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I took milk of magnesia at 8 pm last night for constipation and now i have diarrhea.how long before this stops & what can i do in the meantime?
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Go slow: You probably took too much of Milk of Magnesia(MOM). its effect will be over within 24 hours. So you do not need to do anything other than drink extra fluids, eat a banana or two and your diarrhea will go away. In future take half the dose of MOM, if needed.
Answered 8/12/2017
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