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Details About Generic Salt :: Sodium Picosulphate
Main Medicine Class:: #N/A Sub Medicine Class :: #N/A
| 7C. CATHARTICS/LAXATIVES/FECAL SOFTENERS in 7. GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM |
| SODIUM PICOSULPHATE |
| STIMULANT LAXATIVE |
| PK: A: Poor M: Colon E: Urine |
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Indications & Dose: CONSTIPATION PO Adult 5-10mg usually at bedtime Child 1 month-4 yrs: 250µg/kg, max 5mg, 4-10 yrs: 2.5-5mg, >10 yrs: 5-10mg |
| Contra: with other laxatives, prolonged use, intestinal obstruction, appendicitis, severe dehydration, anal fissures, proctitis, ulcerated hemorrhoids
Precautions: inflammatory bowel disease ADR: Serious: angioedema, anaphylactoid reactions, proctitis/sloughing of epithelium, Others: colic/cramps, diarrhea, atonic non-functioning colon |
