No, but I started taking magnesium a couple of weeks ago, and I have very satisfying bowel movements every morning now!

What is in your diet. The study on animals eating GMO food causes problems to the GI tract. Could it possibly be anything in your diet? I have to avoid sugar (which I am doing completely lately) and stress when I get constipated. Although today, I have the opposite problem. What about avoiding meat and eating only fiber? Meat has no fiber in it. What does your doctor say about diet? I think that is so important. I have had constipation all my adult life (forty years) and so I know the feeling but I would be doing something drastic if it had been 9 days. I have never gone more than 6 days (only twice in my life that I can remember) and that was terrible. You have my sincere sympathy.

When I go like four days without a movement for 4 days, I can only drink fluids because I feel so full. That seems to help me have a movement plus I am not hungry because of all the pressure against my stomach that fools my stomach. But it really helps me have a movement to not eat any solid food.

I have never heard about shots for constipation. This must be new. I hope that you find a cause and a cure not just treating the symptom. I am so sorry. Please let us know what happens.

The only thing that works that I recently tried is magnesium citrate. A 10oz. Liquid.. 92 cents a bottle. I have to drink one bottle and another bottle the next day. But my doctor says I can't do that long term. I had no idea the digestive system was so complex. Ms Society does speak if bowel problems, either loss of bowels or chronic constipation /impactions. How depressing

Try adding 500-800 mg. of magnesium to your diet each day (pill form) to help your bowels move. I was taking it for spascity but all it did was made my bowels move, and I mean move!

I've never heard of those shots. But the magnesium powder is something I've been working with. Still trying to get dose right. Good luck!

As you know, to the magnesium citrate in pill form, or however you tolerate it, I say, YES, YES, YES Indeed. Also fiber and water are key but you probably know that.

I am familiar with this drug. It was mentioned to me last year when I was hospitalized because my bowel shut down. What we both have is something called a neurogenic bowel. You need a Dr skilled in bowel management to work with you before resorting to extreme drugs like Relistor. That is for extreme constipation caused by opoid pain killers - usually used in terminal cancer patients. I researched it and there are some very serious side effects.

I DO NOT think you should consider it until you've exhausted all other options and there are other options. 1. Miralax daily, senna tea or tabs for motility, sorbitol, lactulose, ducolax suppositories, enemas. Maybe add high fiber back in later. Its trial and error but you have to reset the bowel, Took me 3 months. And you have to be patient and persistent, Its not fun but its crucial for quality of life.

First you must retrain your bowel and its a primitive organ that takes time. I know everyone means well about magnesium but we are way past that where Carolinagirl and me are. I just went thru it.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/patientinstructions/000133.htm


I have to constantly stay on top of this with suppositories and laxatives. If you can discuss a realistic bowel program with the GI or find a physiatrist who treats spinal cord injury patients that would be the first thing I would recommend, They go thru this too.

All the best It's one of the suckiest parts of MS,

Have you tried Align probiotics?

Ask first, but I recently read that taking an aloe leaf (not the watered down juice in store, there is pure stuff you can buy, but it has to be treated and stored just a certain way, go natural, use the plant!)
cut it open, and remove the gel inside. you should only ingest the clear gel part, no green parts. they said a 6inch piece would mean don't go far from the bathroom! it supposedly tastes horrible

either cut into pieces you can swallow whole with juice or blend into a smoothie.

I was looking at it for its anti inflammatory purposes, but it cleanses the GI system too.

I will post a link to the article soon.

I havent triied the probiotics route yet. Doctors seems to just want to give you meds. Which is good that we have great meds for the problems we have, BUT, I want to do the natural thing if possible with the same outcome.Mjideas said it well for me and her, ALso looking intno the Glueten free diet. And I do believe all ths mass production of foods we are eating has so many chemicals, no wonder people are getting sick, cancer, etc. So much information, it wears me out and a bit annoying. I wish i had the money these Celebrities did so I could pay someone to go buy all this stuff and get all that I needed/think FOR me. :} It may be awhile, But I will keep you posted.

I too use opiates for the pain I have and then I found magnesium. I take 400 mg. a day when I get up in the a.m. and guess what? The problem is under control!

No more Miralax at $20+ a bottle.

No more Milk of MAGNESIA (I hated drinking this horrid stuff!).

No more of the other stuff either (Ducolax, stool softeners, etc.).

What I would recommend is get some magnesium at the store and try taking 400 mg. a day.

It takes about a week or so to work so be sure to give it a fair chance but do not overdose on it because it will make you rather sick to say the least.

You'll be surprised! I know I was!

You might look for lorrieonline's post on magnesium. It is cheap ($12.99 for a huge bottle of it at COSTCO, enough to last for 6 months!) is a deal and solves this problem.

I asked my doctor about this and she said it was ok but if you have kidney disease, it is not ok.

Be sure to ask your doctor about this before you try it (I didn't admittedly).

It very well could be gluten intolerance. But the magnesium would be a good start. Try not eating any wheat products. Just stop buying bread or anything that would contain any wheat or by products like any bread that is not labeled gluten free. Eat brown rice (it is not that expensive if you could it from scratch and only takes about 50 minutes). That helps with the fiber and most people are not allergic to rice. They give that to dogs and cats who have allergies to food.

If you stopped eating meat which has no fiber and just ate yogurt and or real fruit or fruit juice in a blender until you got this under control, that would be a start. I do not know how you are managing because now it must have been a lot more than 9 days now. I hope that you have had some action. Eating broth soup would help and lots of fluids.

Please let us know what the solution to this is rather than a shot. If it gets worse, I guess you will have to try anything. I would be desperate at this point.

I don't take milk of magnesia or milalax. I eat a lot of vegetables and fruit daily from the farmer's market and take senna leaves twice a week gotten from the health food store and that works very nicely. Lots of raisins and sunflower seeds every morning also works wonders. They are not that expensive. A lot cheaper than prescription drugs. I get them bulk at the health food store and they are organic and cheaper than the grocery store.

I have decided AGAINST the shot... I mean, dont want to be takng a shot for constipaton for 30 years. Im going to try another new med, its a pill, capusle called Linzess.I feel the magnesium citrate works but my doctor can not be on it a long time, will cause me additonal problems later on. HE has diagnoised mine as Opiod Induced Constopaton. I have such severe pain 24/7 in my legs, feet and ankles. The oxy stuff s all that will get me up and functioning. hope I cAN GET regular again, hec, if i could go twice a week, i mght could live with that. but ths 5,6,7,8,9 days before going cant be healthy, i have to do somethng. But WHAT ABOUT THE MS ITSELF??? CANT NERVE DAMAGE CAUSE THE INTESTINES TO NOT WORK SO GOOD ANYMORE? HOW DO THEY KNOW WHICH IS MY REAL PROBLEM? OPOID INDUCED OR MS NERVE DAMAGE. . UNLESS THERE IS A MS CURE SOON, I WLLL BE ON THESE STRONG OXY'S FOR MANY YEARS.