Senokot-S Treatment Report

Category: Over the Counter Drugs

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See also: Docusate, Senna

What is Senokot-S?

An example of 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 & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
9 1 Efficacy_major
7 1 Efficacy_slight
1 0

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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

1

Reported Dosages

  3 50mg-8.6mg as needed 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 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%

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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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0
0
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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%

There are no evaluations for Senokot-S .

3 additional evaluations for Senokot-S are not currently shared publicly.

What is docusate-senna?


Precautions

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Instructions

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Side Effects

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Interactions

Other Names

Doculax, Dok Plus, Ex-Lax Gentle Strength, Gentlax S, Peri-Colace, Senna Plus, Senna S, Sennalax-S, SenoSol-SS, Senokot S, docusate-senna, senna-docusate, and Doc-Q-Lax

Available Strengths & Dosages


Route Form Strength
oral tablet 50 mg-8.6 mg

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