Bisacodyl for Constipation User Reviews (Page 4)

• jjt
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 20, 2019

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "I have suffered with chronic constipation my entire life..I have had scope tests, tried all the things I read about and what the doctor says, but after awhile everything stops working and I have to take a store bought laxative..I bought Dulcolax for women because it said GENTLE overnight dependable relief..what a crock..this product almost killed me..at 11 pm I took 2 little pills..by 2 am the cramps started, by 4 am the pain was getting severe and I was up every 20 minutes..by 6 am I was vomiting and the pain was excruciating, by 8 am I had to call for my husband because I was sweating profusely, my skin felt clammy, my legs were tingling and my head started to spin like I was going to pass out. The pain just kept getting worse. I was a full 36 hours in sheer agony. It did move my bowels, but at this cost, it is not worth it. I actually thought at one point that I was going to die..this product is dangerous and should not be sold to anyone."

• Rae
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 5, 2020

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "Took 2 Dulcolax tablets at 8pm for relief. Got no relief at all. Relief I actually survived the ordeal. By 3am I thought I was going to vomit. Cramps so incredibly strong. Nothing happened. Laid on the bathroom floor cover in cold sweat. Could not move, even to sit on the toilet was risky as I was extremely faint and lightheaded. Finally had a release. Thought my whole insides ended outside. Thought that had to be all, but no, another 3 hours of incredible pain, cramps and sweats. Ended up sleeping on bathroom floor to cool down. Two days later and I can’t seem to eat without getting massive pain in my stomach area. Have a recurring cramping nearly every 30 minutes that has me hunched over in pain. If doesn’t stop tomorrow will need to see doctor. Hopefully not twisted bowel due to tablets."

• Surgery...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 21, 2015

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "I haven't had a bowel movement in about 8 or 9 days. I took two pills around midnight and woke up around 5am to a bowel movement. It helped my constipation. I went back to sleep and woke up about 7am to an immediate bowel movement. It is now 7:45am and hopefully this is over. Works great though."

• Hgh
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 3, 2020

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "Do not take this!!! Was recommended to me when I called the nurse after delivering baby because the pain meds they gave me had me severely constipated. Was finally home and healing from all the tearing three days after baby, but no bowel movement and getting desperate. Did one dulcolax suppository and felt like nothing was happening when all of a sudden it started to rock and roll. Talk about contractions! I was convulsing and going into full body curls and spasms. My body took over and I had zero control! Way worse than my delivery just days before and I was severely traumatizing the perenium all over again. Felt like I was ripping everything a second time. I can’t believe this was recommended to me and I can’t believe this is on the market. Lasted hours and I was almost about to call emergency because I thought this was a severe and unexpected reaction, but decided to wait because I couldn’t make it to the phone anyway. It was violent and messy to say the least. Scary stuff."

• Deltay
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 27, 2024

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "I took a pill in the afternoon (with a lot of water) to have an effect in the evening. I didn't experience any side effects. I've been to the toilet twice so far, but I didn't have to rush once. Stool was very soft after 5 hours and watery after 8 hours. It is possible that the intake of fluids contributed to the absence of side effects."

• Const...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 7, 2015

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "I had constipation, bloating, chest pains, and gastritis for a few days causing agonizing pain, I took one and amazing it cleaned my entire digestive system, bloating, chest pains, and gastritis cramps stopped. What a blessing."

• Teela
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• January 6, 2020

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "Using these for a while so learned the best ways around the cramps, you've probably read on here and pooped yourself (you wish). I can't poop for about 5-7 days sometimes so I take them depending on the severity of constipation, if I haven't been for 5+ days I take one before bed and go fine in the morning. If I've not been for 3/4 days I only take half a tablet and go fine. If take a whole one with no severe constipation I've noticed that the poop is more runny and the cramps heavier. I will take one before bed and set an alarm to take a painkiller at around 5am to prevent the cramps, it works!! No cramping= pleasant pooping. I've been taking these once or twice a month for over a year and they do work, I suggest only half of tablet if the constipation is only 2/3 days old and the full 1 for anything over, but don't forget the painkillers for better experience. Happy pooping!"

• Siobhan...
• August 2, 2016

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "Took 5mg of dulcolax going to bed at 10pm. Woke at 4 with excruciating abdominal cramps, then started having heart palpitations, sweats , nausea, worse pain than childbirth .....then I fainted ! Woke up on the tiled bathroom floor with 4 children looking at me thinking I was dead....have a head injury from the bang on the tilled floor, soiled myself cos I hadn't the energy to lift myself to the toilet seat...profuse diarrhoea for 30 minutes ....bed ridden for 6 hours after the faint.....NEVER again will I take this medicine...on the bottle it says "for gentle relief of constipation " .....nothing could be further from the truth. I'm actually traumatised."

