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Hi all -- hope your Sunday is going well:I started a thread earlier about dealing with an acute (and for me rare) episode of constipation, due to a drug interaction. (My IBS is more often the D kind). My doc wanted me to take a huge dose of Senokol (senna), 15 tablets each morning for two days. He feels I should just clean everything that's stuffed in there for the past week out.I was leery, as was my GP, and so Friday night I took two capfuls of Miralax (osmotic laxative), and two more the next morning, and two more the next afternoon. The result was several modest bowel movements, but certainly not a cleanse. Some of you encouraged me to keep working with this, which I appreciate.But now I'm graduating to the Senna, in a new product -- GAIA Herb Natural Laxatives, which has 122 mg senna in each tablet, but also aloe and other herbs that are supposed to help prevent harsh cramping, which I dread.So I took four of those last night, had some gas and very mild cramps this a.m., and then a little bowel movement. Things clearly aren't shaken up enough in there yet, sigh. I just took another four this a.m. with large glass of water (I'm drinking it like a fish). Can I keep doing this all day with no ill effects, until something starts shaking? Is it better to move to the harsher stuff my doc wanted me to take, like straight senna (Senokot)? Has anyone ever tried a senna-herbal blend, or have another suggestion? I'm also considering a magnesium and herbs product called Constipation Stop -- anyone know it?I'm laying off the drug I think is causing it today, which my doc wouldn't like, but I feel like I'm continuing to constipate myself with it.......