Colace and pills n stuff

Hi again, yes it's me with more questions, aren't you happy? lol Ok, here is the deal. I tested positive for H- Pylori. Unfortunately getting my results crossed over with my surgery date and now I have to take a Prevpac ( 4 pills in the morning and 4 at night...Prevecid capsule, Biaxin tablet and 2 Trimox capsules ) brett said to go ahead and try it, if I couldn't do it then wait and they would treat it later on. I managed to get all 4 down. He said to space it out so I did it over about an hour and a half. He said I could swallow them. It wasn't too bad and it's only for 14 days but any suggestions on making it easier would be appreciated. He also said I could take Colace and swallow it whole. I took one yesterday. Is anyone using it and how much are you using. if not, what is your method for treating constipation. So far it's not too bad but I want to have ideas ready because we all know sometimes there is nothing worse that things ummm, refusing to move lol. Thank you once again, Linda

Update on the pills. Just called Larry ( the best pharmacist in the world lol ) and he told me with the Prevpac I can open the Trimox capsules and mix them with food...soooo I just saved myself 2 of the 4 pills for each dose. yaaay

God bless ya. I could not stand open pills. Since my gallbladder is bad Dr. Wynn let me take my actigall whole at 2 weeks & thankfully everything else was chewable. You seem to be doing great with everything!

Linda, I take colace only as a last resort but when I do I take 2 tabs a night.Try a small amt of unsweetened prune juice daily also make sure you get in your water this really helps. Cathy

Prune juice! Forgot all about that, thatnks for the suggestion. off to the Acme lol Linda

Well, I am still having the big "C" problem. I take Colace, one in the am, one in the pm. Brett told me not to take anymore than two a day. This has been since surgery.. 10 wks?? or so. I drink lots of fluids and get a little fiber and fat in, so I don't really know what else to do. I'd appreciate anyone's comments as well. ps. Linda, its a gel cap so it disolves pretty quickly.. so I'm told, so it's okay to swallow it if you can.

Hey Linda! Lets see, when Brett was telling me to make sure I get my iron in..he wrote down to take colace 2x a day. I haven't had to use it yet...but I did get the generic form at Target. Hugs, Kimberly

For a few weeks I would take Colace only every other night before bed. I now don't use it but I try to eat salad and broccoli and things like that every day and it seems to work. In the begining I used those glycerin suuposotories but colace is so muhc easier. Just keep your water intake up and try to eat ruffage!! Hope