How long til Hall's "laxative" effect wears off?
Normally when I have a sore throat, I use the Ricola cough drops and eat them as if they’re candy-as soon as I finish one, I start another-that’s how bad my throat gets.
This morning, we were all out of Ricola, but we had a spare bag of the sugar-free Hall’s Fruit Breezers lying around. I didn’t bother looking at the bag (stupid me), and ate them the same way I eat Ricola. It wasn’t ‘til (approx) 13 drops later (around mid afternoon) that I learned the side effects the hard way. . . And then when I checked the bag, there it was. “Excessive dosage could cause a laxative effect.” And it still hasn’t stopped.
Now, all I want to know is how long will it take for it to wear off? I really ought to go to school tomorrow, but if I’ll still be running to the bathroom every five minutes, I’d rather stay home than face the disgusting high school bathrooms.
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A lot of sugar free candies have that warning now. From my experience it shouldn’t last more than a day, usually much less. Unless you’re still feeling the effects tomorrow morning I’d plan on going to school.
Yeah, that happened to me once. I ate a whole bag of some sort of sugar free candy. Boy was that a mistake! Damn baby laxatives. Never again. Sorry, but I don’t remember how long it took to wear off. This too shall pass, though :), as they say. Can you take an Immodium or something, to counteract it? But then you’ll probably be constipated. Or eat a few slices of Wonderbread, it’s very binding.
Most sugar free foods include as their first ingredient a sugar replacement called sorbitol which is a weak laxative in high doses… even sugar free gum can have that effect on you! That said, I don’t know for sure how long it’ll last, sorry, but I don’t imagine it’ll continue into tomorrow.
Take the rest of the week off….
Drinking plenty of fluids should help you stay hydrated and help the problem pass. I don’t know how long it will last for you. Sorry!
The culprit is sweeteners such as sorbitol, mannitol and xylitol, with the later being the most mild. As few as 4 pieces of sugar-free gum can set some people off, if you’re prone to intestinal discomfort. The sweeteners draw water from your body into your large intestine. Avoid sugar-free products, and try the BRAT diet—bananas, rice, applesauce, toast. It should pass within 48 hours.
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