Looking for thoughts and suggestions for laxatives, and how bad is magnesium citrate for dialysis patients? Is it worth the risk?
In center HD patient here, been living the life for about 2.5 years. Through restrictive diet (moreso than even the dietician says), forcing myself to exercise/move every day, pills, both script and non script supplements (with nephro's knowledge), and keeping detailed notes on everything, I've managed to alleviate many of the symptoms and live a semi normal life.
However, I have one pain in the ass problem I haven't quite solved; when I get my iron shot, I stop pooping for several days. It eventually causes pretty bad stomach aches. This happens at least weekly, sometimes more often if my iron is low. I do use miralax since it's more kidney friendly, but requires extra fluid intake and is not immediate. I tend to only use it on my long break, since it can be unpredictable and once kicked in while I was hooked up to the dialyzer. Are there any other suggestions for quick acting, more predictable laxatives? I used to use magnesium citrate, and it worked great. Just chug a bottle and within an hour or so, massive relief, then it was done and back to normal. But I've been told that it's not great for kidney patients. I'll be asking my nephro the next time I see him, but I always get input from many different sources. I like having lots of info. Thanks.