MiraLax and tummy cramps?

[sleevegirl88 54]

So the doc wants me on a stool softener daily pretty much. He said to use Miralax and instead of it helping my stool soften, im staying constipated and getting awful tummy cramps. Im going to call him tomorrow bc hes in surgery all day today, but has this happened to anyone else?

[Matt Z 4,138]

17 minutes ago, sleevegirl88 said:

So the doc wants me on a stool softener daily pretty much. He said to use Miralax and instead of it helping my stool soften, im staying constipated and getting awful tummy cramps. Im going to call him tomorrow bc hes in surgery all day today, but has this happened to anyone else?

Try Colace. With miralax it floods your intestines with Water, so you need to make sure your water intake is quite high or you'll get cramping. Colace works by actually softening the stool.

[sleevegirl88 54]

4 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

Try Colace. With miralax it floods your intestines with Water, so you need to make sure your Water intake is quite high or you'll get cramping. Colace works by actually softening the stool.

Thanks!!! Ill definitely try this!

[Matt Z 4,138]

2 minutes ago, sleevegirl88 said:

Thanks!!! Ill definitely try this!

Still really push the liquids when you are using any sort of stool softener or evacuation promoter.

[sleevegirl88 54]

Will do, right now being preop, im getting my 64oz in but ill up it some for sure

[Matt Z 4,138]

11 minutes ago, sleevegirl88 said:

Will do, right now being preop, im getting my 64oz in but ill up it some for sure

Try to shoot for 128oz. 64 isn't enough to meet most people's daily minimum requirement (yes we do get Water from other sources as well), post op it's more important, since the body uses water to process fat, if you don't give it enough to meet it's daily minimum, then fat loss *will* suffer. It's not easy at first, but it does get easier as you keep trying.

[sleevegirl88 54]

Thanks for the advice, ill defn up it and hopefully that will help! I really appreciate how helpful everyone has been, the support on here has been awesome

[Matt Z 4,138]

15 minutes ago, sleevegirl88 said:

Thanks for the advice, ill defn up it and hopefully that will help! I really appreciate how helpful everyone has been, the support on here has been awesome

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[regina1 12]

Miralax gives me cramps as well - I liked benefiber more than miralax but still not great results. I take a drink of MOM every night with some Water. Probably about tablespoon or less and that has given me the best results from Constipation.

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[regina1 12]

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