CITRUCEL Fiber Therapy for Regularity 500mg - 240 Caplets

I have had IBS all my life and about 8 years ago started using an herbal laxative that seemed to keep me regular. However, now in my early 50's, my Dr. after doing my colonoscopy said, he wanted me to stop using the herbal laxative. I am not sure why, (or even if it was harmful) but my colon was gray in color and not pink from the herbal product. Needless to say, I was in a panic as I had never found a product that kept me regular like this herbal one. Two weeks into taking the Citrucel (8 pills per day spread out from 6 AM to 10 PM) has been working great! No stomach pain or excess gas etc. If you suffer from IBSC that then turns into IBSD, you should give Citrucel a try.

I like them because they have no taste, they go down easy with water and they work well.

Citrucel does a fine job for ensuring bowel regularity, better (at least in my case) than some of the powdered fiber products on the market that I've tried. These are large pills but I have no trouble swallowing them, although others might. The calorie count isn't indicated on the label - some powdered products contain up to 30 calories per typical dose, and I wish I could compare them with Citrucel. In any case, calorie values shouldn't be high enough to be a significant concern for most people. Label advice is to take these pills with at least 8 oz of water - I just can't force myself to do this, and I get good results anyway. Drinking water with the pills may well increase their effectiveness, however.

It works, but doing so has been variable for me. 2 tablets did it the first time, then not the next 3 times so I took it twice one day. Then it worked a "little too well." Thankfully, I was at home. I switched to Citrucel two months ago from two other generic, non-fiber constipation brands -especially when I am first travelling overseas- which were Docusate sodium based. I switched because Citrucel (claims) 500 mg of fiber per pill. Fiber is an equally effective colon cleanser and, when used on a regular basis, reduces the incidence of colon cancer. I now use 1000 mg of Citrucel 1-2 times weekly for this purpose regardless of travel, plus it aids in flushing my colon.

My doctor told me to take 2 caplets at night to add bulk. I thought this product was used to loosen not bulk up and the last thing I needed was to loosen. It worked and now I use 2 caplets faithfully each night. Citrucel is good both to loosen if constipated and bulk if too loose. The caplets are so easy to swallow. They are not too big. I didn't like the powders that you mixed with water at all. I highly recommend this product.