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Reviewer: LiquidLava2, 25-34 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Decided to needed to take a laxative due to no BM from the use of pain medication. Took it at 7pm — nothin other than feeling nauseous. 8 hours later, around 6am I woke up with some massive tootin’. I forgot I took a laxative and realized I couldn’t trust ‘em so I went to the bathroom. Ended up on the toilet for about an hour with EXPLOSIVE diarrhea. Explosive isn’t even an exaggeration. Anyways,
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Reviewer: Rotator Cuff , 45-54 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Rotator Cuff surgery 4 days ago and unable to produce bowel movement due to pain medication. Immediate results within 1 minute of taking magnesium citrate.
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Reviewer: Frustrated Man, 45-54 on Treatment for less than 1 month
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I first started with Miralax. It produced ZERO results. I drank have the bottle of magnesium citrate. Zero results. I drank the 2nd half of the bottle, ZERO results. I guess I will have to drink another bottle.
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Reviewer: Bunion girl, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Had foot surgery and was taking narcotics. Therefore I was constipated and stool softeners weren't cutting it. Drank half a bottle and produced a very large hard stool. I'm trying to get off of the narcotic
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Reviewer: As the Colon Churns, 45-54 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I was stopped up, so my plan was to drink it in the morning and go straight to the office and get er done on the company roll of toilet paper. Three miles to go, though and it was already churning up powerful peristalsis. By the time I burst through the office door the pressure at my rear sphincter had built up to about 40 PSI at least. Bee line to the restroom, fired off the charge into the bo
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