Constipation

[kloofnek]

I am recovering from shingles and still in a lot of pain.
And so,am on medication which has caused constipation,have tried every remedy under the sun to no avail..has been nearly a week now and am getting worried.Even have something the doc recommended
Help please.!!!!

[Hopkirk]

Sqad was doing the rounds once. He wanted to write some notes, so reached in his top pocket. He looked down at the object in his hand and said "oh, a suppository. Some bum's got my pen".

[Sqad]

LOL ^^

[anneasquith]

Well done, I'm sure you must feel great :-)

[Hopkirk]

While we are on the subject, switching from wheat cereal to a daily bowl of porridge has done wonders for me.

[douglas9401]

Top tip for using suppositories, read the label.
I used them for the first time in my life a few weeks ago and was so keen to get results I ripped open the wee packet and went for it.
Insertion eventually but it was like something out of a hellish Generation Game.
On reading the instructions for the second I noted the bit about moistening with water, disappeared like it was going up the hoover hose.

Good luck to you, it's a miserable affliction.

[ducksie]

You should try a black bomber, medicine cup of prune juice with any lactose medicine like duphalac - it works maybe after two doses, medication I use means I have to use movicol in sachets so i don't think that's otc but I do remember when in hospital the nurses giving me the black bomber - looking at the replies earlier, I wondered for Islay, I never heard of milk for constipation but you are correct - I didn't doubt but just never heard of it then I wondered do you have problems with dairy products on general, lactose intolerant (I know I'm coming away from the original question, sorry kloofnek)

[Old_Geezer]

I don't like suppositories, they tasted awful.
And for all the good they were I may as well been shoving them up my a...

[Jackdaw33]

OG, I beat you @14.24.

[Bobsy]

I suffered for ages and then found that one small Kiwi fruit a day solved it.

[murraymints]

a sachet of movicol in water daily whilst on the meds...

https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/medicine/15033

available on prescription as well as over the counter..

for me ..strong black coffee or cider does it !!

[Islay]

Ducksie I can’t tolerate dairy products other than cheese so if I ever get bunged up I just take few sips of milk and wait for it to work lol

[Georgiesmum]

I remember buying gripe water too but it was always "Nurse Harveys".

[kvalidir]

You need a stool softener and a 'pusher' so Lactulose, Laxido sachets and Dioctyl tablets work well and can be adjusted up and down until the right balance is found :) Hope you 'go' soon.

[murraymints]

kloofy, well she couldn't poo
all a dither , what to do
pills and potions "bullets" too
nothing took her to the loo

what else can one safely take
tried them all for goodness sake
enough strong cider to fill a lake
and coffee too, some with cake

then relief .. at long last she went
joy, indeed from heaven sent
no more pain in double bent
free from pain , tired and spent !

[kloofnek]

Aw Murraymints,a poem dedicted to moi....it`s brilliant...Thank You

[murraymints]

lol xx

[ducksie]

I did wonder Islay, thanks - poor you :(

[Jackdaw33]

You have to go a long way back to remember Beecham's pills.

"Hark, the Herald Angels Sing,
Beecham's pills are just the thing
Peace on Earth and mercy mild,
2 for adults and one for a child."

[kloofnek]

I remember Beechams Powders,wrapped in a folder bit of white paper...gosh .that is going back some years!!!