Dulcolax VS Castor Oil

What happened to your old recommendation to take it with orange juice?

Switchablesusie

I shall recommend this no more for the acid of the orange juice will damage your teeth.

Switchablesusie

I shall recommend this no more for the acid of the orange juice will damage your teeth.

NO, it won't.

Switchablesusie

The acid of the orange juice will damage the protection layer at the surface of the teeth, and this may be fatal.

Ricini, Are you serious? Lack of enamel on the teeth causes death? Either you are making a very poor joke, or you need to go somewhere else.

Jimmy

I have not written that the lack of enamel on the teeth will cause death - "fatal" means not "lethal" -, but in the case of a lack of enamel on the teeth the teeth will be destroyed rather quickly.

Fatal in English means exactly the same as deadly or lethal, so it was as well that you explained what you meant! — But with anything like reasonable dental hygiene, one’s teeth will be safe even from the fatal effects of orange juice.

One-eyes

Thanking you for your advice I just add something at this point: In the case that you will have canker sores in your mouth you will be able to heal these ones in having Castor Oil in your mouth for 15 minutes, this in a regular manner.

Thank you Ricini, but that cure sounds to me worse than the disease!

One-eyes

I have written this before: This is exclusively a problem to get used to this - and nothing else. After a lot of applications in swallowing Castor Oil you will no more have any problems with the taste of this one.

I have found both to be effective. That is you can't say no. But I have found them to be different.

I have found castor oil to essentially give me a case of the runs. It is particularly hard not to go to the toilet as soon as the urges start because they are loose and hard to hold back. Dulcolax, on the other hand, gives me the urge to do a regular poop and I can hold it back longer since I have something fairly firm to hold in.

I prefer Dulcolax because that period of holding back followed by a powerful and complete movement is somehow somewhat enjoyable, but the runs is not

I have only tried each a few times so I am hardly an expert and as they say, your mileage may vary, so why not try each yourself?

Soggypaws

This is the difference: In gulping some Dulcolax pills will empty exclusively the colon, but in swallowing a good dose Castor Oil you will be able to cleanse your bowels completely.

Ricini, drinking a glass of orange juice with castor mixed in will be in your mouth for about 15 seconds to drink and 15 seconds to be washed out of your mouth after swallowing. That isn't enough exposure to do anything deleterious to your teeth. Furthermore, the fact that castor OIL coats the teeth and would actually be protective of the extremely minimal effect drinking orange juice would have on your teeth.

Did you stop drinking orange juice with breakfast?

If I'm going to use castor oil as a punishment, It is best to mix it in a blender with 8-12 ounces of tomato juice. That way it is kind of like marinara sauce and is easy to swallow.

Switchablesusie

I am not used to drink orange juice with breakfast. Did you ever go to use Castor Oil as a punishment? For me, swallowing a good dose Castor Oil will in no case be a punishment but rather relaxing.

OK, I see from your profile you used to use carrot juice, not orange juice. My mistake. They are both orange in color. Carrot juice is not something generally available or that I ever purchased.

So, you no longer use carrot juice, you just keep the castor oil in your mouth for 15 minutes?

You never drink orange juice or eat oranges or other citrus fruits?

I've taken both but not usually in the same session. Over many years it's been many times for each, and it varies from time to time. The effects are similar over all with both for me, but castor oil, 3 oz, works quicker, usually from two to four hours. However it has surprised me on a few occasions, even when taken just after supper. Once it was only 45 minutes and it with no cramps or warning whatsoever I had a loose accident in the diaper. It felt like gas and just slipped out with no effort or push. It works through the night and several times the next day again, producing an accident if extra care is not taken.

Dulcolax on the other hand works in 5-6 hours, and is dependable, effect is similar to castor oil, but can produce more urgent loose BM's that are fun to hold back till the Dulcolax wins. I usually take up to 6 or so 5 mg. tablets. The suppositories work in less than half an hour and there's no way I can retain control after the first few waves of urgent need to go. However the effects from dose of either will vary from time to time. I've had no adverse effects form either.

Switchablesusie asks:

1. So, you no longer use carrot juice, you just keep the castor oil in your mouth for 15 minutes?

You are right, actually for me this is the best manner in taking Castor Oil.

2. You never drink orange juice or eat oranges or other citrus fruits?

You are right too, for you will never know what sorts of ingredients will be in the orange juice. Further we will never eat oranges or other citrus fruits but other sorts of fruit.

I ran across this abandoned thread, and thought to resurrect it. Dulcolax (bisacodyl) taken orally or as a suppository works to stimulate the colon. Castor oil works in the entire tract. They work quite well as a 1-2 punch to get the digestive tract almost colonoscopy clean. Add a series of high volume enemas (we do 4 qts of Ivory suds followed by salt & soda enemas til clear which will clean you to the bare walls. Fasting the day before, or a juice fast will enhance the effect. As noted earlier in this thread, castor oil itself is not a laxative. It must be digested to produce the laxative results. Therefore, drinking more than 3-4 ounces merely causes the undigested oil to pass like mineral oil.