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>>>>For Bob - Surely suppositories are more convenient, >>as >>>>the entire process, from insertion to expulsion, is >>>>over in an hour or less. >>>> >>>> >>>>For Harvey - I think people should differentiate >>>>"laxatives", a word traditionally meaning oral >>>>medicines used to treat serious, instituted >>>>constipation, from the anally penetrative methods - >>>>suppositories and enemas and mechanical rectal >>>>stimulation - all of which are (to some extent) >>>>ass-ociated with "facilitating defaecation or >>>>initiating it at a suitable time of day". Especially >>>>glycerin suppositories which are so mild as to be >>>>unsuitable for treating capital-C Constipation: >>>>they're more suited to use as either a casual >>evacuant >>>>or as a "coercive potty-training aid" (not just for >>>>children either). But also pre-packaged enemas, >>>>especially after the virtual outlawing of phosphate >>>>enema solution, reducing them to the status of >>>>low-grade evacuant. >>>>This is why I used to make a habit, in my online >>>>babblings, of using the word kalilya, which, before >>it >>>>was repurposed to mean urinary catheter, was an >>>>overall term for "anal evacuants, medicinal or >inert, >>>>used casually", ass-isting with emptying your >>>>dung-passage, parentally, making your >>>>habitually-withholding kid do a dooey on-schedule. >>>>Kalilya is a fair enough word for them (though, with >>>>my fondness for bilingual puns, I now call them >>>>duiyas!) >>>> >>>> >>>>>I think taking a traditional laxative is a lot >more >>>>>convenient than a suppository so I am going to skip >>>>>the suppository. >>>>> >>>>>>>I have never taken a suppository but next time, I >>>am >>>>>>>feeling constipated, I think I am going to try it >>>>>over >>>>>>>a laxative or an enema. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Like an enema, the idea of taking a laxitive at >>>>>>>bedtime followed by a suppository in the morning >>as >>>>>>>crossed my mind. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Any thoughts? >>>>>>Ummm, a suppository is a laxative >>> >>>I suffer from chronic constipation and must keep >thing >>>moving every day or suffer with hours of Miralax and >>>constipation. The stools are so hard it takes a >triple >>>dose of Miralax 6 or more hours to relieve the >>>constipation. >>>For me taking one stool softener with senna after >>>supper then a glycerin suppository in the morning >>>keeps me going. I also use a Dulcolax suppository >>>instead of the glycerin suppository. >> >> >>I hang my enema bag adjacent to the toilet to assure >>those daily BM's. I don't always use an enema, but it >>is quick and easy and only takes a few minutes to run >>a pint or two in to empty my lower bowel. I've avoided >>laxatives for over 70 years and have regular BM's >>depending on my diet and food intake. Besides, an >>enema feels gokd! >I 100% agree with you. Especially the feels good >comment.

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