Help Parents With Concerns About Miralax and Neuropsych Effects in Children

April 2017

Parents will ask whether polyethylene glycol (PEG 3350, Miralax, etc) causes neuropsychiatric effects in children.

This is based on a small number of reports of tics, aggression, anxiety, etc...in kids using PEG laxatives for constipation.

But there's no proof that any of these symptoms are due to PEG.

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