Took 3 dulcolax...then read reviews...freakingg out

So after 5 hours of awful painful constipation this morning , My bf got me some dulcolax I took 3 and went about 30 min later...praise Jesus....Then i started to feel a little crampy and nausea.  The reviews for it are freakin crazy....people passing out, chills, pain....Im so afriad this is going to happen to me..any experience with this product?

 3 is a whole bunch of Dulcolax.  Keep drinking fluids and stay close to a restroom.  

I've started to eat 2 prunes a day to keep everything smooth and flowing.  The doctor suggested Benefiber.  More important is to find something that is preventative vs. having to take something once you are already constipated.

If by reading this at this time you are still feeling apprehensive, give the urgent care or your doc a call.    I'm not a Doc but think it you stay hydrated and rest, you'll give your body a chance to recover.

thank, I am normally not constipated but I had my galbladder out wednesday and was all bound up from the narcotics...I took 3 because I was in so much pain and that was the maximum dose...Think ill stick to clear liquids for rest of day

Clearly I don't know something.

What does pain medication have to do with constipation... and what kind of pain medication.

Thanks. I'm not aware of a link between these 2 things.
Sorry you're in pain/constipated/whatever happened afterwards.

christian

you DEFF get constipated after GB surgery.  Had to go to the ER for it 3 days after I had it out lmao

 Narcotics interfere with bowel motility........vicodin, percocet, morphine......they can shut your gut down.   The only serious problem I've had since my RNY was due to pain meds after my second round of plastics.   In preparation for my third round of plastics I was very well dosed up with ducolax.....saved me that time.      Susan

I have no advice about the Ducolax, just wanted to offer my sympathy. There's just nothing like the constipation pain meds cause, is there?

A couple of years ago I had a BAD fall---broke seven ribs and colapsed a lung, spent 7 days in the hostpial with a chest tube. Needless to day, I was taking a LOT of pain medication, AND eating hospital food---which is in no shape, form, or fashion suited for a DSer. They couldn't seem to believe me when I said I needed to get 100+ grams of protein and LOTS of fat. I went for days and DAYS without a BM, and they were giving me Miralax acround the clock, it seemed. I eventually got my mom to bring me a big o' cheeseburger, so I wouldn't die of 1) starvation, or 2) terminal constipation. (*grin*)

Hope you feel better soon!

Thanks sweet lady, It was really getting ridiculous when I was screaming and asking my bf to shoot me in the face while on the toilet.....love the cheeseburger story...

Just curious about something, as I don't know a whole lot about the DS surgery....Do you have to eat a lot of Fatty foods with this surgery?  If so, what kind of foods?  Also, is there a concern for damage to ones heart/arteries due to eating lots of fats?  I just don't know these answers, and would love to learn more...Thanks, Tammy

Tammy, you only absorb about 20% of the fat you eat. The rest comes out the old pooper. Unlike with the RNY , this malabsorption is permanent.. You need a certain amount of fat in your diet to keep things flowing. Because of the 80% not absorbing, it doesn't have a negative effect on arteries or the heart, at least according to what I have read.