Adding Fleet enemas to regular enemas

Does anyone have any experience adding bottles of Fleet Enema bottles to their enema bags. Just curious whether this would enhance or cause more distress during administration of one.

Fleet Enema boxes (containing Sodium Phosphate and BiPhosphate) in the US now display a warning about prolonged retention of the enema. The concern is that retention of the enema solution beyond 30 minutes may lead to harmful dehydration. Check this link for more info on why Sodium Phosphate and BiPhosphate is risky. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-phosphate-nephropathy/print

For me this sounds like an unnecessary and expensive idea. I'm thinking that there will at best only a marginal benefit over the good old warm soapy two quart enema that we might even call the old standby. If you need to use a Fleet for a quick rinseout that is one thing, but adding it to a bag seems like a bit of a stretch.

Yeah, I feel like this is a lot of effort and money for no real benefit, I don’t think adding fleets is going to do much that adding extra soap or whatever wouldn’t. That plus the possible health risks already mentioned make it seem like too much of a high risk/low reward situation as far as I’m concerned.

You'll just dilute the fleet reducing the effects it could create for you. But if that is what you are going for then continue and enjoy the experience.

Our local CVS pharmacy recently had a huge stack of Fleet enemas. A week later, when I was in the store, the stack was half gone.

For goodness sakes, buy a bulb syringe and mix your own enema. Takes five minutes or less. Fleets are nothing but a needless waste of money.

I’ve added four Fleets on occasion to my bag. I prefer to insert glycerin suppositories or liquid glycerin in my starter enemas for a better effect😍My plug nozzle goes in right after the insertion with a 3qt. soapy fill😜It’s a cheaper solution😁😍😜

Our local CVS pharmacy recently had a huge stack of Fleet enemas. A week later, when I was in the store, the stack was half gone.

For goodness sakes, buy a bulb syringe and mix your own enema. Takes five minutes or less. Fleets are nothing but a needless waste of money.

@Vicki_V I couldn't agree with you more. 🙄

@Vicki_V I couldn't agree with you more. 🙄

And a source of intense bowel irritation, which is why I stopped using them for anything. A few years ago I had a surgeon tell me use one for small addition to a colonoscopy prep. It was so irritating that I went right for the toilet the moment it was all in, all 4 fl oz of it. The others I had already bought were dumped, rinsed with tap water and refilled to give me nice small comfortable water only enemas from the Fleet bottles. Never again.

Eric

''...And a source of intense bowel irritation, which is why I stopped using them for anything...''

Eric

one can't help but think that there already has to be some irritation and or some unusual hypersensitivity in there for the Fleet / generics liquid to be found so irritating.