What's your favorite laxative?

Other than an enema, what would be your favorite ? What has the best effect as far as how quick and how well.

My favorite oral laxative is Dulcolax tablets. I take 3 at bedtime and they work in anywhere from 9 to 12 hours. That dosage pretty well cleans me out. There is some cramping, however. Occasionally, the cramping is pretty uncomfortable.

I have used a combination approach. Take senna tablets at breakfast time, then a plain saline enema at the same time the senna begins to want out. You can vary the does of senna depending on the amount of gripes that turn you on. The resulting expulsion is very violent, and will go in four of five waves of shit that seem to go on forever. Yesss!!

Johnny

As with everyone here, I much prefer an enema to treat my occasional constipation. However, sometimes I am limited by lack of private time for an enema, such as when I am really busy or there are guests in the house, or I am a guest at someone elses house. I use glycerin suppositories. I insert one first thing when I get up in the morning. Then it works in an hour or less, before I need to leave the house. It works well for me, and eliminates the pain of having to strain to expell a stubborn movement. It can also be used discretely, and no one else needs to know. However, you had better be sure you can make it to the toilet quickly when the urge hits!

I like a variation, large dose of senna for the cramps, followed in about 4 hours by a dose of citrate of magnesia.

The citrate of magnesia adds bulk and fluid, and the senna really makes you almost explode when the two take effect together. It leaves you squeaky clean inside.

I absolutely refuse to take the OTC laxatives. If I can't have an enema, then coffee, tea, prune juice, or oddly enough, a cup of hot water will usually clean me out.

LOl ! jalapeno's or sauerkraut seems to do the trick too.

I agree with Anne, once I have had my morning coffee I am all set, and never need laxatives.

Well, you know what they say.....the best part of waking up is folgers in your butt.

In my opinion the only "laxative" one ever needs is a good hot soapsuds enema. Why mess with 22-feet of bowel when the problem is in the last 2-feet?

Maybe, but rarely, a gentle stool softener to get things moving. But I learned very early in life that a soapy enema guaranteed a cleanout on demand.

No oral laxative, too difficult to predict the timing. I would rather have a suppository if an enema is not available. Although the result is not as good. You know you need to go within 30 mins.

Castor oil.

I used to use phenolphthalein laxatives like fam-lax and brooklax. They are no longer available because they are deemed a cancer risk. But they produced the most memorable expulsions I have ever experienced - they really created strong urgency! Has anyone got any memorable stories about phenolphthalein laxatives?

I don't recall ever using phenolphthalein laxatives, as I generally had issues with the opposite of constipation, but we did use powdered phenolphthalein (white powder) in science class in school. It can be used as a PH indicator, turning fuchsia in a strong base such as ammonia. We were warned at the time to not get any in our mouths as we would not like the results 😄. Somewhere I think I still have a small bottle of powdered phenolphthalein that my teacher provided me as I was a science geek (it was the 70's and you could still do stuff like that).

My mother gave me Feenamint chewing gum laxative with phenolphthalein from age 8 through to age 12. Then when I turned 13 and she started giving me an adult dose of 2 Feenamints the larger dose gave me bad cramps before it made me go. On the advice of an aunt who had the same problem with my older cousin, she started giving me 2 Ex-Lax tablets with phenolphthalein which worked just as well and didn't give me cramps. Both laxatives given at bedtime almost always made me have 4 or 5 very urgent runny bowel movements the next day, starting when I woke up and continuing through to the late afternoon.

Here is a comical, but true story. When I was taking freshman chemistry in the 60's, we had lab. twice a week. One student would distract the graduate assistant, while another would get the ethyl alcohol reagent bottle from the shelf and spike several cups of Coke with it. Several of us were high and we thought very smart.

The Chem. Dept. noticed the lower levels of ethyl alcohol and quietly added phenolphthalein to the reagent bottle. A few students had to go to the student health clinic with dehydration from drinking the "spiked" alcohol. Word got around fast: DON'T TOUCH THE ETHYL ALCOHOL!!

