“Can bowel regulators become addictive?”
My mother has a problem with impacted stools and now takes bowel regulators and softeners. Now she is just unable to pass motions without it. Is she addicted to these supplements now?
3 Answers
It's not an addiction but rather a dependence. If the colon is slow then it needs help and laxatives will not make it worse but rather are a necessary treatment.
Not necessarily.
Yes. I suggest a fiber supplement.
