colace gel caps

it wasnt meant to be a criticism. That's great that the surgeon asked you those questions. I'm just saying that their focus is where it should be, and we need to be responsible for ourselves.

it wouldnt hurt to give a quick call to the surgeon's office and clarify. Make sure you tell them when you had surgery, and exactly what your concern is. They're very busy, and may not remember your exact situation.

I used the Colace in liquid form for kids, and doubled the does.

However, I later purchased a different (stronger) softener which came in gelcap form, and was encouraged to break it open with my teeth and suck out the contents, discarding the gelatin.

It tasted absolutely VILE but it did work - which was the main thing.
It probably also helped that I drank a full litre of Crystal Lite-flavoured water immediately afterward....

Hi, I'm almost 7 weeks post op and haven't heard anything about not taking gel caps, as a matter of fact on Tuesday when I was in the Guelph centre, someone was saying that the liquid Tylenol in the gel caps was recommended for the pain they had. I've been taking the colace gel caps for a few weeks now, should I be concerned?

Hi, I'm also from Guelph and they recommended colace early on for me. I was just back there last week and they asked how the colace was doing, so both the nurse and nut knew I was taking it.
I've had no problems with it, actually solved problems for me LOL
jackie

Did you need a prescription or did you buy it over the counter? 
I saw Dr Reed on tues and it was 6days without a BM at that point and he said not to worry.  Yesterday at 8 days I ended up resorting to a sup.  I think I need to go get some colace so I don't get to that point again.

I bought it over the counter, I just asked the pharmacist where it was as it has the chemical name. I had spoken with the nurse when Dr. Reed was on vacation about needing help, and she recommended the colace to me, taking 2 caps a day. When I saw Dr. Reed also last Tuesday, he said a BM once or twice a week is fine. With the colace, I'm doing that without any issues.
When I was there on Tuesday I heard someone say they were car pooling with someone else, was that you? I was coming out of the nurse's office, but didn't get to see who it was.

No I was hoping to see somebody from this site as it seemed a few of us had appointments that day but nope.  When I was there the waiting room was pretty packed with people about to take the dietary class.

I started taking it early out, too.  No problems, but still need to take MOM every now and then in addition to the colace.  As for the prescription part, you can get it off the shelf (sodium docosate) but some people can get it covered under their benefits package if they have a prescription.  My plan didn't cover it.

 Is a gel cap not the same as a soft gel??!!

There was a post on here the other day that we are not supposed to take them because our stomachs don't have the acids to breakt them down.