Help please! I took ExLax max strength?!
Question: Help please! I took ExLax max strength?
(ok, this is about constipation, jus a heads up)
ok, i tried to pass a stool and it was really hard and felt big.... and i got some blood, but no poop. ... i went to the ER and the doctors basically said how to prevent constipation (eat more fiber, etc) and prescribed Anusol HC Suppositories....
ok, the pharmacy was closed and i am DESPERATE, so i went to the laxative asile nd bought max strenth ExLax.... and now im reading online (u'd think i'd do this BEFORE taking it right? but no...) that theres different types of laxatives.... and that what i should have bought was a "stool softener" ? ... so my question is , to all those who took this med before, or had my problem, or know... : will ExLax max strength SOFTEN the stool? (i took two of the pills like... two hours ago) ... and if not, what exactly should i buy? thank you!! .... any sources/reasons to believe you would be appreciated, since this is a serious thing and i dont want to take the advice of a joking person
ok, i tried to pass a stool and it was really hard and felt big.... and i got some blood, but no poop. ... i went to the ER and the doctors basically said how to prevent constipation (eat more fiber, etc) and prescribed Anusol HC Suppositories....
ok, the pharmacy was closed and i am DESPERATE, so i went to the laxative asile nd bought max strenth ExLax.... and now im reading online (u'd think i'd do this BEFORE taking it right? but no...) that theres different types of laxatives.... and that what i should have bought was a "stool softener" ? ... so my question is , to all those who took this med before, or had my problem, or know... : will ExLax max strength SOFTEN the stool? (i took two of the pills like... two hours ago) ... and if not, what exactly should i buy? thank you!! .... any sources/reasons to believe you would be appreciated, since this is a serious thing and i dont want to take the advice of a joking person
Answers:
This happened to me once, and I took Ex-Lax...which I guess is a stool sofner and laxative in one. It didn't work in the 8 hours or whatever that it said it would...so I had to literally use my fingers to get the hard stool out just a little so that the rest would come. SOUNDS SICK I KNOW, this can get compacted and you don't wanna have to go to the ER so they can do it, so maybe try that. It is so painful to be constipated...Hope it helps!