MIRALAX Reviews (POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 3350)Average Rating: 3.3 (534 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MIRALAX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MIRALAX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | constipation | Intestinal bleeding like prostate cancer | M | 68 | 2 days 1X day | 2/19/2011 | 1 | Constipation | Chronic, debilitating stomach pain episodes. | My kiddo came into the ER for constipation and they prescribed Miralax. His pain got worse. They assumed he had more backed-up in there so told us to keep him on it daily. His chronic pain progressed. In and out of the hospital. Morphine. Tests, tests and more tests. All the while they kept saying "keep on the Miralax". I finally took him off of it last week and he progressively got better. Tonight he told me that he hasn't pooped today or yesterday so I gave him some. He's now writhing in pain. Could it be this whole time the docs were prescribing what was hurting him while running all these tests? Won't be using it again and we'll see if all this clears up... | M | 9 | 12 weeks 1 capful 1X day | 5/29/2011 | 1 | colonoscopy prep | Terrible Chills, Nausea, Vomiting, Dizzy, Faint Feeling, I Thought I was going to die. Almost went to the ER. | As others have mentioned, this is a nasty substance to take for colonoscopy prep. I was instructed to take (eight) 8-ounce glasses of gatorade with a cap full of Miralax in each (spread out over 2 hours). I got 5 glasses down my trap and stopped because I felt like dying while not knowing which end of my body to put in the toilet. I slowly got better over a 3 hour timeframe. Cleaned me out, thats for sure. Maybe Drano would have been better. | M | 30 | 1 days | 11/16/2008 | 1 | constipation | Toxic stuff. Causes kidney damage. | M | 4 | 14 months | 3/29/2007 | 1 | to soften stool | i had severe abdominal pain, and bloating. i couldn't lie down i had to walk around took two Tylenol to ease the pain i had. | i will never take this again and i had advice people not to take, because i dont want anyone to experience the crucial pain i felt. | M | 26 | 17g 1X day | 3/1/2013 | 1 | Colonoscopy Prep | Terrible nausea, chills and whossy. | Felt so bad I decided to go to the ER. I was dehydrated, my electrolytes were off and my sodium was low. Felt much better after an IV with fluids and anti-nausea medicine. Luckiky, I was able to still have the procedure the next day, but doctor told me it was good that I went to the ER. | M | 57 | 1 days | 7/10/2008 | 1 | Prep for colonoscopy | Severe abdominal pain and cramping, vomiting. | Not my first time taking for prep but 1st time so sick. | M | 57 | 1 days 834 g. pow | 8/2/2015 | 1 | Colonoscopy Prep | I anticipated a slightly bloated feeling and severe diarrhea. However, approximately an hour after taking the first round, one half of the 238 grams Miralax in 64 oz of Gatorade mix and 2 Dulcolax tablets, along with the diarrhea I had severe violent vomiting and fainted striking my head on the wall bathtub and floor hard enough to require a trip to the emergency room and 9 stitches in my forehead and nose. I was unable to complete the solution and did not have the colonoscopy, I will not take the Miralax solution again. I wonder who's going to pay for the emergency room visit? | M | 60 | 1 days 238 grams 1X day | 4/16/2015 | 1 | IBS-C | just passed water, stool hardened, then vomiting and cold sweats | M | 60 | 2 months 30 4X day | 10/22/2015 | 1 | Spent my 50th birthday last year in the hospital, passed out weak shaking bloated.after ever test imaginable. They sent me home to increase fluids and blamed dehydration. Well ironically a year later I decided to give it a try. Well again same symptoms! So no more ever of mirelax for me.just have to wait now again until it's out of my system. Also heart palpation.after specialist after specialist and all the expense. These people should be held responsible. Be careful folks plz. | M | 50 | 1 weeks | 11/11/2015 | 1 | Wasn't using the restroom | I was having horrible cramps. A stabling pain in my side. Cold sweats, heart beat was threw the roof, Blood in my stool, Throwing up,Bloating and burning sensation. | I have taken this drug before but this time something happened that made me feel horrible. I've bought it at the store and its worked really well for me in the past. This time was totally different. I was in the bathroom for 30 hours and passed out from the pain. I was cramping up so bad and hardly nothing would come out but blood and a little bit of fecal matter. It took me two days of feeling like I was pretty much going to die until I started feeling a little better. I've never felt so bad in all my life and I've been threw a lot. Almost so bad I couldn't hardly take it. I will never use this product again. I would never recommend taking this to anyone. Get the bottle and throw it away or do yourself a favor and buy something else because this stuff is horrible | M | 33 | 2 months 17g 1X day | 4/19/2016 | 1 | colonoscopy prep | Itching and swelling around throat area. | I was to mix 255mg of Miralax in 64 ounces of fluid and drink it over a 2 hour period. I'm leery of all medications so I started slow. I started to have a reaction after drinking just 4 ounces. The doctor didn't even warn me about this potential reaction, or warn me that Reglan (the other prescribed med for this prep) has an FDA warning label. Don't expect doctors to "care" for you - they just do procedures. Do your own research and decide for yourself what your best care plan is. | M | 1 times 16mg 1X O | 2/3/2016 | 1 | Constipation | Stomach pain. Vomiting | It is not FDA approved for children. | M | 4 | 5 days 1 cap/d | 3/9/2016 | 1 | constipation and colon cleanse | nausea, headache, vomiting, abdominal pain, itching, esophagitis and a lower unknown severe abdominal pain in that order from beginning of 1st day to 3rd wk cleanout. | Child was fine except for constipation before taking miralax. Followed Drs orders and now has much worse problems than before we started it. Keep asking about allergic reaction to miralax but docs have bought in hook line and sinker - keep poo pooing that idea. I say maybe good for some but test before using large doses. | M | 11 | 21 days 17g-100g 1X day | 10/26/2014 | 1 | Constipation | Abdominal pain, vomiting | M | 4 | 1 days 17mg | 7/10/2015 | 1 | Constipation | Facial tics slowly starting with occasional blinking. | Our pediatrician prescribed Miralax for our 1 1/2 year old to treat his severe constipation due to feeding issues and hydrocephalus. Within a few weeks, we noticed forced blinking or tics. The minute I decided to stop it in case it was being caused by the Miralax, the tics went away. He had an EEG to rule out seizures and there were none present. He has never had another tic since I stopped the Miralax | M | 1 | 3 weeks Least amt 1X day | 6/18/2014 | 1 | Ibs m | Severe stomach pains. That are worse than the symptoms I was trying to relieve. | Say no to this. | M | 45 | 1 days 1 dose 1X day | 8/29/2021 | 1 | Prescribed for IBS Constipation | Causes very high blood pressure - 161/105 | Miralax is very dangerous to take. It caused very high BP. My normal BP was 115/78 and after taking Miralax daily as recommended by my Dr, my BP rose up to the 160's/100's. | M | 69 | 5 years 17 MG 1X day | 11/10/2023 | 1 | Ins c | Lots of gas and pass very small stills I hate this stuff | M | 82 | 10 days Half Capfu 1X day | 6/30/2021 | 1 | Constipation | Explosive bowel movements continuing and it's been 2 weeks that I haven't taken it and I'm constantly nauseous and this stomach ache just won't go away. | What can I do to flush this nasty chemical out of my system? | M | 89 | 5 days 1X day | 8/15/2020 |