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IBS constipation Type

About 18 months ago I was diagnosed with Constipation type IBS. I have been constipated most of my life and no matter how much fruit, veg and fibre I eat, nothings helps.  As a ruslt of the diagnosis I now take Movicol (primary ingredient Propyrthylene glycol), I am suposed to take this twice a day, but because I worry about taking stuff too often, I now only take one sachet every other day, or once daily if it gets bad again. Does anyone else suffer with this and can you suggest anything rather than meds?
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Answer for the top question.  I have the same problem IBS Constipation type.  I have that for 4 years already.  For the first two years I used meds, which were not helping me to get better, but only got dependent more from them.  Now for two years I use small cup of plam juice not from consentrate  the name of this juice is Sunsweet plam juice.  Try this it work's
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My naturopath has me using Oregon Grape and Cascara Sagrada.  I use the Oregon Grape with each meal according to the directions on the label.  I use one cascara sagrada at night to prevent constipation, so I don't have to take so much MiraLax because I feel the same way about pharmaceuticals as you do.  Another good thing to do is take dietary fiber everyday.  I have been using flaxseed meal and inulin fiber for dietary fiber, since I'm intolerant to psyllium fiber, such as Metamucil.  Psyllium fiber irritates my GERD.  Aloe vera juice is helpful for both IBS and GERD.
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