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What is Lactulose?

Lactulose is a laxative drug taken as an oral syrup and used to treat constipation. It is also used in the prevention and treatment of portal-systemic encephalopathy, a neuropsychiatric syndrome associated with liver disease.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Constipation 15 1
Bowel problems 10 3
Other 6 1
General health 4 1
remove blood ammonia 1 0
to avoid obstipation 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 20%
Mild
0 0%
None
4 80%

Most commonly reported side effects

bowel pain
1 20%
Bowel (fecal) incontinence
1 20%
Diarrhea
1 20%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Lactulose. See all 22 dosages ►

  10g/15mL as needed 10mg as needed 2ml as needed 2 x 10 g/15 mL as needed 3 10g/15mL as needed as needed daily mg as needed 2 daily 2 tbs. daily 3 tbs. daily 10 g/15 mL daily 10 g/15 mL daily 20 g 15 mL daily 20 g daily 20 mL daily 2 x 10 g/15 mL daily 30 mL daily 45 daily 45 mL daily 6 x 10 g/15 mL daily
  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 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lactulose (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
2 29% Doctor's advice: 29%
Other
2 29% Other: 29%
Did not seem to work
1 14% Did not seem to work: 14%
Personal research
1 14% Personal research: 14%
Course of treatment ended
1 14% Course of treatment ended: 14%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped taking Lactulose

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Lactulose

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
1
7
1
6

Stopped Taking Lactulose

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
3 60%
Usually
2 40%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
2 40%
Not at all
3 60%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 20%
< $25
3 60%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.