Miralax Powder With Strange Odor (Page 2)
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I've been taking MiraLAX for over five years now on a regular basis and I've had no problems. My problem now is the last two bottles that I bought had a chemical odor smelled like kerosene. The bottles were fresh I did buy them at Sam's Club but cannot understand why these two bottles had a strange smell even after it was mixed up. I usually drink mine in coffee and there's never been an odor like this before. Has anyone else experienced this? I've had five abdominal surgeries and this is the only thing that helps me but now I'm afraid to buy anymore. Please help me if you can.

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I use Miralax daily, in warm tea, or to limit my caffeine, I will use 2 teaspoons of jello mix in my hot water. Love the jolly rancher watermelon best!!! Well, my new bottle of Miralax made it taste like rotten meat, and the bottle smells like Elmer's glue. Yuck!!! I will not drink this!!!

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That's odd, I had bought Miralax for years, jsut in the last month got the weird smell. I thought it ws just one bottle, so I didn't use it and bought another. Same weird smell. This is April 2020.

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Re: Kris Z (# 5)

I also have a 26.9 OZ bottle that smells and tastes like plastic. I bought it from Amazon. I’m hoping I can return it. I will be sending an email to MiraLax.

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Re: Nmdflowers (# 4)

It’s another year and a half since your post and I just bought a bottle that has the bad smell and taste. It’s never happened before. I can’t believe they haven’t fixed this issue!

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Re: Harry (# 3)

I’m having the same issue but it tasted funny as well. I called the company and it’s not supposed to. I went and bought a second bottle a few days ago and same thing. I just returned it

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I just found this thread because I have also noticed a changed smell in Miralax (and also generic PEG) after using it for a long time. I'd describe it as a chemical smell, quite strong. Some one line compare it with Elmer's glue, which is close. Would be good to get to bottom of this (no pun intended).

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That does sound really strange, like perhaps it's some sort of quality control issue... Did either of you contact the manufacturer or check to see if maybe they changed out certain inactive ingredients in these newer batches? I would be very hesitant to try it, let alone buy anymore after a disturbing experience like this. I'd also question if the packaging material is any different than previous bottles?

All investigating aside, does it still work as well?

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Today our family noticed a similar odor after mixing less than a tablespoon of MiraLax in a glass of water. My daughter who was going to drink it said it smelled and tasted funny. My wife and I agreed. I half wondered if the odor was coming from the plastic Britta container or filter but i mixed some separately in a glass and tap water and still noticed the same issue. I'm not sure I would describe the smell as a kerosene, but rather plastic-like Styrofoam chemical odor.

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