Question: My 3 year old grandson can become constipated overnight and it's very hard to get him going again. The doctor prescribed 2 tsp miralax a day and that didn't work so upped it to 2 tsp twice a day. That doesn't always work and when he goes into constipation mode they add fletchers castoria right away and when that doesn't work they add 15 ml of milk of magnesia and usually that takes 3 days to get him to have a bowel movement and he is miserable most of that time until he finally goes. He just got over a bout of constipation and to keep him going his parents are giving him miralax twice a day and 1 tsp fletchers to see if they can get him regulated. He did have another good bowel movement today so this is progress. The doctor told them that when he got regular to take away one thing at a time to get him on the least amount of medicine it takes to keep him regular because at this point they just want to keep him going as they took x-rays about 6 weeks ago and his bowel was completely full. He does get plenty of fiber and fluid in his diet so it's not that. What do you think about this and do you think it's okay to give him a tsp of fletchers a day until he gets regulated or would you recommend something else? They've also used Pedia-lax and that helped for awhile but then quit helping. Thank you for your help..XXXX

They have used the glycerin suppositories and they didn't work. The only thing they did is make him freak out about wiping his bottom because he was afraid they were going to use them again. They have increased the fiber and water intake and that didn't help either. He drinks lots of water and eats lots of fruit and they also gave him benefiber The only thing that works is miralax if they add the fletchers. It's kind of a vicious circle. Is it possible that since his bowels were full and may still not be at what is considered normal healthy, that they will be able to wean him off of the fletchers?

Yes, this does help. Thank you so much.