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Reviewer: Diane W., 55-64 Female (Caregiver)
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Because my husband must take a lot of narcotic pain medication due to his medical condition, he sometimes becomes severely constipated. This is the only thing that works to help him have a bowel movement.
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Reviewer: 25-34 Female (Patient)
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I was prescribed this 3 weeks after having surgery for severe constipation. I had tried laxatives, enemas, and magnesium citrate with no relief. The product pretty much did exactly what it said it would. I had watery bowels starting about an hour after I started drinking it. I couldn't drink it every 10 minutes though, I did every 30, which took about 8 hours. With just watery bowel moveme
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Reviewer: 13-18 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I'm 15. For the past couple of months, I just haven't pooped. Not once on my own. I went to the doctor and we tried everything else. That's when she ordered a colonoscopy. So last weekend, she had me take three bottles of Gavilyte-G. And of course, I got every single side effect, and it made the pain worse than it ever had been. The first time I took the whole bottle, the other two I s
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