Colace dosage question

cutebride73 · February 2012

I got some colace tonight because I've been having trouble going #2 (sorry TMI) - although to be honest I have been so sick and eating so little, maybe I haven't had to really go. I started taking zofran last night and I heard that can make constipation worse, so I want to deal with this issue.

Anyway, the bottle says adults can take 1-6 pills - all at once or spread out. Do I really need 6 pills?? Anyone have a dose they found effective? I don't want to take more than I need, but I want it to work. 6 pills just seems like a lot. Thanks for any advice ladies!

coastalmaine · February 2012

Hmmm..., I have the generic form and it says 1-2 pills. My doc said to try one at night and one in the morning. Six seems like a lot to me....hmmm.

jkfranklin · February 2012

I had some bad constipation in the beginning so I got some colace. The bottle I have says 1-3 in a 24 hour period. I started out taking 2 at one time and then if I didn't go in 8-12 hours, I would take the 3rd pill allotted. Does it say what the mgs are on yours?

tcuhoneyb · February 2012

I'm an ICU nurse and the dosage we use for all of our patients is 100mg twice a day. Just so you know colace will not make you go to the bathroom, it is only going to make it easier if you needed to. It is a stool softner and not a laxative. Not sure which you are looking for. But I would recommend 100mg twice a day with plenty of water. HTH!

cutebride73 · February 2012

jkfranklin:
I had some bad constipation in the beginning so I got some colace. The bottle I have says 1-3 in a 24 hour period. I started out taking 2 at one time and then if I didn't go in 8-12 hours, I would take the 3rd pill allotted. Does it say what the mgs are on yours?

It says each pill is 50mg. Maybe I will try 2 and see what happens.

cutebride73 · February 2012

tcuhoneyb:
I'm an ICU nurse and the dosage we use for all of our patients is 100mg twice a day. Just so you know colace will not make you go to the bathroom, it is only going to make it easier if you needed to. It is a stool softner and not a laxative. Not sure which you are looking for. But I would recommend 100mg twice a day with plenty of water. HTH!

Okay, so since each pill is 50 mg, I can take 2 to start. Plenty of water is my biggest problem - with my morning sickness I have hardly been able to keep any food or liquid down. Hopefully, the zofran will help with that though. Thanks for your input!!

E3A7AGGIE · February 2012

Like PP said, regular colace is just a stool softner. I had EXTREMELY bad constipation last week. I am talking sore abdomen, extreme back ache, and tender muscles. It felt like stabbing pains any time baby moved, and I hardly wanted to eat. I took peri-colace, which is a stool softner AND laxative (and it was approved by my ob/gyn). It is like colace, but the "peri" part is the laxative part. It says the dosage is 4, but that you can split it up into 2 and 2. I did that for 2 days, and got hardly any relief, and when I took all 4 in the evening (like recommended), the next day I was finally able to go a good amount.

GL!!!! Constipation is awful :

Jodee37 · February 2012

I'm a nurse and we give colace to almost all our patients... standard dose is 100mg twice a day (one in AM, one in PM). Hope that helps? I would not take more than 3 in one day... step up your water intake.

redhead0525 · February 2012

I would start with one at night..if you dont see any improvement you can go to in in the am and one in the pm..

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