Some articles on osmotic laxatives:
Fecal Impaction - Treatment
... Enemas and osmotic laxatives can be used to soften the stool by increasing the water content until it is soft enough to be expelled ... Osmotic laxatives such as magnesium citrate works within minutes - 8 hours for onset of action, and even then they may not be sufficient to expel the stool ... Osmotic laxatives can cause cramping and even severe pain as the patient's attempts to evacuate the contents of the rectum are blocked by the fecal ...
... Enemas and osmotic laxatives can be used to soften the stool by increasing the water content until it is soft enough to be expelled ... Osmotic laxatives such as magnesium citrate works within minutes - 8 hours for onset of action, and even then they may not be sufficient to expel the stool ... Osmotic laxatives can cause cramping and even severe pain as the patient's attempts to evacuate the contents of the rectum are blocked by the fecal ...
Famous quotes containing the words laxatives and/or osmotic:
“The Americans are violently oral.... That’s why in America the mother is all-important and the father has no position at all—isn’t respected in the least. Even the American passion for laxatives can be explained as an oral manifestation. They want to get rid of any unpleasantness taken in through the mouth.”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)
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—Stella Chess (20th century)
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