If the drug caused my constipation what drug can I take to loosen up my stooles???

Colace daily and senna are'nt doing the trick and neither is crystalose or miralax or any of the OTC laxatives...I need a little mario brother with a pickax or air hammer and a plummers snake to get things moving again...

The only time I can go is if I stop the oxycontin get withdrawal and then things loosen up for awhile...but I feel so bad that I have to get right back on the oxycontin as soon as I've emptied my bowels...and I am sure there's stuff left in there.

Have had some success with Fleet oral like the stuff we use before colinoscopy: have used Fleet enema's a couple of times but this approach isn't too safe I've been told.

Anyone else have a suggestion??????

thanks the zman

Coffee works for me too, but i was never a coffee drinker before. Can't think of anything else right now.

Other than that, how's your diet - could your intake of fruits and vegetables be less than optimal?

Hope this helps! I know the misery!

In my extreme moments, I've used ExLax. But it, too, is not something you want to rely on.

Laxative/stool softener combo such as Senna-S which is Senna/Docusate sodium. Can use up to 3-4 tabs 2-3 x day.
And/or
Milk of Magnesia 30 ccs. mixed with prune juice 1-2 x day is sometimes very effective. At our local hospital it is called "the brown bomb".

If something more needed:

Frozen Vaseline balls can be made in the home. 1 pea-sized, sugar-coated ball can be frozen and taken orally 1-3 x day as needed.

It is best to get things moving from the top down, but if that doesn't work, one can aid the process with enemas or Dulcolax suppository, etc. (Always check for impaction first).

Beyond that, psyllium seed, ground flax seed, or both, with LOTS of water.

Abdominal massage may also help. Start massaging on the lower right, move up to upper right, across to upper left and then down. That is the path things take through the colon. Gentle and rythmic is best. Harder is not better for this.

Thanks very much...there's a lot of stuff I haven't tried in your suggestions and at least it gives me some hope to move again...I've always been a once a day kind of guy and not doing it for six or seven days in a row is something I could not allow to happen to my poor lil body...on top of all the rest...

Thanks again and hey Jesus is that for real the little vasaline pea balls???