Thanks to shifts in hormones and the added pressure a growing uterus places on the intestines, many women face constipation during pregnancy. Constipation is defined as having three or fewer bowel ...

Typically, stool softeners take 1 to 3 days to take effect. Docusate (Colace, DulcoEase, Surfak) is a commonly used stool softener. If you try OTC products and they don’t resolve your ...

Dr Harting also warned against Colace, a laxative containing the active ingredient docusate. Docusate is meant to soften ...

If those don’t work, I recommend a surfactant such as docusate (Colace), which allows more water to enter the stool. Yet another option would be nonabsorbable substances like polyethylene glycol ...

I have also recommended surfactants like docusate (Colace), nonabsorbable solutions like polyethylene glycol (Miralax), or sugars like lactulose. If your wife is seeing an endocrinologist ...

And consider an over-the-counter (OTC) stool softener, such as docusate (Colace), to make bowel movements easier, as well as warm baths and pain relievers such as ibuprofen to relieve short-term pain.

To remove impacted cerumen, instill liquid docusate (Colace) for five minutes, then wash out. —Smitha Manoj, MD, Metuchen, N.J. Colace is frequently used in pediatric ERs to remove earwax.