Reviews for MIRALAX58 ratings: (age 12 or younger)Edit Filter | Clear FilterCompare MIRALAX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MIRALAX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | having BM problems | No side effects! | I give Miralax to my 4 year old and have been since she's been 3. recommended by 2 pediatricians. She has always had bowel movements and when on Miralax she goes regularly. I tried taking her off of it but she went back to not being able to go reguarly. So she's back on it! | F | 4 | 1cap 1X day | 7/5/2010 | 5 | Constipation; extremly hard BM | The dr prescribed this for my 2 year old son who has had hard bowel movements since birth and became so backed up we had to have a enemia done in the urgent care to offer him relief. I have been giving him half a cap of this in his bottle each morning and it has helped tremendously. He is more regular and does not have pain with bowel movements. He eats alot better and is in a much better mood. When we go a few days without mirlax he has trouble again but I am trying to wean him off | M | 2 | 3 months 10 g 1X day | 4/20/2010 | 1 | Constipation | My daughter did fine at age 11 used as need after 1st 3 months (prescription, OTC form) at age 15 after a 104 fever she became hypersensitive (severe hives) to the polyethylene glycol (main ingredient in miralax) in pain relievers (3 er visits). | Polyethylene glycol is man made food grade plastic which is used in most of our medications and is also in our foods, check your labels! The FDA revised the side effects warning to say can cause hypersensitivity and anaphylactic shock! Have not found a bottle with this warning as of yet. Please find a natural alternative. | F | 11 | 3 months cap full 3X day | 3/10/2010 | 5 | Preschooler holding her poop | Excellent. Has done wonders for my daughter | My daughter has been on Miralax since her 3rd b-day. She had been holding her poop and only going every 4th or 5th day. She would then only go in the middle of the night, when I'm assuming her muscles were more relaxed. (She was potty trained, but used a pull up at night) The doc put her on miralax. It worked wonders. The only tricky thing is finding the perfect dose. Too much and she gets stomach aches and poop that is like pudding. Too little and it gets hard and she reverts to holding it. | F | 3 | 1 years | 12/10/2009 | 5 | 8 year old encoperesis | none but recently had pale stool | has been a life saver for my daughter who has been having severe constipation with stool impaction. Whenever we skip a few days, she immediately is constipated again. She takes is without an issue in a glass of water, juice or tea. No taste whatsoever | F | 8 | 6 months | 11/6/2009 | 4 | 8 Year Old Son Cronic Constipation | none to speak of... yet. | My son is 8 yrs old. He has been diagnosed with a lazy colon. We went through celiac treatment and the possibilities of Hirschprungs disease. He has been on a daily dose of Miralax (17grams), Fletchers (2 teaspoons), and one tablet of Prevacid (15 MG Solutab). He has had chronic constipation since he was 3 months old. He is not showing signs of improvement. Today he had a BM after a stretch of 12 days. It is extremely painful to see him go through this cycle. Can anyone tell me if he will out grow this condition? Rick | M | 8 | 5 years | 8/28/2009 | 5 | Encopresis | My 6 year old son has suffered from chronic constipation since birth. He has been on Miralax since June and he hasn't had any accidents. I don't know if he'll be on this is temporary or if he'll have to be on it permanently, but I do know it's helped him a lot and has boost his self-esteem. | M | 6 | 2 months | 8/6/2009 | 2 | Impaction caused by constipation | Vomitting; Bowel that is watery or "snakes" as my son calls it; anal leakage | At first I thought it was working until X-rays later, it showed he still has an impaction and is now back in pull-ups and starts kindergarden in 1 month. Was told he would have to take it for sometime after he was regulated. Am now going to a wholistic nurse instead of GI specialist at Yale. Try Rhubarb - much more natural!!! | M | 5 | 18 months | 6/29/2009 | 5 | Chronic Constipation | No side effects yet. | I started my son on this when he was two. He had chronic constipation and would cry everytime he had to poop. It was horrible. After repeated trips to his physician and changes in his diet and finally changing physicians, Miralax was a Miracle. I wish his first doctor would have mentioned this much sooner, as his constipation started at 8 mos. He's still on it and I give it to him every other morning, mixed in juice or milk. | M | 4 | 2 years | 5/20/2009 | 2 | Constipation | My daughter's pediatrician recommended Miralax for constipation. After taking the prescribed dosage for two days my daughter woke up with a rash around her mouth and on her cheeks. She complained of having an "itchy" mouth and was very bothered by it. This was the only new thing added to her diet in those two days and after discontinuing it her rash went away. | All members of our immediate family have a history of allergies and skin