HELP w/Delayed Gastric Emptying\Constipation

[Guest guest]

I was just wondering if anyone has ever tried something like natural Psyllium or

(Metamucil) for your children for delayed gastric emptying and/or constipation?

We give

our son Mira Lax by doctors recommendation, (he can't take Reglan), but if our

son has

delayed gastric emptying, why should we be giving him a laxative everyday? (I

am thinking

out loud here). Our son has pain in his stomach towards the end of his meal,

which

increases or happens faster if he drinks fluids along with his meal. I would

think his body

needs something to help push things through since it is moving through so

slowly.

Just curious if anyone has tried this at all, or even if it is OK for kids to

consume psyllium

daily.

Thanks for any insights, Shirley