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Reviewer: MKB, 65-74 on Treatment for less than 1 month
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Worked for my OIC. Better than Movantik since less withdrawal SE. Definite cramping preceding BM, but relieved with passing stool and gas. Stool still hard and pebble-like, so I expect I'll supplement with MOM +/- Senna+ fiber. Works relatively quickly. Definite benefit and worth dealing with cramps. Senna, MOM, Miralax all together do not reliably work as well as one Symproic tab. Plus mechan
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Reviewer: daveys35, 55-64 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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12 years of opioid pain management for scoliosis, 18-level spinal fusion all bolted into the back of my pelvis. Chronic constipation pre-dated opioid prescriptions/use by at least a decade due to spinal cord and nerve root crush. Took my first and last dose of Symproic Friday evening, it is now Sunday 10 PM. I can't believe I survived. Racing heart, abdominal pain, vomiting. Initially I
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Reviewer: Chryss, 45-54 Female (Patient)
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Worked mediocre for me, from the beginning. No great results or flushing of my system. A little is all it ever helped me. Very easy to take, one tiny pill 1 time daily.
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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This drug sent me to the hospital for 4 days. Severe abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea and vomiting. I thought I was going to die. Do not take this drug.
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Reviewer: Sherri, 55-64 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I have been on opiate meds for chronic pain for over 5 years. I had been managing my opiate related constipation on my own with some difficulty. On the 7th day dose of this medication I was sent to the hospital. I could not go but was vomiting turned beet red and blood pressure went up to 203/100. I was shaking hard and couldnt get warm w/ severe abdominal pain. No blockage found. I think it s
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