Haha Jimmy. It was a moving experience.

Liquidsky--A dab hand with medicine...such as yourself...would know that phenolphthalein has long been banned by the US FDA...Classified under 1B (poisons act) as tested & reported by American research toxicologists due to it's CARCINOGENIC characteristics....The first 6 letters being an indicator .

Read an up to DATE US report on laxative use (& abuse) where citizens expended $725 Million annually...Wonder if the figures are runny...no doubt moving 😁

Aussie,

You have such a way with words! Very moving, no doubt!😁

Miss A

I just had the one... i think i got phenolphthalein-based pills from a chinese pharmacy in the usa. tiny yellow pills, the girl told me to have just one and be near a toilet... well, i took 2 just in case. they really took a long time to act (8 hours maybe), and began just with strong gas, which led to gurgles, but it took another hour to feel small cramps. they escalated quickly and i rushed to produce a huge log, no explosion, just a very long and soft log. Well, i thought the drug had been really overestimated and went to lie down, just to feel, after some 10 minutes, the most violent cramp and the distinct feeling of loose bowels. no more logs, that was the beginning of 2 days of liquid fudge explosions every couple hours for the night, then the next day every little after eating anything... intense, but hard to get a hold of...

I got into using Phenolphthalein when I was about 17 years old, having picked up a tin of "Fam-Lax", which also contained rhubarb. After taking a tablet overnight, nothing happened until about 11 am, when I had quite forgotten taking the laxative. All of a sudden, I felt a rush in my innards and an incredible urge to go. I ran to the toilet, just managed to sit on the seat, then let go an almighty shower of diarrohea. This was rather a shock. Even more, there followed huge rumbling and several just as intense expulsions that kept me on the toilet for over 20 minutes. After that, I was hooked, and it became the laxative of choice for me until it was unfortunately banned by the FDA. Nothing has really replaced it ever since. Bisacodyl and senna do not really compare, as far as I am concerned.

When there’s a lack of privacy or some other issue that I can’t fill up a bag, I generally opt for the natural stuff as opposed to a major laxative. Hot and spicy foods (taken orally) usually get everything moving and have the double benefit of burning when it goes in and burning when it comes out. Also, I have found that the fiber in a whole cored pineapple also moves things right along. However, if all else fails and I still cannot get to a nice full warm bag, I will go for a bisacodyl suppository. The strength and inescapable cramps of it gets things started with a little erotic pain.

I use lactulose, if you go into emergency mode take it every 45 minutes. I have never needed to take a third dose. I taper off it when traveling, but normaly take it 3 X's a day and it produces 4 soft movements a day.

I do not reccomend it for those not incontinent, diapers are required .

If an enema is not used to clean my sub out I opt for a bottle of magnesium citrate. When it kicks in, it kicks in! That is usually the reason I give him the laxative. I want him to experience the discomfort of the laxative.

Have never used a laxative ... honest.

Two options:

(1) enema, if i'm bound up and pressed for time, or

(2) peanuts or cashews ... okay you can stop laughing ... but eating a couple five-ounce portions of peanuts or cashews when there is no urgency to clear the channel or soften the stool. Within 24 hours, problem gone! It works for me, my sister and I've recommended this to several people. Have not gotten any negative feedback ... although, like I can feel as you read this, there's a few "Oh sure" looks and comments.

That would be a big bag enema or a big bag enema .....

I have a couple of favorites.

I like Clear-Lax a lot. It is a version of Mira-Lax. I like to mix it up about 4 times as strong as what they say. It gets working and cleans you out quick. Then I like to have a few enemas after it.

The other item I use is Epsom Salts. I like to use about 4 times what they suggest, which takes about 4 hours to work, and then after that, an enema to flush out anything left.

Of course if I start with an enema, then I just J&J soap in one filling, then plain water after that.

I prefer an enemy but if I don’t have time, then glycerine suppositories.

I was doing one of those diet things and not eating much and probably not drinking enough water didn't help. My doctor recommended magnesium and one or two tablets does the trick quite nicely overnight. Three was one too many!