Colace alternative?

[holly116]

Sorry guys, but you all are kind of the experts

So DH had surgery and I think he should take something in this category but he can't swallow pills right now. Colace is my only personal experience and it's a liquid tab.
Has anyone taken mirilax etc with similar results? I have a pill crusher so something in tablet form would also be a good suggestion.

[fortnightlily]

Good old fashioned warm prune juice?

[AmyRI]

I haven't taken Miralax, but it's what my pedi prescribed for my kids for the same purpose as I've taken Colace. So yes, that would be my suggestion.

[jeaniebueller]

My DS takes Miralax at times and it works.

[bluelikejazz]

I used milk of magnesia for the first week after DD was born, then I weaned off and switched to colace.

The bottle said "guaranteed to work overnight", but it still took 4 days

[pinkpeony08]

Marilee should work fine... milk of magnesia is more powerful. You may be able to get liquid senna in the kids section too.

[Saudade]

They make liquid colace.

You can also pierce the colace capsule and squeeze the liquid out.

Also, colace is a stool softener and miralax is a laxative, fyi.

[pooh8402]

Colace has been on my (not so much) shit list lately because it doesn't work for me anymore.

I love Miralax. It works, almost too well, and I just mix it in whatever I'm already drinking. My OB said it was fine to take daily, but I only need to about every 2-3 days.

[holly116]

Sept 30, 2015 13:39:19 GMT -5 Saudade said:

They make liquid colace.

You can also pierce the colace capsule and squeeze the liquid out.

Also, colace is a stool softener and miralax is a laxative, fyi.

They do, I found that out when I spoke to the pharmacist at Walgreens. But she only had one huge bottle and it was nearly $30. She confirmed that Mirilax is fine to try so we'll see how that goes first.

[Deleted]

Milk of magnesia will work.
You can also try senokot-s. There is a liquid.
There is a liquid colace too.

I didn't suffer post birth constipation so I don't know how bad it is, but I always am surprised with the colace love. That drug is so weak IMO

[mannah]

You can get Senna which is a tablet and then crush it, or also get colace tablets (which are much harder to find but do exist) and crush up and mix with something.