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In the United States, a boxed warning (sometimes "black box warning", colloquially) is a type of warning that appears near the beginning of the package insert for certain prescription drugs, so called because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration specifies that it is formatted with a 'box' or border around the text [1] to emphasize it is of ...
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]
ATC code A06 Drugs for constipation is a therapeutic subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, a system of alphanumeric codes developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the classification of drugs and other medical products.
(Reuters) -The U.S. health regulator on Monday asked a host of drugmakers, including Gilead Sciences, Johnson & Johnson and Novartis, to add a serious warning on the label of their cancer ...
[4] [3] It has a black box warning about the risk of serious dehydration in children in the US; the most common adverse effects in others include diarrhea. [4] It is an oligopeptide agonist of guanylate cyclase 2C and remains in the GI tract after it is taken by mouth. It was approved in the US and the European Union in 2012. [7]
I oppose. We do not need seperate articles on each salt. Docusate is also the common name. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:58, 12 November 2018 (UTC) @Doc James: While "docusate" is the material's WP:COMMONNAME it appears that "docusate sodium" is how the stool softener product is labeled. Do a Google image search for "docusate salt".
The drug label has a black box warning that the drug may cause serious psychiatric and behavioral changes; it may cause homicidal or suicidal thoughts. [8] Other side effects have included dizziness, somnolence, vertigo, aggression, anger, loss of coordination, blurred vision, irritability, and slurred speech. [8]
The US label for sodium oxybate has a black box warning because it is a central nervous system depressant (CNS depressant) and for its potential for abuse.Other potential adverse side effects include respiratory depression, seizures, coma, and death, especially when it is taken in combination with other CNS depressants such as alcohol.