Don't worry @Boise_Mom that's a normal side effect.

At my doctor's recommendation I bought the giant container of Miralax. (I use the Walgreen's brand though because it's a lot cheaper). My routine is to take it every morning. Works like a charm.

I went on it after my surgery because (since we're being graphic) that area was worked on. Prior to that I'd tried a few different products and they were touch and go. The Miralax really does the trick. If you want specifics or to ask any more detailed questions (because let's face it, there are concerns with products like this) feel free to message me.

I'll add that the copious amounts of fiber I was consuming didn't help. With no gall bladder eating salads would typically solve this problem, but not on Phen. Hence my recommendation above.

Fiber can actually be very binding when you're backed up. And miralax is dangerous - it's plastic (look up the ingredients). I highly recommend using magnesium oxide as you can control how many mgs you take and it works great! And mag is something most people are sorely low in.

Psyllium will likely bind you more. Milk of mag is still magnesium but I'm not familiar with how many mgs of mag are actually in it. If you're still only going that infrequently I would look at adding at least 500mg of mag oxide twice a day. AM/PM. From there you can adjust up or done until you're going at least once a daily. If you hit bowel tolerance (the runs) then you back off to a dose where that doesn't happen. Magnesium is an essential mineral and it'd be tough to get too much of it so I wouldn't worry that way.

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ronjsteele1 wrote: »

Fiber can actually be very binding when you're backed up. And miralax is dangerous - it's plastic (look up the ingredients). I highly recommend using magnesium oxide as you can control how many mgs you take and it works great! And mag is something most people are sorely low in.

My doctors are the ones that recommended Miralax. The only sites saying what you have said are naturpaths and holistic doctors.

Yes, most doctors do recommend Miralax. I would recommend looking up the ingredients for yourself and reading them. The actual ingredients. I don't do doctors - ever - unless I have a broken bone. As a holistic practitioner in training, I prefer not to recommend crap to people. You and I will never agree so we should just leave it at that. However, I do encourage others to look things up for themselves and make their own choices. Options (whether we take them or not) are always a good thing. It's part of making informed healthcare decisions.

It's a fair question to ask given my general stand on medicine and doctors. We attempt to be balanced, which means looking at all sides (and all options - even those that might not be as palatable) and making decisions from there.

1) I do tremendous research when I make a decision to use something medical and I came to this group looking for info and opinions by other users of phentermine. 2) I'm not being prescribed phentermine by a physician. I got it from another source. I tend to oversee personally anything medication wise that I deem worthy of taking. Although, I may consider a physician on this one as I continue researching. 3) Medication in all realms is a last resort for me and that's where I'm at with weight loss. It's taken me 4 months to lose 10#'s with logging, weighing, walking 15 miles a week (and doing other stuff in addition). I do have PCOS and am going through menopause and have subclinical hypothyroid (use to be hashis). As well as struggling with appetite control and feeling like I'm starving off and on. All of those factors seem to be making weight loss very slow which is frustrating me. I see phentermine as a possible short term bump while I'm doing all of those others things to see if I can get things moving a bit faster. After talking with family (a nurse and a doctor) and doing my own research, I feel like phentermine is one of the least "damaging" things I could try. If I have horrible side effects, I can stop, because I'm not so hell bent on it that I'm willing to risk damaging my body. If it jump starts things again then I'll be happy and use it short term. My goal is overall health so I keep my sight on what is the best way to get there. I do have the nice benefit of having medical personnel in my family who willingly answer my questions as needed. It's a perk. ;-)

There are not a lot of options to help with weight loss that I would deem worthwhile (ie. green teas, garcinia, surgery, etc). With something like constipation, there are tons of options. So it's easy for me to say I would never use miralax. It took only having our family doctor prescribe it for one of my children one time to have me say "no." The main ingredient is plastic. It's not digestible, that's why it works. It runs through undigested (but having exposed the body to the chemicals). It also has a horrible tendency to cause tics. So deciding to use medicine or not is always based on the situation at hand. My son almost bled to death 6yrs ago. I used medicine to save him. When he was stable, we laid our options on the table and made decisions (and we walked away from the doctors because of the things they said and did and tried to do against our wishes). The key to making decisions is to be balanced. While I despise the medical world and doctors, I am thankful they put my leg and ankle back together so I could at least walk again. It's a balance. We're not always perfect at it, but we try to stay balanced.

Most people think that people who prefer natural medicine are stupid. In reality, we are way more research based then others who run to the doctor first. By the time I hit a doctor's office (when in need), I know way more then they'd prefer me to but I feel confident in having conversations with them about what's best for me and my family.

A fair question you have asked. :-)

I don't love the taste but I can tolerate it and I do really well with weight loss when I do low carb/high fat.