Re: Is Miralax legal on SCD?

[Guest guest]

Elaine did not like Miralax.

Even the literature from the company says that it is for acute cases

and shouldn't be used long term (more than two weeks).

Have you tried the constipation remedies from Elaine's website?

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

Jody

mom to -7 and -9

SCD 1/03

[Guest guest]

Elaine did not like Miralax.

Even the literature from the company says that it is for acute cases

and shouldn't be used long term (more than two weeks).

Have you tried the constipation remedies from Elaine's website?

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

Jody

mom to -7 and -9

SCD 1/03

[Guest guest]

>

> Elaine did not like Miralax.

>

> Even the literature from the company says that it is for acute cases

> and shouldn't be used long term (more than two weeks).

>

> Have you tried the constipation remedies from Elaine's website?

> http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

>

>

> Jody

> mom to -7 and -9

> SCD 1/03

>

I have tried the prune juice/orange juice thing--well, this morning he

wouldn't take it, but he did end up having orange juice/pineapple

juice. On one occasion he seemed to have some cramping after the prune

juice, but it didn't actually result in him pooping. I'm not sure we've

been on the diet long enough for it to really help (just since Monday,

we weren't willing to wait a week to try the remedy, or even go without

medication). He's also been on about 28 g of miralax a day (normal max

dose is 17 g) for about a year now--with some ups and downs in dosage.

He used to require a second medication as well, so he's actually

improved. My son basically only poops without pain if it's an almost

liquidy consistency. He doesn't get really hard poop, even before

medication, it's more like it got pasty, but he was in tremendous pain

and was quite backed up. He definitely has a stretched out rectum and

that's a big part of the issue. He says that his stomach hurts all the

time, every day, it just hurts at some times more than others. He's

definitely getting backed up now.

I do hope to get him off miralax, and I'm not crazy about it either.

But I do want to know if taking it while on the diet will keep the diet

from working (since it would be silly to do both at once, I guess, if

that's the case). For things like mag. citrate, in order for it to

work, he has to take so much that it makes him puke, and I'm reluctant

to go there again

Thanks for your help,

Sherri