Laxatives

 

1 Bulk-forming laxatives

• ISPAGHULA HUSK
  • Fibrelief

• Fybogel

• Isogel

• Ispagel Orange

• Regulan
• METHYLCELLULOSE
  • Celevac
• STERCULIA
  • Normacol

• Normacol Plus

2 Stimulant laxatives

• BISACODYL
• DANTRON
  • with poloxamer ‘188’
    • Co-danthramer

• with docusate sodium
  • Co-danthrusate
• DOCUSATE
  • Dioctyl

• Docusol

• Rectal prep
  • Norgalax Micro-enema
• GLYCEROL
  • Glycerol Suppositories
• SENNA
  • Manevac

• Senokot
• SODIUM PICOSULFATE
  • Dulcolax

• bowel cleansing prep
• Other stimulant laxatives
  • Cascara

• Fragula

• Rhubarb

• Aloes

• Colocynth

• Jalap

3 Faecal softeners

• ARACHIS OIL
  • Arachis Oil Enema
• LIQUID PARAFFIN
  • Liquid Paraffin Oral Emulsion

4 Osmotic laxatives

• LACTULOSE
• MACROGOLS
  • Macrogol Oral Powder

• Laxido

• Movicol

• Movicol-Half

• Movicol Paediatric Plain
• MAGNESIUM SALTS
  • Mg(OH)2

• Mg(OH)2 with liquid paraffin

• MgSO4

• Bowel cleansing prep
• PHOSPHATES (rectal)
  • Carbalax

• Fleet Ready-to-use Enema

• Phosphates Enema
• SODIUM CITRATE (rectal)
  • Micolette Micro-enema

• Micralax Micro-enema

• Relaxit Micro-enema

5 Bowel cleansing prep

• MACROGOLS
  • Klean-Prep

• Moviprep
• MAGNESIUM CITRATE
  • Citramag
• PHOSPHATES (oral)
  • Diafalk

• Fleet Phospho-soda
• SODIUM PICOSULFATE with MAGNESIUM CITRATE
  • CitraFleet

• Picolax

6Peripheral opioid- receptor antagonists

• METHYLNALTREXONE
  • Relistpr