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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Constipation 45 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) 24 2 Efficacy_moderate
Bowel problems 18 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 5 1 Efficacy_major
General health 4 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Support digestive health 2 1 Efficacy_major

See all 74 patients currently taking Lactulose

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 3
Moderate
 3
Mild
 4
None
 13

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

Diarrhea 1
Abdominal bloating 1
Itchy legs and back 1
Stomach upset 1
Feeling sick 1
Bowel (fecal) incontinence 1
See all 8 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Lactulose. See all 33 dosages ►

  10g/15mL as needed 2 10g/15mL as needed 3 10g/15mL as needed 2 tbs. daily 10 g/15 mL daily 15 mL daily 20 g daily 2 x 10 g/15 mL daily 20 mL daily 3 x 10 g/15 mL daily
  10 Number of Patients: 10 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 19 Number of Patients: 19 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 12 Number of Patients: 12 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lactulose (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 14   Did not seem to work: 40%
Doctor's advice 11   Doctor's advice: 31%
Other 11   Other: 31%
Side effects too severe 5   Side effects too severe: 14%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 9%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 6%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 6%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 6%

See all 35 patients who’ve stopped taking Lactulose

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

Currently Taking Lactulose

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

Stopped Taking Lactulose

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Lactulose

Always
 13 57%
Usually
 6 26%
Sometimes
 4 17%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Lactulose

Very
 2 9%
Somewhat
 3 13%
A little
 8 35%
Not at all
 10 43%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Lactulose

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 15%
$25-49
 1 8%
< $25
 10 77%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.