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12 People found this comment helpful

Much, much better than senna. Reasonably gentle yet definitely effective. Best laxative I've taken for constipation.

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6 People found this comment helpful

I took 3 dulcolax around 11pm and woke up at 7:30 with the worst pain I’ve ever felt in my life. I was sweating like crazy, nauseous, and in excruciating pain all over my stomach. 100x worse than period cramps but a similar pain. I thought I was dying. I threw up from the pain. I was crawling around on the floor trying to find a position to ease the pain. About 2 hours later it got worse and I fin...

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Aaliyah | 13-18 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
6/16/2023
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 3.0
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Was prescribed Bisacodyl due to constipation. While I will say that it worked for me, the side effects were very painful and almost unbearable. My stomach would ache and cramp nonstop and it kept me up at night. I eventually stopped taking it because it was causing me too much pain. Not a very comfortable experience, but it does work!!

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Never again | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
3/22/2023
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 2.3
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Took two of them and I have the worst stomach pain I have ever had in my life. I’m sweating, vomiting, pooping as I vomit, this is horrible. I will never take these again.

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Moose | 65-74 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
1/11/2023
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 1.0
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I wish I had read these reviews prior to taking 2 tablets. It does definitely stimulate bowel movements but there is a horrible price to pay. Cramping is ridiculously awful. I will not take this product again and you shouldn't either ??

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Eileen | 65-74 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
12/19/2022
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 1.0
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I had been constipated so I decided it was time to use a laxative. I took 2 dulcolax (biscodyl) at 10 pm at 2 pm woke to awful cramping Went to bathroom then fot the next 3 hours I couldn't even get of the floor. Thought I was going to faint, sweats, hot / cold, shaking. I thought I was having a heart attack or dying. Next day I still felt wiped out and shake and had bright red blood when I used the bathroom. Never again. Awful experience.

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Liz | 19-24 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
9/23/2022
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 1.0
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Let me preface by saying I have taken this before and have never had the side effects like others on here—until today. I took it at about 10 am. 11:45 it suddenly kicked in. I did not expect it to kick in that quick. It was the most excruciating, and I don’t mean that lightly as I have a high pain tolerance, sharp stomach pains I have ever felt. It would start in the bottom of my stomach and work it’s way up. It literally took my breath away and I had the hardest time breathing. I had intense cold sweats POURING off of me and threw up once. I was incredibly pale and thought I was going to pass out. I could see floating spots and the room was spinning. This all lasted off and on about an hour and a half. Once it finally subsided I was able to get up and then saw I had a rash on my arms and face. I’ve had allergic reactions before but the only symptom was the rash, no scratchy throat or itchy skin. I then got a pounding headache on the right side of my head. I never had diarrhea per say but it did the trick of going To the bathroom. I now have dull cramps and feel awful. I will never take it again.Read More Read Less

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Anonymous | 25-34 | Male | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
6/17/2022
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 4.0
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Works as it's supposed to and it works well, but it comes with a cost. I took one 2 days ago at 10pm, and by the next morning my bowels were empty. But it is now 2 days later and I'm sat on the toilet with the most severe stomach cramps I've ever experienced, I'm sweating and feel sick. Can't get myself comfy in any position. If your severely constipated I'd recommend these pills but only as a last resort.

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Anonymous |
6/5/2022
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 3.0
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Took 3 of them- one hour later stomach pain so bad I was laying on the ground (I have IBS, I can handle stomach pain), threw up once. Didn’t stop pooping until it was bile. Does it work? Yes. Is it excruciatingly unpleasant? Also yes.

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Star | 25-34 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
5/26/2022
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 1.7
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My stomach feels like I’m dying. It hurts so bad but I mean it helped me go. Idk when the pain will end but it’s the absolute worst

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Becca | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
12/17/2021
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 3.3
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Since I was very constipated thanks to my thyroid condition, I took 2 at around 5-6 pm. By 5 am, I started to have severe nausea and some cramping. Had a formed stool but after that all “he)!” Broke loose. Severe cramping and diarrhea started. Had to take something for nausea as that was so bad. If you are desperate to have a BM, it works but it does come with a cost

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Not happy |
11/16/2021
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 1.0
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I took one pill around 10 pm. I drank some water as directed, but evidently not enough.. Woke up at 1 am with the worst stomach pain of my life and I have given birth twice. This was accompanied by nausea and dizziness to the point I couldn't walk without holding on to something. I was laying on the floor in pain and asked my husband to take me to the ER, not realizing that a tiny laxative could make you feel like you are going to die. Luckily it eased before I was stuck with a huge medical bill. Oh, and now it is 7:30 am and still hasn't served its original purpose. I will never take this medicine again.Read More Read Less

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Anonymous |
11/11/2021
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 5.0
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I took 3 around noon and around six pm I was going to the bathroom. Yes I would recommend this product just take it with a bottle of water..

