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Is Diarrhea After Being Treated With Movicol For Chronic Constipation In A Child Normal?

3 year old suffering from cronic constipation. has been hospitalised and have had four wash outs. Now on movicol upped the dosage to 3 sashets for 3 days as felt she was bunged up again. It worked but now have alot of diarrhea. Is this normal and what do I do now regarding the dosage.
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Hi,
Thanks and welcome to HCM .
Movicol is given for constipation .
One of the side effects of Movicol is diarrhea.
You have rightly guessed it.
Hope this answer serves your purpose .
Please feel free to ask further queries if any.
Dr.M.V.Subrahmanyam.
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Is Diarrhea After Being Treated With Movicol For Chronic Constipation In A Child Normal?

Hi, Thanks and welcome to HCM . Movicol is given for constipation . One of the side effects of Movicol is diarrhea. You have rightly guessed it. Hope this answer serves your purpose . Please feel free to ask further queries if any. Dr.M.V.Subrahmanyam.