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I've been having big hard stools for a few months and just started taking a stool softener in pill form and it made my stools worse! what can i do?
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Constipation: Increase your dietary fiber to 25 grams per day, drink 60 ounces of water daily, and consider taking a powdered stool softener such as Miralax (polyethylene glycol) daily. Pill form stool softeners still require you drink a significant amount of water to be effective.
Answered 4/3/2016
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