drug like Miralax. But that again

> > is just my theory. I feel like, let's just stick to the one drug that she

> > was prescribed and not add to the chemical cocktail with food

> > preservatives, artificial sweeteners, and the like. Though I can't screen

> > out all food additives because she goes to school, spends time with

> > relatives, etc.

> >

> > Anyway, just my thoughts--when you make a decision like this, you have to

> > really think through all the angles.

> >

> > Bonnie

> >

> > * What's A Person To Do?

> >

> > What's a person to do if while being aware of the possible pitfalls of

> > Miralax, the fact might remain that perhaps Miralax might be the only thing

> > that does the job?

> >

> > Staying plugged up is NOT an option.

> >

> > Tom

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April 19, 2012

yes they gave 17 capfuls = 289 grams, they made a big mistake and obviously read the label wrong and almost costed this child's lifeTo: miralax Sent: Thu, April 19, 2012 9:22:35 AMSubject: Re: Re: What's A Person To Do?