Lactulose for Hepatic Encephalopathy User Reviews

• kam...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 10, 2015

Lactulose "Initial symptoms included brain fog, disorientation, and confusion. I took the lactulose for one week... all symptoms disappeared. However, I must advise you to stay close to the bathroom. Also, I should note that my physician said that I may be taking this medication for the rest of my life and I'm only 47 years old."

• ste...
• February 13, 2012

"Very effective! Usually starts to work for me within two hours and continues to work for hours. Stay close to a bathroom. It decreased blood ammonia level and cleared up the cloudy head in just a couple of days. Stress staying close to a bathroom!"

• Old...
• December 3, 2017

"My wife started getting dehydrated at the beginning of this year, and I repeatedly took her to urgent care for rehydration. Her symptoms would go away but come back three weeks later. During a hospital stay in Aug 2017, my wife was given Reglan in her IV to treat nausea with disastrous results. She immediately forgot where she was, who I was, or that she was in the hospital. This lasted 24 hours, but the incident left her with profound hallucinations for about three weeks. She got dehydrated again, got over-medicated on hyperidol, and then got a blood test that pinged on ammonia. It all fits. The Reglan damaged my wife’s already overworked liver, and she’s been dying of ammonia poisoning ever since. Lactulose may be a Godsend. We hope so."

• CBE...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• May 15, 2019

"I started out on Lactulose when I found out I had cirrhosis. That medicine tasted awful, and I had to take it three times a day! I mixed it with everything under the sun, but no relief from that nasty stuff. After taking it for months (I had to take it), I asked my gastroenterologist if there was anything else that I could take, he prescribed XIFAXAN, which does the same thing. Wish I knew that before! LOL It comes as a tablet and is so easy to take. The only downside is that it’s very expensive. I don’t know if this will help anyone else, but it was a lot better than taking that nasty liquid."

• Smi...
• July 20, 2021

"My Dr. said this would soften stool. Well, it does do that. Like liquid water in a matter of hours. Stayed up all night on the pot with constant diarrhea and some seriously explosive gas, but I felt a lot better by morning."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 14, 2023

"I take lactulose 3 times a day. Since taking the higher dose, I no longer have any hand tremors and have not had another episode of going to sleep and not waking up for 36 hours. I still have periodic leg swelling if I am really active."

• Anonymous
• September 29, 2008

Lactulose "Enulose has been very efficient in making regular bowel movements."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 30, 2022

"Although very effective, this stuff is mainly lactose, so if you are lactose intolerant, it’s a nightmare, no amount of lactase seemed to make it better."