Limpet_Chicken
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I'm on a longterm painkiller rx, oxycodone at 120mg/d, and unsurprisingly, its causing way more of a problem with constipation than my old script, which was dihydrocodeine at the same dose.
I try to make sure as much as possible of who I eat is high in fiber, and regularly take a proprietary effervescent MgSO4 product, and just recently added a polyethylene glycol based product, just trying the latter out though.
I'm somewhat reluctant to use a laxative of the irritant kind due to their potential side effects and overall more violent nature than those acting on osmolality of the lower GI tract or those such as fibre supplements, but it seems intuitively like they may be more effective for dealing with opioid related constipation than the others, due to their actively stimulating peristalsis. Certainly not suitable for regular use of course.
Any advice from those with experience dealing with this particular issue?
One odd thing I noticed also, is that whilst I quite possibly came a few picometers from having a stroke whilst taking a shite earlier yesterday, after taking a second dose of oxy (and I dare say, a little larger than prescribed) some time later, dropped one without much trouble at all after that. Completely the opposite of what I would expect.
I try to make sure as much as possible of who I eat is high in fiber, and regularly take a proprietary effervescent MgSO4 product, and just recently added a polyethylene glycol based product, just trying the latter out though.
I'm somewhat reluctant to use a laxative of the irritant kind due to their potential side effects and overall more violent nature than those acting on osmolality of the lower GI tract or those such as fibre supplements, but it seems intuitively like they may be more effective for dealing with opioid related constipation than the others, due to their actively stimulating peristalsis. Certainly not suitable for regular use of course.
Any advice from those with experience dealing with this particular issue?
One odd thing I noticed also, is that whilst I quite possibly came a few picometers from having a stroke whilst taking a shite earlier yesterday, after taking a second dose of oxy (and I dare say, a little larger than prescribed) some time later, dropped one without much trouble at all after that. Completely the opposite of what I would expect.