enow.com Web Search

  1. Ad

    related to: difference between laxatives and cathartics in adults
  2. ebay.com has been visited by 1M+ users in the past month

    • Motors

      New and Used Vehicles and Parts.

      Find Items from Every Automaker.

    • Under $10

      Fun Stuff. Ships Free.

      Brand New. Guilt Free.

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Cathartic - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathartic

    It is possible for a substance to be both a laxative and a cathartic. However, agents such as psyllium seed husks increase the bulk of the feces. [2] [3] Cathartics such as sorbitol, magnesium citrate, magnesium sulfate, or sodium sulfate were previously used as a form of gastrointestinal decontamination following poisoning via ingestion.

  3. Laxative - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laxative

    Laxatives vary as to how they work and the side effects they may have. Certain stimulant, lubricant, and saline laxatives are used to evacuate the colon for rectal and bowel examinations, and may be supplemented by enemas under certain circumstances. Sufficiently high doses of laxatives may cause diarrhea.

  4. Macrogol - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrogol

    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 ...

  5. Are laxatives for weight loss safe? - AOL

    www.aol.com/laxatives-weight-loss-safe-153000701...

    Laxatives work in many different ways depending on what type of laxative they are. Some laxatives require a prescription, while others can be over-the-counter. There are many different types of ...

  6. Sodium citrate/sodium lauryl sulfoacetate/glycerol - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_citrate/sodium...

    Sodium citrate saline is one of the most effective osmotic laxatives (secondary in action only to magnesium citrate). [8] Its laxative action is the result of osmotic imbalance that extracts bound water from stool and pulls it back into the large bowel. The increased water content softens the stool and stimulates the bowel to contract (move its ...

  7. Whole bowel irrigation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_bowel_irrigation

    Whole bowel irrigation is sometimes used prior to colonoscopy, bowel surgery, other abdominal/pelvic surgery, or a barium enema examination, to cleanse the intestines, enhancing visibility of the intestines' inner surfaces, preventing complications from occurring as a result of spillage of bowel contents into the abdominal cavity, and potentially providing other benefits depending on the type ...

  8. Catharsis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharsis

    This leads to a clear distinction in the virtues. In the second tractate of the first Ennead, Plotinus lays out the difference between the civic virtues and the cathartic virtues and explains that the civic, or political, virtues are inferior. They are a principle of order and beauty and concern material existence.

  9. Bisacodyl - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisacodyl

    Bisacodyl 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 prescribed for relief of episodic and chronic constipation and for the management of neurogenic bowel dysfunction, as well as part of bowel preparation before medical examinations, such as for a colonoscopy.

  1. Ad

    related to: difference between laxatives and cathartics in adults