amitiza and miralax

This is on top of a strong oral medication (Amitiza) and magnesium. With Miralax, I get the stuff in the bottle and take 1 1/2 capfuls once a day and as needed.

I was sick in bed all day yesterday with upper and lower abdominal pain, bloating and nausea but not sure if it was from this med. I was also told to increase my Gabapentin up to 900 mg a day. I hate taking any of this stuff. Thus is from my Stanford doctor and I still don't think they are sure what I have. My GI doctor here suggested I see the surgeon again about my gallbladder as a HIDA scan showed a 19% ejection fraction.

m getting older constipation is becoming more prevalent so I take Metamucil but it seems to make it worse. So then I take Miralax with it but I then I have gas ALL the time and with it, poop. I feel chained to the bathroom and of course never clean. Zelnorm was the beat solution and worked really well but then was taken off the market. What can I do to resolve this ever increasing problem?

I went to a gastroenterologist the next day and she thought it was IBS and prescribed me Amitiza and Bentyl. I have been on the Amitiza and it makes me have frequent watery BMs...and the Bentyl does not do much. The pain is constant and I feel like I'm pregnant I'm so bloated (I'm not!) could this really just be IBS? Could the pain be reproductive (i.e. ovarian cysts) I'm going to school for nursing and it is really interfering with my education...

I have tried everything from high fiber diet, miralax, enemas, and I have been on Amitiza and Sentakot for three days and to no avail. I researched some on the internet and I am concerned that the gastrointestinal issues are from macrocyctic anemia (b-12 or pernicious anemia) from what I can figure from my symptons and blood work. What is the treatment for such? Whom would I see regarding this? What other methods will relieve the constipation? I am very miserable and feel awlful 24/7.

Not the greatest tasting concoction ever blended up, but I added that to my miralax and colace regimen and I have been able to maintain a fairly regular bowel schedule, which is very hard for me to do.

I am dieing to know the med as well as nothing seems to work for me.. I have been doing the Fiber thing (which too much makes the gas get trapped in the colon even worse and the pain is god aweful)..

Long and twisted colon that tends to slow passage of stool and cause constipation that can be quite severe. I take Miralax and Amitiza for mine. They work, but are expensive - especially the latter.

I have done the doxycycline and a few other therepies that my gastrointerologist recommended. They would work for a while and then would get worse agan. I am now taking Amitiza and am doing pretty good with it. Though I have now started noticing a correlation to my menstral cycle and the onset of these symptoms. A week before i start my period I will stop haveing BMs. Completely. I won't go again until I start. And then I usually have to induce it somehow.

ones that have worked for me at one point or another are miralax, milk of magnesia, magnesium citrate, docusate, and lactulose; I also know many people who have been helped a lot by amitiza, which is a prescription, but it hasn't helped me). I would recommend trying a warm water enema to see if that will work for you.

My dil is a medical assistant and I have asked her in the past about to much fiber, she said there is no such thing. Fiber yes may bulk up but it attaches to the wall/lining of the colon/intestines and pulls the junk/garbage from it, which is exactly what you want it to do. Key is drink plenty of fluids with the fiber to help flush the process through. I am in this "misery" with you all. I have suffered with chronic constipation since 2001 after my hysterectomy.

Often the stools you describe are the best I can hope for, and only the fact I use Miralax and Amitiza allow anything to pass through my long and twisted bowel (which is a problem that is in addition to Celiac disease). So I would say it sounds like you have inflammation still, and if you do not have a particular cause for the inflammation, you are going to need to take meds to continue moving your bowels, and not expect things will be perfect immediately.

I take amitiza twice a day and drink miralax every night with prune juice. this has ruined my life. it has just gotten worse over the last 6 months.

I also have colonic inertia and a tortuous colon, but I have small intestine, stomach, and rectal problems too so my case is a little different from yours. For the constipation I have tried Miralax, Milk of Magnesia, Magnesium Citrate, Docusate, Doculax, Senokot, Lactulose, Amitiza, and probably some others that I am forgetting. I am tube fed so my diet doesn't really apply.

I am on milk of magnesia, amitiza, and dulcolax and my doctor wants me to try to get off the milk of magnesia. You can try using other medications for constipation to see if that works better. Amitiza is a new one out there but sometimes certain ones work better than others. Has your doctor ever mentioned abdominal migraines?

