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I am experiencing constipation. miralax doesnt work for me, linzess gives me diarrhea all day regardless of dose and i've tried fiber supplements.
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There may be hope: Linzess is approved for use at specific doses. However, Linzess is a capsule containing little medicine beads. One can ask her doctor about trying Linzess an unofficial way. For example, a patient can open a capsule and pour the beads into a tablespoon to estimate how much 1/4 of the beads would look like. One capsule would be 4 day's medicine. The daily dose would not be exact, but it might work.
Answered 4/10/2017
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