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Well... the gold standard is Phosphate soda. It tastes nasty by it does work. It comes in a small bottle OTC and you mix with Water and drink it. If that does not help, contact your doctor to see about an enema.

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You can also try magnesium citrate, it comes in a liquid form and in a couple different flavors. From what I remember it does not taste extremely bad, still not the best thing to drink though. Good luck, and yes if that does not work I'd see about an enema or your Dr.

~~~Stephanie

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Did you drink the Miralax every day? It works beautifully, but it's not a "take at bedtime, poop in the morning" type of laxative. A lot of times, it takes a good two days to kick in. And you can safely drink it daily for a couple of weeks. Even more, so I'm told.

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I have been suffering from Constipation, I've tried Mirelax,I've tried stool softeners an still nothing helps.any other suggestions?

Are you drinking plenty of Water? That is HUGE when it comes to elimination.

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"Smooth Move" Organic tea works wonders for me. I drink it at night and the next morning it helps. It's been amazing for me. I got very constipated from only doing the Protein Shakes on my pre-op diet.

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"Smooth Move" Organic tea works wonders for me. I drink it at night and the next morning it helps. It's been amazing for me. I got very constipated from only doing the Protein shakes on my pre-op diet.

I have to agree. Nothing was working for me and finally I stumbled onto Smooth Move tea. Works great!!

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MOM milk of magnesium works very well good old stand by.

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I take Collace every night... I take pain medication... Collace in a stool softener... VERY mild... it works great... I've been taking it for it for 5 years. You can get it any drug store, Walmart, costco.

Tom, Toronto

Banded July 6 06

Wt. Loss: 156 lbs

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MOM milk of magnesium works very well good old stand by.

Yeah, good'ol Milk of Mag......never lets me down :P

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I've been struggling with Constipation lately too. I'm thinking about a one daily. Milk of magnesia always helps me though.

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