LAURA/Re: HELP w/Delayed Gastric Emptying\Constipation

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Miralax works in a different way than psyllium. Miralax works by pulling water

from the GI tract and adding it to stool. If you have hydration issues, you

should be very careful. You are supposed to use 8 oz of water with Miralax or

you can get dehydrated. Our has never done this. She takes it in about

an oz of water. But she is also on lasix--so pulling water out is not a bad

thing

for her. Psyllium is a bulk forming laxitive that stimulates peristalsis. If

you

have poor peristalsis, psyllium can be OK. The problems is that people often

over-use psyllium and then need it in order to go to the bathroom. Miralax

does not have the peristalsis-stimulating effects of psyllium. Psyllium can be

used for both constipation and diarrhea.