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Poo!! (Serious question about Movicol)

My little girl has recently started some new epilepsy medication and since then she has been very constipated, and upset about this. The GP gave her a big box of Movicol and vague instructions of giving her up to 3 a day. We built up slowly and 2 seemed to get things moving, but then when we stopped them - nothing!
Has anyone else come across this? Do you know how long it takes to work, what to be expecting? I am quite happy to give it every day to keep everything working, but am not sure how much - somewhere between
nothing and a poonami would be ideal??
Has anyone else come across this? Do you know how long it takes to work, what to be expecting? I am quite happy to give it every day to keep everything working, but am not sure how much - somewhere between
nothing and a poonami would be ideal??
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I would suggest you stick to one or two a day for a few weeks and then increase if the stools are still quite hard - that will also depend on her diet. You can increase because as I said at the begining the body does not absorb the Movicol.
Hope that helps a little.