sensitivity. Perhaps Miralax is not a good thing to take if your child has allergies. My daughter has never had an allergic reaction to any foods, but she develops hives from time to time and has mild to moderate seasonal allergy symptoms. | F | 7 | 2 days | 5/7/2009 | 4 | Constipation | too much and my dd goes too often, not enough back to constipation | I'm worried about long term effects for my child. She has always been constipated but it wasn't until blood in the stool and a couple weeks of complaining about pain that we insisted on a Dr visit. He felt her diet was well fortified in fluids and fiber and prescribed miralax. It's working well but now our insurance says it's not covered -ergh. | F | 3.8 | 27 days | 4/19/2009 | 3 | IBS, gastritis, esophagitis, hernia | too runny, having accidents, unable to control bowel movements, had to put him back in pull ups. But after speaking to the gastro dr, we are reducing his dosage and possibly going to every other day. We are still waiting for biopsy results... | I put it in his kool-aid, he told me he couldn't taste the medicine. | M | 4 | 5 days | 11/18/2008 | 5 | daughter has chronic constipation | Miralax has worked so great! My daughter is 6 years old and has taken it for 2 years! The only thing is that her stool is close to diahria, but every time I lower her dose even a little she get horrible stomach pains and constipation. We haven't been able to find that exact dosage yet! | F | 6 | 2 years | 4/24/2008 | 5 | Chronic Constipation | only side effects were lots of bowel movements the first few days but have tapered off and now pretty regular | This has been great for my 8 year old who has had problems since she was 18 months old. It is the first thing to really work. Now we are starting our 1 year old on it due to the same problems. | F | 8 | 1 days | 4/7/2008 | 5 | Chronic Constipation | none | This stuff is a miracle. My 7 year old daughter has been taking for three years for chronic constipation on instructions from a pediatric GI. The thing that concerns me is that we've tried to wean her off Miralax, but everytime we decrease the slighest amount, she starts to have problems again. | F | 7 | 3 years | 3/18/2008 | 2 | constipation | It caused cramping and abdominal pain,small ribbony stools and feeling the need to eliminate, but unable to "go" | My daughter used this for two days to clean out impacted stool. She had a couple of small bowel movements about 2 days later and then started with very uncomfortable side effects. She took Miralax about a year ago for about 1 month but stopped because the side effects were so bad. | F | 11 | 3 days | 1/16/2008 | 5 | Constipation/Withholding | Sometimes gas/abdominal discomfort | I finally had to take my son to a Pediatric GI b/c of his severe constipation. This has been a Godsend! I was having a terrible time with other laxatives and this completely helped him! Only downside is if we forget to give him a dose for a day or two, he starts having harder stools. Trying to decrease dosing amount slightly since he's currently taking the full dosage of 17g. | M | 3 | 4 months | 1/10/2008 | 1 | prep for endoscopy/colonoscopy | Horrific abdominal cramps, followed by nausea, vomiting huge amounts of Miralax, shaking chills, hives & inability to sleep or get warm, even with heat^ 90 degrees, electric blanket and hot water bottle. Up all night long vomiting and bm's. I would never, ever take this again as this is the 2nd time I had this experience. first reaction was 5 yrs ago with same reaction only not as much vomiting. I had told Dr's of that reaction as the reason I did not want to even try it again. The test was unsatisfactory, yet they had the gall to tell me today that they will "try it again, ASAP. I also have many severe allergies: Penicillin= trouble breathing + hives; IVP dye/Iodine= Cardiac arrest; Latex= trouble breathing; Lobster= Cardiac Arrest' Cortisone injections= Severe abdominal cramps, itching; cats; smoking; any chemicals ingested (ie Miralax) or smelled. My husband is a housepainter and now must change his work clothes downstairs in our cellar to prevent a reaction fro | F | 6 | | 8/28/2007 | 5 | Encopresis | My 6 year old was suffering multiple daily soiling accidents. We started him on the GENERIC miralax because this is the only one you can still get with a prescription and insurance coverage. The results have been fantastic. | I am a Registered Nurse and have been using Miralax on my patients for quite awhile now. There have been no problems regarding long term use and many people will continue using this product throughout their life. I am comfortable as a nurse giving this product to my young child and my patients. | M | 6 | | 8/6/2007 | 5 | 18 mo son with constipation | Occasional loose stools | I was giving my son milk of magnesia, which was working when taken consistently, but I heard that he may grow dependent on it. By my neighbor's recommendation (she's a pediatric nurse), I started giving my son MiraLAX, and it's been working wonderfully. I give him 1 to 1.5 teaspoon in orange juice first thing every morning. | M | 1 | 2 months | 6/28/2007 |