Senna for Constipation User Reviews (Page 4)

• Anonymous
• April 19, 2015

"Had an awful stomach bug which caused me surprisingly to become very constipated. I could just about manage to pass very small bowel movement but not enough to feel fully relieved. I took a senna tablet at about 11pm because i had awful stomach pain, at about 1pm i started to have the urge to go to the toilet. Senna is fabulous!"

• Jess
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 13, 2018

Senokot (senna) "This works like a charm. I feel really bad for those who it doesn't work for or causes extreme pain. Seems those of us who suffer from chronic constipation it really works well. I never have pain, works quick, and clears everything right out. I never have any pain while using this product, however I do have to go to the bathroom 5-6 times after using it for the next few hours. But when I take this, it's because I really need it. So, I love it."

• Eliza...
• February 15, 2020

Senokot (senna) "I took 1 tablet before bed for constipation as advised by a pharmacist (I’d had diarrhoea on Saturday then hadn’t been at all for 5 days - usually I’m every 2-3 days). The senakot made me have a bowel movement the next day, around 14 hours after I had 1 tablet. Then I went again a couple of hours later. I started to feel quite sick at this point, really uneasy stomach, not much of an appetite. I still ate lunch and snacks as normal and didn’t feel like I needed to be sick - just crazy nausea. Then a few hours later, I went again but it was more like diarrhoea - then I felt VERY sick. I had to go to a pharmacy again for nausea relief (I was taking a flight to go on holiday so I wasn’t going to wait for it to pass naturally!) - she gave me Pepto Bismol in liquid form instead of tablets - it worked like a dream and I’ve felt fine ever since. ADVICE: if you get the nausea (it was really bad) - definitely get pepto bismol to counteract it! So worth it."

• Aubri
• April 17, 2021

"Do NOT take this. I took one pill around 11 PM Then around 1 PM the next day I was vomiting non-stop and had severe abdominal pain. I have not been able to eat and am finding the easiest things to be impossible. I’m fatigued, weak, and still have bad cramping. The cramping is so bad that I can’t even stand up straight. It totally ruined my day. I hope tomorrow is better, but I will definitely be throwing this product in the garbage. AVOID"

• JSB
• July 1, 2019

"After being plugged up for a bit over a week with minimal relief, decided to get a doctors appointment. Got recommended Senna, went with Senna Plus (Stool softener as well). Took it at 8PM with some food, woke up at about 7am and made a small-mid sized normal movement. Around 10:30 am, was hit like a truck with the immediate need to go and had to pull off on the highway to uncork the dormant geyser that had been plugged for the past week. A vicious bout of diarrhea. Had lunch at noon, and around 1:30 was again beckoned to the bowl for the remnants. 48 hours later things look pretty normal, have had some of the less ideal side effects like the stomach/ ab cramps and appetite dampening. Not a terrible experience, but not something I would do if it wasn’t needed."

• Meano
• August 4, 2018

Senokot (senna) "Took one dose and nothing. Took second dose and that’s when the headache and cramps, and the stomach gurgles started. It sure cleared the pipes, but wow liquid fire from within and lived in my bathroom for a day. I was tempted to just sleep on my bathroom floor to make it easier.. Once I thought nothing more could possibly come out, a new wave would hit.. can’t even eat crackers or it goes right through."

• Shy
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 6, 2020

Ex-Lax (senna) "Worked very well I’m on the toilet now. It didn’t work in 6-12 hour it worked in 5 and now I’m going going my stomach hurried sooo bad. I chose this one at my local Walgreens I also drank a little of the MiraLax powder that made it work faster in my opinion"

• Caroli
• October 3, 2017

Senokot (senna) "I have constipation regularly. Milk of magnesia give me terrible cramps and makes me have nausea. Usually no BM. Miralax takes 3 days to work on me. Biscodyl tablets react the same as Milk of magnesia except with horrible gas. Senna, I have normal cramping before a BM, usually takes 8 hours to work. Very pleased."

• Senocot
• Taken for 10 years or more
• June 10, 2022

Senokot (senna) "This is a wonderful aid for constipation. 2 pills at night. Easy as a swallow at bedtime. No side effects whatsoever. Works overnight (or next day). Each and every time. I am on MANY medications and Senokot worked In perfect unison with a variety a medications, and always did exactly what was expected. It changed my life."

• Just...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 7, 2017

Senokot (senna) "Took one the first night, got cramps and diarrhea, ate half the next night was ok, half the third and nothing. Took one the next got cramps and diarrhea. Took 3/4 th of a tab for two nights straight, nothing, nothing. Took 1 the next night STILL nothing."

• Unhappy...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 22, 2022

"I took Ex-Lax with Senna to induce a BM due to unrelenting constipation. The result? My mind was sped up, I felt faint with a panic attack feeling, stood in the dark, praying to get back to normal. BM? Yeah, a very small BM, wasn't worth the bad trip. I'll never use anything with Senna again!"

• I...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 7, 2017

Senokot (senna) "Have IBS & on strong meds for ongoing pains elsewhere. I get bunged up quite a lot & have been again more so than usual for a few days. I took my pain relief meds as usual all day Monday, tried to go to the loo again on Monday night but couldn't & I was doubled over in constipation pain, so I took 2 Senokot. All day Tuesday I was asleep on & off. Couldn't eat or drink a thing and felt very sick with stomach pains, couldn't even talk properly. In the evening I drank some water but each sip went through me, it was like a laxative! Today (Wednesday),I still feel very sick and every little thing I've tried to eat or drink goes through me. I'm also getting a migraine and although I feel better than yesterday, I still feel ill.Rather be bunged up!"