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Carlotta | 35-44 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
11/1/2021
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 4.0
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I've had a problem making BM for majority of my life and was always told to take stool softeners and I didn't. I purchased these in hope to relieve my aching pain from not making a BM. A lot of these reviews speak on pain from the medicine that I did NOT encounter. I took 2 of the 5mg tablets around 10 pm without water because it didn't instruct me to do so as a previous reviewer has said. However I am not extremely thirsty or any other effect aside from what it was supposed to do. At 730 am I was making a BM ( very loose) and I feel relieved. I am very satisfied with the product especially considering it was so cheap. Everyone's body is different as I am proof and I recommend trying for self vs. going on the revelation of another's experience with this productRead More Read Less

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chill_mom | 25-34 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
10/20/2021
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 1.0
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will give a close to death experience. drink water and have an ice pack handy. worst case, lay in your bathtub so you can vomit and BM at the same time. take this drug off the market.

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why me | 19-24 | Other | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
10/14/2021
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 3.3
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It gave me some of the worst cramps I’ve ever had in my life, I threw up, it hurts to move, and I had to wear a pad to protect myself just in case I pooped my pants while running to the bathroom in pain :)

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Oooowwww | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
10/3/2021
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 1.0
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I’ve always had issues with constipation. This time, I hadn’t gone at all for over a week. I took 3 because I know there’s a lot of loosening needed. Took at around midnight. Cramps started around 7am. Vomiting started about 3pm. Currently still in agonizing pain from cramps. I have produced exactly two very small turds and vomited 5 times into my bathtub because I couldn’t get off the toilet. I’ve been through severe pain, to the point where I asked my surgeon if he could amputate my messed up ankle. And he DID. And the pain of this is honestly WORSE. DO NOT USE.Read More Read Less

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In agony | Patient
8/7/2021
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 1.0
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I had severe cramps and diarrhoea after taking 2 tabs so decided to stick to one tab. I am on opiates for severe pain so constipation is a frequent visitor. This time I thought I was going to die. I had torrential diarrhoea around14 hours. The associated nausea and unbearable cramping made me feel my bowel was going to rupture. This carried on for another 4 hours. The diarrhoea was explosive and much to my humiliation it was all over the toilet, me and my bowel felt as though they were being tied in knots. I won’t be taking any more dulcolax. 3 days on and I’m still having bowel cramps, probably because of wind. In general I still feel ghastly though.Read More Read Less

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Anonymous | 19-24 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
7/15/2021
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 2.7
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Been having stomach problems and the doctor said to take laxatives because I’m constipated. I picked up the cheapest option, but I regret it. I have the worst cramps right now I feel like throwing up because of the pain. This is so much worse than period cramps and this is coming from a person who can put up with pain. My stomach feels like it’s on fire and it hurts to even go to the toilet. I recommend looking for a more gentle medicine as this is nowhere near that.

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Grateful2balive | 25-34 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
6/23/2021
Condition: Incomplete or Infrequent Bowel Movements
Overall rating 1.0
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I had taken this once before and it didn’t work when I had taken one, so I took 2.. I woke up in the middle of night nauseous and sweating and the pain escalated extremely fast, I have never experienced anything like that before I was pouring sweat, it was hard to breathe, it hurt so bad I didn’t know if I was going to throw up or pass out on the floor, it made me so light headed I thought I was going to have to call an ambulance- I was in THAT much pain.. it felt like my actual stomach had ruptured I honestly felt at one point like I was going to die.. HORRIBLE experience HORRIBLE medication, there should be a warning label on this seeing how many people have had the same reaction from it, not to mention the BM didn’t even happen until 5-6 hours later.. Please DO NOT TAKE THIS !!Read More Read Less

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Isa | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
5/19/2021
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 1.7
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If I had know the pain this would cause me I never would have taken it. 2 hrs after I took 2 5mg tablets I felt like I was dying. Most intense cramping and almost threw up a few times. I’m still in this pain as I only took it a few hrs ago. Stay away from this.

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Anya | 19-24 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
1/28/2021
Condition: Emptying of the Bowel
Overall rating 1.0
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About three hours after taking I had horrible cramps and nausea. Ended up puking and still have severe pain. DO NOT TAKE THESE

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