• Melanie
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 11, 2023

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "I'm not a doctor, but I can't help but feel the negative reviews are a little misguided. If you're severely blocked up and haven't been to the bathroom in a week or more, how can you expect to be in anything but pain when you take medication trying to push all that through? Dulcolax is the only thing that works for me. Sure, I had pain and quite loose stools when it was working, but I had a complete evacuation. The relief is amazing! Clearly, those of us with this issue need to see a doctor as laxatives are a short-term, last resort. If you're severely blocked up and you choose to take Dulcolax, be prepared for a rather intense experience. But I'd rather go through that than keep all that waste inside me."

• kpt
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• February 28, 2015

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "I take Dulcolax when I feel like my bowel system is playing up. Or to avoid serious constipation. I usually take it with a glass of water. But it doesn't help with the cramps, ever. It wakes me up at 6 am if 1 pill is taken between 10 p.m to 11 p.m. Cramps are top bad but the relief is great. Works almost every time for me."

• s3ndh...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• October 7, 2019

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "I use this awful drug because I have a paralyzed bowel from a tethered spinal cord. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS TO ANYONE WHO IS EXPERIENCING JUST OCCASIONAL CONSTIPATION. This stuff is intense and if you don't feel like cancelling all plans for the day and being on the toilet for hours, then this ain't it chief. Extreme cramping, vomiting, fainting, you name it. I'm the type of person that goes hard and takes the full dose (3 pills). Let me tell you don't do that unless you want to be writhing on the ground contemplating if you are dying. Over all the only positive thing about this medication is after hours of intense pain, all hell breaks loose, you see the sunrise on the horizon, a choir of angels starts to sing, and you feel 20 pounds lighter. You get the picture."

• Anonymous
• June 14, 2019

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "Had taken dulcolax in past with moderate luck and no side effects... until now. I took it last night because I ran out of miralax which I have to take every night for my IBS-C. As with other reviewers I am in some of the worst pain of my life AND in the past I have been carted off to the ER in an ambulance twice. I am having bowel movements irregularly with increasing pain, even though I am expelling waste. I feel nauseated to the point where I think I might throw up or pass out. I have broken into a feverish sweat and cannot stop shaking. To address other reviewers: yes I drank the water and no it didn’t help; and I have taken at least 3 other laxatives before with no severe pain so the pain is NOT necessary to sit through to have a bowel movement. I say sit, but I have no strength to keep myself in any position but lying on the floor, due to the pain. I will return to my trusted miralax. This medicine is poison and should not be sold to anyone for any reason."

• Paulito
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• September 4, 2017

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "For all you "horrible cramps, worst pain ever, bad drug" people. You had a blocked Bowel. The directions warn using it with that, yet the only way I've ever known I had a blocked bowel was when I was writhing in agony. So unless you have your own X-ray at home, I'm not sure how one would know. Anyways, it's not the laxative to blame, it's your condition. Remember why you took it? People always confuse causality. "I took X, then this happened. X is bad and at fault." It's more likely you would have gone through the same experience at a later time, and the laxative just brought it on sooner. I'm pretty sure stimulant laxatives increase the pain and severity of cramps, which is why it's warned for. Yet a blocked bowel is hell. Been there."

• Poop...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 25, 2020

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "Omg y’all. This stuff is seriously awful!! I took two pills at 8:30pm. Thank god I didn’t take 3. At 3:30 am, I woke up with terrible nausea and a bubbly stomach. I laid there and tossed and turned for a little bit. I finally got up, went down stairs so I didn’t wake up my family but horror sounds of poop shooting in the toilet. I was sweating, stomach cramped up and I couldn’t tell if I had to poop or throw up or both at the same time. It’s now 7:50am, I still have bad diarrhea. I’ll be canceling some stuff today because I’ll need to be by a bathroom at all times. Lord have mercy. I’ll stick with miralax next time. Read reviews before taking this! I wish I did!!"

• Dulco...
• February 12, 2020

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "I had been struggling with constipation for weeks, having around 1 BM each week, 2 if I was lucky. My mum was the one that suggested I try something over the counter, so I tried Dulcolax. I’d never taken it before so I started with just 1 tablet, I took this at around 10.30pm and went to bed. I woke up a few times in the night with gas but no pain or cramps. I got up for work at 7am worried that nothing had happened yet, so I started googling the reviews. Some of your reviews are terrifying! 10 minutes into reading I could feel a bowel movement coming on, so I prepared for the worst. However I’m pleasantly surprised, I have now had my first BM. It wasn’t diarrhoea but very soft. No cramps or pain. I had drunk about 750ml of water before going to bed so I’m starting to think that this helped! Hydrate while taking this tablet ladies and if you haven’t taken it before just begin with 1, I’m so glad I didn’t take 2/3."

• Owwww
• September 6, 2020

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "I had taken this before. Once after surgery and the blockage that happens. I had tried everything , stool softener, suppository, nothing worked. So I took one dulcolax and about 6 hours later - relief! Fast forward to last night. Took 2. Woke up at around 1am with the worst pain in my upper abdomen, truly horrible acid pain. Took some antacids and went back to bed. Woke up at 4am still in pain. It’s 9am now and the pain is still there but just had the first lower abdomen cramping start. Hopefully relief soon but the rest of the pills will be going straight to the trash. Nope. Never again."