• Anon
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 20, 2019

Senokot (senna) "I took senokot and it took about 9-10 hours for mine to start to work. When it did work the experience itself is not the most comfortable, given slight cramps and a BM with a soft but foreign feeling consistency. However, it did get the job done and I do not regret choosing this option. Would only recommend if constipation lasts for more than a couple of days, else don’t put yourself through discomfort for nothing."

• Do...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 10, 2022

Senokot (senna) "That stuff ripped through my intestines and gave me diarrhea and chills for hours. It doesn't just relieve constipation, it gives you a colon cleansing. Would not recommend it unless you have a really strong stomach or really bad constipation. The box saying it's gentle is a lie."

• 12345
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 30, 2018

"I have been constipated for about two weeks, so I decided senna was the was to go. I took 4 pills at 5 pm, at 1am I woke up with cramping. The cramps were so bad, I ended up throwing up. I tried to go down the stairs to get some nausea pills and water. On my way down a cramp was so bad I passed out. I fell and ended up breaking my nose and needing 10 stitches. Needless to say, I had a bowel movement but I am throwing it out the second I’m out of the hospital."

• Ibswa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 8, 2019

"I was really excited to try this product because of its natural properties because usually natural laxatives are very gentle on the body but this is horrible! I took one pill about two days ago and it wasn’t until today I started to feel some movement but the cramps are horrible , I can’t even move it’s like someone is taking a knife and slowly twisting it in my intestines. It gave me bowel movement but not worth it !!!!!"

• Lorra...
• January 27, 2017

Fletchers Castoria (senna) "After getting out of the hospital following a heart attack, I was so constipated that nothing I tried would help me to have a bowel movement. I tried everything that others suggested, even ate prunes dried and boiled, finally, I found a bottle of children's castoria in my medicine closet that I kept there for my children. I took the Castoria, and was relieved to have a bowel movement within 12 hours. Thank you Castoria!!! The only side effect was that I have been regular ever since!"

• Madster
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 9, 2016

"I hadn't been to the bathroom for almost one week. My stomach was rock hard, and I felt so sick. I took three senna tablets at 7pm. At around 2am I woke up with the most horrible stomach cramps and gas. I lay on my left side with a cushion pressing into my cramping stomach until 5am I had the most intense urge to poo. I barely made it on the toilet.. I had explosive diarrhea. It was the most painful stomach cramps I have ever had, I sat on the toilet for an hour bent over my legs crying from the pain. I still feel sick and crampy at 6pm. It did get the poo out but it was horrifically painful."

• Bethany...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 4, 2016

"It was a long 3 days of food eating in the Christmas holidays. None stop eating of diversified, cultural, gourmet food, that literally hardened like cement in my intestines blocking the only safe exit passage of excessive debris. Finally took one blue pill as a desperate measure for relieving myself like a normal human being feeling like a pig. Having farted a single time three hours later, I had to take my second blue pill and hope for the best. Will get back to you with an update report as soon as a major bowel evacuation occurs."

• Nicki
• August 14, 2019

Senokot (senna) "I took two of these for constipation and saw no results nor did I have any bowel movement the first day. The next day I took two again and the flood gates opened but It was severe stomach cramps for about an hour and then began to ease after my bowels had opened. Then I got up and they started again. I took these maybe an hour or two before bed and woke up at 4:30 am. Bottom line it works well but causes extreme discomfort in the process."

• Hat
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 4, 2018

Senokot (senna) "Hi I couldn’t go toilet for more than a week (although I do suffer with constipation). I took Senokot at night and the next day (around 3pm I had the urge to go. I went three times roughly and hour apart and ended up with diarrhea??? I did feel relieved but still a week later I’m stuck again????"

• Patsy
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• June 28, 2019

"A doctor recommended I use Senna. He told me to keep taking 2 every night until I had a BM. Took about 2 nights but it worked. Because I have chronic constipation I often take it and it always works eventually."

• Teena...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 8, 2021

Senokot (senna) "I am a small female and I took 3 Senokot pills before bed , because taking just one in the past did not help at all. I had a bowel movement in the mid morning but very painful cramps on and off for next several hours. Would not recommend because of that."

• Falling...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 24, 2020

"I suffered from trauma and a subdural hematoma that landed me in the ICU and hospital for 5 days. I was started on narcotics and muscle relaxants for pain and was not very active, both lead to constipation. I was started on Purelax an osmostic stool softener that is mixed in 6-8ozs. of liquid once per day as well as Senna , two tablets/day approx. 10 hours apart. Used this way the combination worked great other than my first BM which needed manual removal. Once home I stayed on both until I was more mobile and gradually decreased to one tab per day and then no tabs and finally stopped the Purelax once I was somewhat back to my normal activity level. Like all meds, they have to me used properly and for the correct indication and application"

• No...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 5, 2019

"Took 2 senna tablets as directed at 10pm, woke at 2am, violent vomiting, nausea, the pain in my tummy was indescribable. Absolutely agony. Dragged myself to hospital. Got lots of pain relief that dulled it a little but still quite sick. I would never use again, I wouldn’t advise anyone else to use either."