By Anonymous - 18/11/2015 14:50 - Canada

Today, I read the instructions on my new prescription constipation medicine: "For best results, defecate before use." FML
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Idiotskillme 20

It's easy, just cure yourself and then take the medicine!

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Violenna 14

That's defecate-ly going to be an issue...

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91hayek 31

Well when you think about it, those are the best results. Ideally you want to be pooping on your own without the medicine. Not very helpful, but they felt like they had to point it out.

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Tripartita 44

Was your medication prescribed by a Dr. Benjamin Button?

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Sparklypink714 9

well that defeates the purpose of the medicine.

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MassiDelta 28

I think your medication has created a paradox

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remembertoday 5

This instruction is accurate. Stool softening constipation medicine is not going to help with an existing blockage. They are meant to help keep your future stools soft. You can thank my chronically constipated child for that info.

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Brandi_Faith 33

Op never said it was a stool softener. It could be a motility drug or any other number of medications. Plus, no one said op actually had a blockage either. Constipation and a blockage are two different things.

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KayDee29 31

#38, if the prescription bottle that OP got from a pharmacist prescribed by a doctor states something, it's most likely there for a reason. That and its very likely it is a stool softener if it's prescription strength and possibly meant to be taken for an extended period of time. But that's just what I got from it and I used to handle and distribute all different kinds of medicine, especially stool softeners, to residents in an assisted living home on a daily basis. Yes, doctors and pharmacists can screw up because they are only human, but they do have systems in place that make mistakes less likely.

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cuponator3000 11

Hopefully you read that before you took them. Good luck op!

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