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2. ATC code A06 - Wikipedia

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   A06AB56 Senna glycosides, combinations A06AB57 Cascara, combinations ... A06AD10 Mineral salts in combination A06AD11 Lactulose A06AD12 Lactitol A06AD13 Sodium sulfate

3. Senna glycoside - Wikipedia

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   Senna glycoside, also known as sennoside or senna, is a medication used to treat constipation and empty the large intestine before surgery. [1] [5] The medication is taken by mouth or via the rectum. [1] [6] It typically begins working in around 30 minutes when given by rectum and within twelve hours when given by mouth. [3]

4. Lactulose - Wikipedia

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   Lactulose is a disaccharide formed from one molecule each of the simple sugars (monosaccharides) fructose and galactose. Lactulose is not normally present in raw milk, but is a product of heat processes: [ 27 ] the greater the heat, the greater amount of this substance (from 3.5 mg/L in low-temperature pasteurized milk to 744 mg/L in in ...

5. Lactitol - Wikipedia

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   Lactitol is listed as an excipient in some prescription drugs. [3] [4]Lactitol is a laxative and is used to prevent or treat constipation, [5] e.g., under the trade name Importal.

6. Senna (plant) - Wikipedia

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   Senna or its extracted sennosides, alone or in combination with sorbitol or lactulose, have been evaluated in systematic reviews and Cochrane reviews for treatment of constipation in children and the elderly.

7. Macrogol - Wikipedia

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   Macrogol 4000, pharmaceutical quality. Macrogol 3350, often in combination with electrolytes, is used for short-term relief of constipation as well as for long-term use in constipation of various causes, including in multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease patients (an often-overlooked non-motor symptom) as well as constipation caused by pharmaceutical drugs such as opioids and ...

8. Docusate - Wikipedia

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   Docusate is the common chemical and pharmaceutical name of the anion bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate, also commonly called dioctyl sulfosuccinate (DOSS). [2] [3] [4]Salts of this anion, especially docusate sodium, are widely used in medicine as an emollient laxative and as stool softeners, by mouth or rectally. [1]

9. Liquid paraffin (drug) - Wikipedia

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   It can be absorbed into the intestinal wall [4] and may cause foreign-body granulomatous reactions in some rat species. These reactions might not occur in humans, however. [9] Some evidence suggests that it engenders a lack of carcinogenicity. [10] If liquid paraffin enters the lungs, it can cause lipoid pneumonia. [4]