• Josie
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 21, 2020

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "I suffer from IBS, I was recommended by a friend to use Dulcolax when I have severe constipation as it works amazing and completely unblocks. I took the medication at 10:30pm, I work up at 4:30am in excruciating pain with my stomach, could barely walk to the toilet. Once sitting on the toilet, I had extremely loose stools for around 2 hours (non-stop). These do definitely work but the side effects can be awful and cause you a rubbish nights sleep."

• OAKIE
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 22, 2020

Dulcolax Laxative (bisacodyl) "Took two dulcolax before bed, because I had been constipated for a few days. All good until about 7am the next morning when, I woke up with the WORST pain, I have ever had. I would like to mention I berthed two babies over 9lbs :) this pain was way worse. I throw up, had sweat pouring off my body in agony. End result, it finally worked, but was not worth the severe stomach cramps. I truly thought I was going to pass out or die. Don't take it- save yourself :)"

• Daisy
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• June 11, 2019

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "One of the worse pains I have ever felt. I was lying on the floor crying in pain due to this medication. I lost all my colour and felt as though I was dying. I am usually okay with pain tolerance but this is unbearable. Do not take."

• 6-1 1...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 15, 2014

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "Constipation was causing pain and I could not relieve myself. I never take anything for this. I took 2 pills about an hour ago and have already had a bearable bowel movement. Great relief. Worked quickly. Hoping no cramps, pain or irritable bowel to come over the next few hours. So far, so good. I will use again if needed. By the way I drank plenty of water, so that may have helped me avoid the cramping. "

• Maerfes
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 28, 2019

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "Recently I had the worst constipation in my life. I was advised by a doctor to take 4 dulcolax tablets at once. I decided to take it before sleep.I took 3 powerful sleeping pills and four dulcolax at 11:00 pm so that my sleep is not disturbed by bowel pain. I woke up at 12:00 pm the next day and found that my abdominal pain decreased a lot, but I became so weak that I couldn't even move a hair. After 5 minutes loud sounds came from my belly along with mild cramps. The sound continued for 1 minute and then suddenly a large volume of poop exploded out and it continued for 2 minutes. My clothes were completely spoiled along with the bed sheet. Brown liquids went down the floor. I could do nothing as I couldn't move. The same thing happened after every 5 minutes the next 30 minutes. When it stopped I started to get strength to move. I got up from bed with complete mess. I had diarrhoea the next 24 hours. Dulcolax helped me a lot. But it is better to take it only in case of any emergency."

• Tania
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 30, 2020

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "Thank goodness I'm not alone. I took this pill twice and both times I felt I had near-death-experience. The first time I thought maybe it’s due to introducing a new drug to my body. The second time I passed out once on the bathroom floor and once when I came back to my bed. My whole body was covered in cold sweat. I thought it was going to be the end of me in the bathroom. I was dizzy and my eyes got blurry. Both times I was a few minutes away from calling 911. With so many bad reviews I’m surprised how this drug still has the license of production."

• Jen
• August 31, 2019

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "I've never taken laxatives but went on a 5 day water fast to cleanse myself and I was sooo bloated by day 5 and no poops. I went and got these and TOOK 1. Not 2-3 at a time like other people said. I took it around 730pm and woke up around 7am with mild cramps, felt like normal poop cramps nothing major and took my first bowel motion. I immediately felt better. About an hour later the cramps were back and took another, this time much more came out. Feeling better already, dulcolax works and had no bad symptoms like others have stated. Also, I recommend to drink a lot of water during the day you take these as they take water from other parts of your body so stay hydrated!"

• Hayls
• December 4, 2019

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "Please for the love of GOD, do not take Dulcolax. It’s 3 am and the only thing keeping me somewhat sane is reading these comments and knowing that I’m not the only one who is going thru this nightmare. The word GENTLE is complete and utter BULL. I took 2 pills around 9pm tonight, and at MIDNIGHT I woke up to the worst full stomach cramps ever. The diarrhea has been pretty much nonstop and so, so painful. I wish I would’ve found this page before taking these pills. They are in the trash and I pray that this will end soon."

• Sprin...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 18, 2024

Dulcolax (bisacodyl) "I had been constipated for 4 days. I tend to get traveler's constipation, so only when I go abroad, and nothing ever helps. On the third day of being constipated and drinking copious amounts of water, nothing was happening - not even a decent fart nor deer pellet. So in a foreign country, I bought Dulcolax. The instructions were in Dutch. I took 2 tablets at 10:30 am. I drank about 3-4 L of water throughout the whole day and ate very lightly (soups/salads) since day 2. At about 9:30 pm, I started to get mild cramps. Went to the bathroom and only little pellet poos came out. About half an hour later, I started to get slightly stronger cramps. Sat on the toilet and everything that I had eaten on my trip had left my body. Instant relief. I didn’t get any sweats or nausea or any further discomfort as described by others. The difference though, I ate light prior to taking the tablets, drank huge amounts of water, and took the tablet throughout the day. Cramp level: a 5/10."