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Can my bowel stop working after taking laxatives on a regular basis?
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Yes: Your bowels can definitely be affected from long term laxative use. I would recommend seeing your doctor or a gastroenterologist for bowel retraining. This can be a difficult process so you will need to stick with it and not continue laxative use.
Answered 11/27/2017
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