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**O25YtQnn** · 05-15-2012, 05:47 AM

I feel for you. It's a terrible dilemma too - opiates slow your intestinal motility, so the more pain relief you get, the less your bowels will be likely to move, the more pain you'll have. It's a pretty nasty thing to be dealing with. But just hang on, and you'll pull through just fine.

Is there a possibility of going on an insoluble fiber overload to help with the lack of peristalsis in the colon while on opiates?

05-15-2012, 05:47 AM	#46
O25YtQnn Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 552 Senior Member	I feel for you. It's a terrible dilemma too - opiates slow your intestinal motility, so the more pain relief you get, the less your bowels will be likely to move, the more pain you'll have. It's a pretty nasty thing to be dealing with. But just hang on, and you'll pull through just fine. Is there a possibility of going on an insoluble fiber overload to help with the lack of peristalsis in the colon while on opiates?
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