Adults and children age 12 years and older: The typical dose is 10 mg (1 suppository) into the rectum once a day on an as-needed basis for constipation
, Description: Mechanism of Action: Bisacodyl, a diphenylmethane derivative, directly irritates the smooth muscle of the intestine, possibly the colonic intramural plexus, thereby stimulating peristalsis
Do not use other laxatives or stool softeners unless told to do so by the doctor
This helps produce a bowel movement
So bisacodyl's therapeutic class is a laxative while the pharmacologic class is a stimulant laxative
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Carefully insert one suppository well into the rectum
For temporary relief of occasional constipation and irregularity - This product generally produces bowel movement in 6 to 12 hours
Laxatives are a type of medicine that can treat constipation
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Most adults and children 12 years and older can safely take it
Sixteen postpartum women who were not breastfeeding, but were producing at least 200 mL of milk daily by breast pump were given either oral enteric-coated bisacodyl tablets (Dulcolax) 10 mg daily or oral liquid sodium picosulfate (Laxoberal) 10 mg daily for 7 days
You will take the bisacodyl tablets first and then wait to have a bowel movement
Bisacodyl and sodium picosulfate — hydrolyzed to the same active metabolite