My daughter who is now 16 months and is on laxatives. At age of 6 months she used to have a terrible time, pulling her hair , scratching herself etc So much so that she would hold on for 2-3 days whereby now the pooh became very hard and painful to pass. The paeditrician prescribed 10mls of latulose in the morning and then 5 ml lactulose and 5 ml Senna in the evening. It has helped - we have had a couple of days where she holds it in but it has got better
What I am interested to know if they are parents whose child has had this problem and the effect of the laxatives on the child long term?
Secondly Is there am alternative?
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Constipation - are laxatives the answer?
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Gecko · 15/02/2005 11:19
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