I just was diagnosed with a tortuous colon after months of agony from constipation and a lifetime of general gastrointestinal issues. I'm only 31 and would prefer not to have surgery...I heard it is very risky and last resort only. I've been told to take Colace and Miralax. I'm still having issues, although not nearly as bad as before I started the Colace. Some days or half days I'm fine and then back to the pain again. What are some other remedies people have tried?

Thanks and yes...I've had all the tests you mentioned above done. The only ones that showed anything was the CT scan showed a small kidney stone and the gastric emptying scan showed moderate to severe gastroparentsis. I need to work on the multiple smaller meals...I typically try to keep semi-healthy snacks at work and just eat dinner. I do try to eat low-fat...maybe I'm eating fiborous things and don't realize it. We tried amitiza and it did nothing...

I am always bloated and constipated and have gained weight out of nowhere and steadily gaining more. I eat healthy and exercise 3-4 days a week. I had a colonoscopy last year and the results were just internal hemeroids. I go to the bathroom 1-2 a week if im lucky and it is very painful and hard to manage. The doctors say that there is nothing wrong but there must be! I am always feeling nauseousness regardless of if and or what I eat.

But I am experimenting with using both Miralax and Metamucil, and it is a good combination for me. I also have to take a strong Rx medication - Amitiza - but due to the expense, you will want to avoid that if possible. It costs hundreds of dollars every month, but without it my system shuts down. Besides the long and twisted colon that a scope could not get through, I have Celiac disease.

Opiates will bind you up! Ask your Doc for "Linzess" or "Amitiza"....they aren't laxatives but you take them daily so you can go. I'm on opiates 10 yrs. now for a fractured hip and I use those meds. Remember, I'm NOT a doctor; this is just MY experience. Use Miralax, too.

But they never helped, and then 5 days ago when the doctor prescribed Amitiza, Miralax and Citracel, he told me to stop taking probiotics because he said they can cause constipation. Would you happen to have any other ideas??!!??!!

I have similar problems, but thankfully some things have worked for me. I use Amitiza and Miralax and I take magnesium citrate 500 mg every morning. Magnesium deficiency is a rampant problem, so I strongly suggest you try it. If you take calcium, take about 400 mg at night and do not take them together at the same time. You are also likely deficient in vitamin D. I take 2000 IU at night.

I'm dealing with the same type issue. I am 33 & my body stopped working in the past 6 months. I am hoping they fig it out with my next tests. I was in ER last week because it had been 17 days since I had a BM - and that hurt. Now, it's been 7 days since my last BM - I am on softeners, fiber, miralax, water, amitiza & NOTHING! I'm beginning to get worried.

6 days later I was at ER -177 pounds w/ severe abdominal bloating and constipation.I was constipated given Miralax. One week later I am in ER again @ 180 pounds,sft tissue pitted edema in right leg & calf, &l no bowel movement & ab swelling. I've been tested for Celiac and was neg..Had numerous GI tests all negative.I ws diagnosed w/ IBS-C and given Amitiza. I was in the hospital again on Friday. I looked 7 months pregnant,severe soft tissue pitted edema in my right leg.

Has anyone tried it and had it worked for you. Symptoms??

I begged her to give me something for some relief now that she knew this was the cause. She took me off of Miralax and put me on a high dose of Amitiza. This time I didnt stop taking it because it didnt do anything but because it made me VERY sick. I missed more work because the side effects made me feel as though I had the flu (aches, pains, chills, hot flashes, headaches). I took it as instructed with a meal to not get nauseated which does help...

I have been on Miralax long-term thru my GI and it is a wonderful, non-addicting gentle way to use a laxative long term and in my opinion is better than Senna and much more comfortable to use. But make sure your Dr. rules out any reason why you need to use this med on a daily basis before you commit to using it. All my tests were negative so I got a thumb's up! And in the US now Miralax is otc~!

Ok so I have been diagnosed with ibs and a very slow digestive system so thereforemi might have a bowel movement once a month, when this does occur it is very painful im talking up there with child birth and I know how that feels, my first child I felt everything so its so painful and I can feel it moving in my tummy as its going down and as it does that it literally feels like it has glass or nails in it along with this painful experience I have to were I dread having bm's this process is

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