Sodium picosulfate/magnesium citrate: A review of its use as a colorectal cleanser

Drugs

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-136

  Hoy, Sheridan M ^a,b   Scott, Lesley J ^a,b   Wagstaff, Antona J ^a,b  

^a ADIS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b WOLTERS KLUWER HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' DIHYDROXYDIPHENYL (2 PYRIDYL)METHANE; BISACODYL; CITRAFLEET; DRUG METABOLITE; ENEMA; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MAGNESIUM CITRATE PLUS SODIUM PICOSULFATE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PICOSULFATE SODIUM; SENNA EXTRACT; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; BARIUM ENEMA; BLOATING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON LAVAGE; COLONOSCOPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FAINTNESS; FLATULENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; NAUSEA; RECTAL SORENESS; RECTUM DISEASE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SLEEP DISORDER; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHARTICS; CHILD; CITRIC ACID; COLONOSCOPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PICOLINES;

EID: 59749088617     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: 00126667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00003495-200969010-00009     Document Type: Review

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