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Senna Treatment Report
Brand Names:
Senokot, Sennosides, Ex-lax
See also:
Peri-Colace, Senna S, Senokot-S
What is Senna?
Senna is a large genus of about 250-260 species of flowering plants containing the substance anthraquinone. This is a natural laxative used as the primary ingredient in certain commercial stimulant laxatives. It can also be made as a tea using senna leaves.
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Reasons taken
75 patients in the community are taking or have taken Senna.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
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| Constipation | 37 | 49% |
| Bowel problems | 15 | 20% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| General health | 2 | 2% |
| Treat my MSA | 2 | 2% |
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) | 1 | 1% |
| disease-related symptoms | 1 | 1% |
| ibs | 1 | 1% |
| 25mg as needed | 2 8.6mg as needed | 2 other all the time (24/7) | 2tab(s) as needed | 326mg/5g as needed | 3 8.6mg as needed | 50 8.6mg as needed | 8.6 mg as needed | 8.6mg as needed | 8.8mg/5mL as needed | as needed | daily | leafextract176mg/5mL as needed | mg as needed | tps. as needed | 2 daily | 2 mg daily | 4 tps. daily | 8 mg daily | 8.6 mg daily | 8.8 mg/5 mL daily | 17.2 mg daily | 25 mg daily | 25.8 mg daily | 34.4 mg daily | 37 mg daily | 51.6 mg daily | 100 mg daily | 326 mg/5 g daily | 350 mg daily | 2 x 218 mg/5 mL daily | 600 mg daily | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Senna or how long patients were taking Senna before stopping.
Currently Taking Senna
Stopped Taking Senna
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 9 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Moderate | 100% | 1 |
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Treat my MSA
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 11% | 1 |
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| Moderate | 22% | 2 |
| Mild | 11% | 1 |
| None | 56% | 5 |
Top reported side-effects include: sometimes unexpectedly strong results.. without warning.., Stomach pain, Gas and Bloating
Summary results are based on 9 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 9)
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- SirIsaac
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: moderate
- See profile
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by SirIsaac
Aug 01, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- Constipation
- Advice/Tips
- Senna should be used short-term only. For persistent trouble, other drugs should be considered.
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- avaquaint
- Sex: F
- Depression: 0
- Emotional: 0
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 1
- Mania: 0
- Physical: 0
- External Stress: Moderate
- 20 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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by avaquaint
Jan 11, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsModerate
- Constipation
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 07, 2009.