Linaclotide and Cramps: What Users Say (Page 5)

• Poo...
• February 22, 2021

For Constipation, Chronic "I can’t describe just how much this drug will make you poop. You think it’s over, you think it’s in the clear, you take three steps at your front door and you are hit with a freight train of cramps, and you find yourself back on the toilet for the next 45 minutes thinking you’ve cleared out. You think to yourself, there is no way that there is possibly anything left inside my body, but do not be fooled, 20 minutes later you will find yourself sweating on a toilet, in the depths of the worst existential crisis of your life, wondering what you did to deserve this. I would rather take not pooping for two weeks straight over the wrath of this medication any day."

• Jel...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 22, 2020

Linaclotide for Chronic Idiopathic Constipation "Have been taking it 2 days and already pooped 4 times! They are a little watery, but I feel great after I go and am not cramping. Still on the lowest dose."

• Bla...
• January 10, 2014

Linaclotide for Chronic Idiopathic Constipation "I've been on Linzess for a couple of hours, and this really works. No cramps or bloating."

• LH6...
• August 13, 2015

Linaclotide for Chronic Idiopathic Constipation "Severe bloating, abdominal pains. When it does work, I get diarrhea along with cramps. I actually think this made me more constipated."

• Ana...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 23, 2016

Linaclotide for Chronic Idiopathic Constipation "I am on Linzess 290 mg for a week. It's amazing how good that works. No cramps, no bloating. I take on an empty stomach every morning. I started going every morning. The 145 mg did not work for me."

• Bac...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 16, 2019

Linaclotide for Chronic Idiopathic Constipation "Wow! I have tried everything to help my bowels move. Since I was a child, I have struggled. If I had two small bowel movements a week, I was excited! And I hated laxatives because, oh, those cramps."

• Can...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 2, 2020

Linaclotide for Chronic Idiopathic Constipation "I am on day 3 of starting this med at 145 mcg, I have IBS-C. I've only experienced some mild abdominal cramping, tightness, and bloating. No bowel movement at all. So frustrating."

• Dis...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 14, 2021

Linaclotide for Chronic Idiopathic Constipation "Does not work and has nasty side effects. Severe cramping and gas. It's an expensive scam."

• Ric...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 27, 2019

Linaclotide for Chronic Idiopathic Constipation "I was given a sample of the lowest dose Linzess to try this morning and developed severe cramping, followed by the runs and stomach rumbling. I had to use both Pepto as well as Imodium to help me."