Prolonged Use Of Laxatives. - My Mother Has Been Regularly

Prolonged use of Laxatives.

Asked for Female, 58 Years

My mother has been regularly taking laxatives for at least a month. The laxatives are Cremaffin (night) and Sat-Isabgol (afternoon). She has kidney stones that haven't grown to the point where they would bother much. An ultrasound has been scheduled for that. She took the second dose of Covishield a week ago and didn't experience any major side effects. Nearly a year ago, she got her hernia operation done. The requirement of laxatives doesn't seem to be going down. How can this be treated?

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