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What is Laxatives?

Laxatives (or purgatives) are foods, compounds, or drugs taken to induce bowel movements or to loosen the stool, most often taken to treat constipation.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Constipation 13 1 Efficacy_none
Bowel irritability 8 1 Efficacy_moderate
Chronic constipation 3 0
Bowel problems 2 0
Other 1 0

See all 31 patients currently taking Laxatives

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Laxatives

Cramps 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Laxatives. See all 24 dosages ►

  2other as needed 1tbs. as needed 1 mg as needed 1 tbs. daily 1 daily 1 other daily 4 other daily 10 mg daily 30 mg daily 50 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Laxatives (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 50%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 50%
Other 1   Other: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Laxatives

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Laxatives

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Laxatives

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Laxatives

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 1 50%
Sometimes
 1 50%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Laxatives

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 50%
Not at all
 1 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Laxatives

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 100%

Report created on May 24, 2012.