Laxatives, purgatives, or aperients are substances that loosen stools and increase bowel movements. They are used to treat and prevent constipation. Laxatives...

Bisacodyl (INN) is an organic compound that is used as a stimulant laxative drug. It works directly on the colon to produce a bowel movement. It is typically...

Macrogol, also called polyethylene glycol (PEG), is used as a laxative to treat constipation in children and adults. It is taken by mouth. Benefits usually...

Fletcher's Castoria, now known as Fletcher's Laxative, is an oral syrup containing a stimulant laxative and ingredients to soothe the stomach. It is a...

significant role in the laxative effects of milk of magnesia, as alkaline solutions (i.e., solutions of hydroxide ions) are not strongly laxative, and non-alkaline...

over a century as a laxative, but is now being removed from over-the-counter laxatives over concerns of carcinogenicity. Laxative products formerly containing...

by rectum and within twelve hours when given by mouth. It is a weaker laxative than bisacodyl and castor oil. Common side effects of senna glycoside include...

for a strongly laxative natural water product which was marketed in the United States in the early 20th century. The water's laxative properties were...

Andrews Liver Salts was a laxative and antacid for mild stomach complaints. It was sold as a powder which is added to water and mixed, creating effervescence...

average adult (70 kg). This lower limit was set to "safeguard against its laxative effect and to mitigate against long-term effects, such as electrolyte imbalance...

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weight. Magnesium citrate (sensu lato) is used medicinally as a saline laxative and to completely empty the bowel prior to a major surgery or colonoscopy...

deliberately produces diarrhea, most commonly by surreptitious laxative abuse (laxative abuse syndrome). These people tend to have persistent and unexplained...

Phospho soda was an over the counter saline laxative produced by the C.B. Fleet Company in Lynchburg, Virginia. Phospho soda consisted mostly of monobasic...

melting points, and uses. As an over-the-counter drug, sorbitol is used as a laxative to treat constipation. Sorbitol may be synthesised via a glucose reduction...

extraction method. It may be used as a dietary supplement to act as a laxative. It is also sometimes used as a flavor enhancer in tobacco products. It...

way. It is safe as a laxative during the postnatal period for woman and while breastfeeding. Microlax (like any other saline laxative) should not be used...

picosulfate (INN, also known as sodium picosulphate) is a contact stimulant laxative used as a treatment for constipation or to prepare the large bowel before...

Maltitol is a sugar alcohol (a polyol) used as a sugar substitute and laxative. It has 75–90% of the sweetness of sucrose (table sugar) and nearly identical...

eastward to northwestern Montana. The dried bark of cascara was used as a laxative in folk medicine by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest, and...

Na4P2O7 + H2O Monobasic and dibasic sodium phosphate are used as a saline laxative to treat constipation or to clean the bowel before a colonoscopy. "Physical...

the leaves, as a laxative. It also serves as a fungicide. Modern medicine has used senna extracts since at least the 1950s as a laxative. If accidentally...

that it was used as a replacement for castoreum. Use of castor oil as a laxative is attested to in the c. 1550 BCE Ebers Papyrus, and was in use several...

stimulating normal bowel elimination. Although its main use has been as a laxative, it is more accurately regarded as a dietary fiber and as such can help...

1 gr/cu ft) is indicated as being arbitrary. Mineral oil is used as a laxative to alleviate constipation by retaining water in stool and the intestines...

poultice applied to the foreheads of people with fevers. The fruit exhibits laxative effects due to its high quantities of malic acid, tartaric acid, and potassium...

certain laxatives. The most common cause of melanosis coli is the extended use of laxatives, and commonly anthraquinone containing laxatives such as senna...

On purge bébé (Baby's Laxative) is Jean Renoir's first sound film, based upon the play by Georges Feydeau. It is a 1931 comedy about a supposedly unbreakable...

dietary minerals. The sorbitol content of dietary fiber likely provides the laxative effect associated with consuming prunes. More than 1,000 plum cultivars...

similar to a laxative, which is a substance that eases defecation, usually by softening feces. It is possible for a substance to be both a laxative and a cathartic...