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Generic Name: Polyethylene Glycol
See also: Glycolax, Movicol, Polyethylene Glycol

What is Miralax? Miralax is a brand name for the laxative Polyethylene Glycol. This is an osmotic laxative which works by drawing water into the gut and is used in the treatment of constipation. Miralax is a brand name owned by Braintree. It may be available over the counter in some locations. Read more...Click to read more below

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Braintree Laboratories's Miralax site


Reasons Taken

54 patients in the community are taking or have taken Miralax.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Constipation 28 51%
Bowel problems 13 24%
Other 9 16%
General health 3 5%
disease-related symptoms 2 3%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Miralax.

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All (Show Top 10)

  0 mg day 0 day 0 g none 0 mg none 0 tbs. none 0 tps. none 0 none 0.5 day 0 g none 1 tbs. day 1 tps. day 1 day 3 tbs. day 10 g day 17 g day 17 mg day 18 g day 0 g none 100 g day 13800 mg day
  3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 9 Number of Patients: 9 7 Number of Patients: 7 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Miralax or how long patients were taking Miralax before stopping.

Currently taking Miralax

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
6
3
10
10
8

Stopped taking Miralax

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
3
1
0
0
0
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Miralax (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 3 60% Did not seem to work: 60%
Other 2 40% Other: 40%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 6 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 38% 3
Moderate 50% 4
Slight 13% 1

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Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 8

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 6 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 6)

  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Constipation

  • dad_of_2
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: mild
    Chest: none
    Legs: moderate
    See profile
  • dad_of_2
  • by dad_of_2
    Sep 23, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Constipation

See all evaluation results for Miralax



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