Enterolax tablets 7.5 mg No. 10

Enterolax tablets are used for constipation or cases that require easier bowel movements. Like other laxatives, Enterolax should not be used daily or for a long period of time without determining the cause of the constipation.

Composition

The active substance is sodium picosulfate (one tablet contains 7.5 mg of sodium picosulfate as an anhydrous substance).

Excipients: lactose monohydrate, potato starch, povidone, magnesium stearate.

Contraindication

Method of application

Adults should take one tablet (7.5 mg) in the evening before bedtime to ensure bowel movement in the morning.

Enterolax should not be used daily or for a long period of time without determining the cause of constipation.

Application features

Pregnant women

For safety reasons, if possible, Enterolax should not be used during pregnancy.

The active metabolite bis(p-hydroxyphenyl)pyridyl-2-methane (BHPM) and its glucuronides do not pass into breast milk. Thus, Enterolax can be used during breastfeeding.

Children

Do not use on children.

Drivers

Possible development of adverse reactions such as dizziness and/or syncope due to vasovagal reactions (in particular abdominal spasm). In the event of abdominal spasm, the patient should avoid potentially hazardous activities such as driving or operating machinery.

Overdose

Symptoms: when using large doses - intestinal spasms, diarrhea, disturbances of water and electrolyte balance, in particular - hypokalemia, muscle weakness, ischemia of the mucous membrane of the large intestine.

With prolonged use of the drug in significantly increased doses, the following are possible: chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain, secondary hyperaldosteronism, kidney stone formation, damage to the renal tubules, metabolic alkalosis, and muscle weakness as a result of hypokalemia.

Treatment: discontinuation of the drug, induction of vomiting, gastric lavage, administration of enterosorbents (activated charcoal), symptomatic therapy aimed at normalizing water and electrolyte balance and maintaining vital functions, antispasmodics if indicated.

Side effects

With short-term use of the drug, side effects are rarely observed.

With prolonged use of the drug in significantly increased doses, the following disorders are possible:

Storage conditions

Store at a temperature not exceeding 25 °C, out of the reach of children.

Shelf life - 3 years.