Flashcards: Laxatives

Magnesium hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula of hydrated Mg(OH)2.

Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is a polyether compound with many applications from industrial manufacturing to medicine.

Sodium citrate/sodium lauryl sulfoacetate/glycerol sold under the brandname Microlax and Micolette Micro enema among others, is a small tube of liquid gel that is used to treat constipation.

Bisacodyl (INN) is an organic compound that is used as a laxative drug.

Glycerol /ˈɡlɪsərɒl/ (also called glycerine or glycerin; see spelling differences) is a simple polyol compound.

Sodium dodecyl sulfate, synonymously sodium lauryl sulfate (or laurilsulfate; SDS or SLS, respectively), is a synthetic organic compound with the formula CH3(CH2)11SO4Na.

Mercury(I) chloride is the chemical compound with the formula Hg2Cl2.

Lactulose is a non-absorbable sugar used in the treatment of constipation and hepatic encephalopathy.

Enema (plural enemata or enemas) or clyster, is a fluid injected into the lower bowel by way of the rectum.

Laxatives (purgatives, aperients) are substances that loosen stools and increase bowel movements.

Magnesium sulfate is an inorganic salt (chemical compound) containing magnesium, sulfur and oxygen, with the formula MgSO4.

A mineral oil is any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of higher alkanes from a mineral source, particularly a distillate of petroleum.

A prune is a dried plum of any cultivar, mostly Prunus domestica or European Plum.

Senna glycoside, also known as sennoside or senna, is a medication used to treat constipation and empty the large intestine before surgery.

Methyl cellulose (or methylcellulose) is a chemical compound derived from cellulose.

Lactitol is a sugar alcohol used as a replacement bulk sweetener for low calorie foods with approximately 40% of the sweetness of sugar.

Sodium picosulfate (INN, also known as sodium picosulphate) is a contact stimulant laxative used as a treatment for constipation or to prepare the large bowel before colonoscopy or surgery.

Magnesium citrate is a magnesium preparation in salt form with citric acid in a 1:1 ratio (1 magnesium atom per citrate molecule).

Oxyphenisatine (or oxyphenisatin) is a laxative.

Okadaic acid, C44H68O13, is a toxin produced by several species of dinoflagellates, and is known to accumulate in both marine sponges and shellfish.

Lubiprostone (rINN, marketed under the trade name Amitiza among others) is a medication used in the management of chronic idiopathic constipation, predominantly irritable bowel syndrome-associated constipation in women and opioid-induced constipation.

Sorbitol, also known as glucitol, is a sugar alcohol with a sweet taste which the human body metabolizes slowly.

Docusate, also known as docusate salts or dioctyl sulfosuccinate, is a laxative used to treat constipation.

Co-danthrusate is a combination of dantron and docusate.

Polycarbophil calcium (INN) is a drug used as a stool stabilizer.

Florantyrone (INN; also known as Fluorantyrone) is a drug used in the treatment of biliary dyskinesia.

Axelopran (INN, USAN) (developmental code name TD-1211) is a drug which is under development by Theravance Biopharma for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation.

Bisoxatin is a laxative.

Ethulose is a laxative.

Linaclotide (marketed under the trade name Linzess in the US and Mexico, and as Constella in Canada and many other countries) is a peptide agonist of guanylate cyclase 2C.

Elobixibat is an IBAT inhibitor, undergoing development in clinical trials for the treatment of chronic constipation and irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C).

Bevenopran (INN, USAN) (former developmental code names CB-5945, ADL-5945, MK-2402, OpRA III) is a peripherally selective μ- and δ-opioid receptor antagonist that was under development by Cubist Pharmaceuticals for the treatment of chronic opioid-induced constipation.

Dantron (INN), also known as chrysazin or 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone, is an organic substance, formally derived from anthraquinone by the replacement of two hydrogen atoms by hydroxyl groups (–OH).

Macrogol is the international nonproprietary name for polyethylene glycol (PEG).

Medicinal liquid paraffin, also known as paraffinum liquidum, is a very highly refined mineral oil used in cosmetics and for medical purposes.