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What are the five groups of laxatives?
Identity the product associate with each:
Polycarbophils, semisynthetic celluloses, and psyllium husk
What is the mechanism of action of functional fiber? What is the net result?
Most beneficial form of fiber is dietary
What are the three surfactant laxatives?
Which surfactant laxative is this?
Ducosates: dioctyl sodium
Sulfosuccinate
Anion surfactant = salt
Castor oil also increases intestinal motility
Poloxamers
Castor oil
Where do stimulant laxatives act? What do they increase the permeability of? What is their effect on water and electrolytes? Effect on contractility of colon? Effect on prostaglandin synthesis and intestinal secretions?
Increase the permeability of the intestinal mucosa
MOST POTENT CLASS OF LAXATIVES
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