Codeine constipation

Exercise and extra fibre - a handful of dried fruit a day should help - along with plenty of water. My friend swears by firm tummy massage, in a clockwise direction!

Kiwi fruit. A natural laxative. Two will help a minor problem. 4 should shift codeine constipation. If you don't like the fruit or the acidity, make a smoothie with 4 kiwis and a banana. The banana will make it a bit less harsh.

I'm taking pain killers for a little bit of covid left over congestion and headaches at the moment. Taking 2 kiwis a day at the moment to moooooooove things along a little.

I had such awful constipation due to codeine I ended up buying an enema from an online pharmacy.

It is very common so there should be no embarrassment about it.

Sodium docusate always works for me

Yup laxido sachets, thanks Harris.

Be careful travels, I take a powder drink orange box sugar free sorry can’t remember the name which helps. Co codamol,can be very nasty, the dad of dd’s friend was in hospital fir a week impacted! !

I have to wear a yellow band in hospital if I go in for anything as I had a hysterectomy years ago and had awful constipation with codeine. Again years on I had codeine again and the same thing happened so now the yellow band not to be subscribed it. I do still struggle with constipation so I know what not to take. Try and take some laxido sachets you can get them at the chemist.

Have a big bowl of porridge every morning wth fruit in it,grated apple ,banana etc.I have codeine for my disc issue and have never had a constipation problem even though I sometimes take the full 8 a day for a week .And drink lots of water

The usual things? More fruit, veg and fibre, plenty of fluids. You can try fibogel, which you can get from the chemist. I was sent home from hospital on codeine with an accompanying pack of Senokot, so that might be something to try.

Good luck!

You can't embarrass a pharmacist, if you don't want to announce your problem to the whole shop, perhaps ask to speak to them privately? Depends how bad it gets, but rather than experimenting with various laxatives from grapes, dates and ExLax up to Senokot and Dulcolax, definitely sound out the pharmacist!