Ok.. for chronic constipation you need a referral to a gastro enterologist.
However, constipation can be caused by a lot of dietary factors..
Some need high fibre, some low.
The other thing is that dulcolax sugar free liquid can be taken every day and will help. Movicols and laxido's are hopeless compared to the dulcolax.
Dont take tablets, as tsking it by liquid you have more opportunity to measure doses out according to how bad you are.
The reason for your constipation could be due to slow colonic transit if its not due to your diet.
For this to be tested you need to ask a consultant. Its a simple test. Swallow either 20 or 60 tiny markers that are in capsules. 3 days later an xray, sometimes 5 days later...
Where the markers are and how many show on the xray. Ideally you shouldnt have any still in you but I hd 58/60.....scattered all around the colon...
My gastro chap gave me lubiprostone (amitiza) but these are only prescribable by a consultant. They should only be taken for two weeks or a maximim of 4 weeks. My consultant kept me on them for over 12 months.
Then someone suggested I buy a vibration platefor another reason. I have found that going on this for 3 x 10 min sessions with my dulcolax now keeps my colon moving. My hubby goes on it and within 20 mins has to go to no2!! He has no problems. It enabled me to stop the lubiprostone.
The other thing is, you say constipated.. are you still managing to go every day. Mine was less than every 6 days.
In emergencies I was given picolax sachets to drink. This cleans the whole of too to bottom out... and much better and easier than enemas. If bad constipation the phospate 125ml enemas are better than the tiny 5ml ones.
