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What is Senokot-S?

Senokot-S® is a combination of docusate sodium 50 mg and sennosides 8.6 mg and is used for short-term treatment of constipation.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Constipation 8 1 Efficacy_major
Bowel problems 7 1 Efficacy_slight
Other 1 0
Bowel urgency 1 0

See all 14 patients currently taking Senokot-S

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 2

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Senokot-S

Diarrhea 1

Reported Dosages

  50mg-8.6mg as needed 50mg as needed as needed daily mg as needed 2 x 50 mg-8.6 mg weekly 50 mg-8.6 mg daily 3 x 50 mg-8.6 mg daily 4 x 50 mg-8.6 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Senokot-S (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 33%
Expense 1   Expense: 33%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Senokot-S

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

Currently Taking Senokot-S

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Stopped Taking Senokot-S

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Senokot-S

Always
 1 33%
Usually
 2 67%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Senokot-S

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 33%
A little
 1 33%
Not at all
 1 33%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Senokot-S

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 33%
< $25
 2 67%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.