Pedia-Lax?

[Darkfinn]

Speaking of childrens' medicine... we recieved some free samples of Pedia-Lax the other day... apparently it is a watermelon flavored chewable laxative tablet for kids. As the packaging says "When you don't know what to do, Pedia-Lax will help your kids poo." which is very disturbing.

Now I haven't worked up the nerve yet to actually pop one of these little things and see what happens. The dosage is supposed to be designed especially for kids so I don't imagine it would be that bad on an adult. Though it promises results in "30 minutes to 6 hours" so I guess I'll wait for a day when I don't have anything planned.

Anyone else see this stuff?

 

[weswissa]

No, but if I do, I'll try it.

 

[Pojo]

I love that catchphrase...It reminds me of some juice commercial on Family Guy "Drink it then convert it to pee"

 

[Pramrider]

As the packaging says "When you don't know what to do, Pedia-Lax will help your kids poo."

Though it promises results in "30 minutes to 6 hours"...

I'm sorry, I had to laugh at that little rhyme. Surprising they'd come up with something like that right on the package. I can just picture a TV ad with the announcer repeating it.

One half to six hours is pretty fast acting IMO! I don't remember Fletcher's Castoria working on me anywhere near that quickly.

~Pramrider

 

[mizzycub]

I wouldn't take a laxative unless I needed it for medical reasons. Full stop.

 

[ballucanb]

I doubt if a laxitve made for a child would do much for an adult, as I think the resident laxitive junkie who used to be me would say.

I don't think there is a laxitive on the market I haven't tried, other than the newer ones on the market now, other than Mirolax which I had to use for a colonoscopy.

If your insides are working fine don't screw with it, but if you do or did have problems like I did thruout my life, try anything before you use laxitives, they are very addicting and once your system gets used to working with a laxitve it dosn't want to work any other way.

 

[Darkfinn]

Hehehe... it's not like I plan on eating them like candy... I'm not even that interested in forced messing at all. I just thought I might pop one or two... just to see what happens. After all... if it's formulated for kids I can't imagine just the reccomended dosage being that dangerous for an adult.

 

[Mink]

Hehehe... it's not like I plan on eating them like candy... I'm not even that interested in forced messing at all. I just thought I might pop one or two... just to see what happens. After all... if it's formulated for kids I can't imagine just the reccomended dosage being that dangerous for an adult.

Famous last words....




Just kidding

 

[ballucanb]

You might get a little gas from something as mild as a baby laxitive, they used to use baby laxitives to cut drugs along time ago, and you would get the feeling you needed to poop but nothing would actuly happen.

Yes the fabulous 70's

 

[Icey]

While I was in Target, I saw an enema that was for kids aged 2-12 years!! And sitting right next to it, the stuff Darkfinn is talking about!!

 

[MarcusBear]

While I was in Target, I saw an enema that was for kids aged 2-12 years!! And sitting right next to it, the stuff Darkfinn is talking about!!

Oh shit! Like, literally.



:detective3

 

[satyrical]

Though it promises results in "30 minutes to 6 hours" so I guess I'll wait for a day when I don't have anything planned.

30 minutes to 6 hours? That is not a range I want to see! I want to know when it's going to work, down to the second, not have a broad guess of when it could happen.

 

[EmmEmmThree]

oh shit! Like, literally.



:detective3

ROFLMAO!

asdfasdfasdfadsf

 

[Takkun]

If your kid is sick enough to give them a laxative, I doubt they are going to school. So 30 min - 6 hours seems pretty reasonable.

And most laxatives only help things along, and rarely make you have to go bad enough that you COULDN'T hold it, especially a kid one.

Try it, I doubt it will do anything. *shrug*

 

[Fire2box]

slogan is a lot better then say something like this.

"enema-On" apply directly to the anus
"enema-On" apply directly to the anus
"enema-On" apply directly to the anus

Like those stupid head-on ad's which are designed to give people headaches and make them think human race is a failure and thus kill themselves or help promote anti-depressants.

 

[Point]

Fingernail-on, apply directly to the fingernail...

That ad isn't as bad as the fast-talking people on car ads.

 

[EpicPie]

This thread has now been put on my favorites and I lol'ed so hard at it.

 

[Sparkz]

tried a lax once, because it was needed, and decided to try it with a diaper... horrible horrible idea....

 

[the0silent0alchemist]

ewww...^

 

[ballucanb]

30 minutes to 6 hours? That is not a range I want to see! I want to know when it's going to work, down to the second, not have a broad guess of when it could happen.

That was always my problem with laxitives once you take one your stuck, because sometimes(not very often) it works within a hour or two, but most times it takes longer, and once it gets started you have no idea when it going to finish completly.

I'm glad I don't use them anylonger.