MIRALAX WARNING.......too little too late. FDA INVESTIGATION.

I am totally devastated by the news I just found out about.  MiraLax is under FDA Investigation due to thousands of reports over many years.  Children and the Autistic population have been administered this toxic substance and it's contaminants on a daily basis for years without any proof that it is safe for long term use.

It hits home for me as my son with severe Autism and medical complications including Seizures has been given this by his Group Home Doctor for almost 4 years now.  And, over these past 4 years his behavior has progressively escalated resulting in more medications.  He was not put on MiraLax for Constipation, he was put on it for PICA as a precaution.  Right now he is off it, but God help him if he is put back on it.

MiraLax came as a recommendation from an Endocrinologist from a Hospital he was in after having Suppurative Parotitis Surgery and carried over by his Primary Physician.

I came upon the news articles by a hunch as I was wondering about the long term effects.  I was really astonished by the negative reports and the FDA Study as of January 2015.  I didn't trust the articles I read online and decided to call the FDA and spoke to a Pharmacist on staff in the Drug Division and she told me it was true about the study and she did not know why the Doctors were prescribing it for long term use when it was never approved for long term use.

Don't these kids have enough to deal with having Autism?  The freely administered MiraLax just adds fire to the inferno. 

It saddens me that Doctors give long term prescriptions of Medications, not approved by the FDA for long term use, and MiraLax is just one of the many drugs.  

https://www.autismspeaks.org/science/science-news/researchers-scrutinizing-safety-laxative-used-many-autism

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/science/scrutiny-for-a-childhood-remedy.html?mwrsm=Email&_r=1