Hi my 12y son is showing symptoms of crohns like his dad (who has agressive form). Seen a specialist but not had colonoscopy yet but was told to take movicol for 2 weeks to flush his system? Not sure why then on loperamide to control bowels. He has been taking movicol for a week now and his bowel movements have done the opposite- for first time in months he is only going poo once a day? I'm confused as this stuff was suppose to flush him out and now I'm beginning to worry he might have a blockage or something. Has anyone else experienced this issue? If so any advice. Thanks
Movicol not working?
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Not much advice, sorry, it does seem a strange thing to try. What symptoms? I think while waiting for tests, it's usually recommended to try a simpler diet: low fiber, lactose free to see if that helps. Could also try Ensure for low-weight, add a multivitamin, no ibuprofen.
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Movicol takes at least three days to start to work .
Any dose changes sooner than three days is an issues
Ds has been on the us version miralax for 5-6 years daily .
It does not cause you to have more biwel movement if you are only taking between 1/2-1 capful a day . Ds typically has one to two bm a day when on it.
Movicol is an osmotic not a laxative .
It draws water in the stool so they stay softer and easier to pass .
If your child is taking more than 2 caps a day then you would expect more bm.
Sometimes Gi thinks everything including abdominal pain is "just constipation pain " even if the kiddo is not constipated ( having at least one bm every three days or soft bm)
So I assume your Gi was trying to rule that out .
Hugs
My kiddo is 12 and was dx at age 7.
He has constipation as part of his crohns
Any dose changes sooner than three days is an issues
Ds has been on the us version miralax for 5-6 years daily .
It does not cause you to have more biwel movement if you are only taking between 1/2-1 capful a day . Ds typically has one to two bm a day when on it.
Movicol is an osmotic not a laxative .
It draws water in the stool so they stay softer and easier to pass .
If your child is taking more than 2 caps a day then you would expect more bm.
Sometimes Gi thinks everything including abdominal pain is "just constipation pain " even if the kiddo is not constipated ( having at least one bm every three days or soft bm)
So I assume your Gi was trying to rule that out .
Hugs
My kiddo is 12 and was dx at age 7.
He has constipation as part of his crohns
