docusate

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Introduction

Stool softeners.

Epidemiology

Indications

Contraindications

  • in patients with serious illness docusate of no benefit
  • CDC & FDA recommend against using any liquid docusate product[4]

More general terms

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References

  1. The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed. Gilman et al, eds. Permagon Press/McGraw Hill, 1996
  2. 2.0 2.1 Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). Healthcare-associated Infections. July 8, 2016 Multistate Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia Infections https://www.cdc.gov/hai/outbreaks/b-cepacia/index.html
  3. Tarumi Y, Wilson MP, Szafran O, Spooner GR. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of oral docusate in the management of constipation in hospice patients. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2013 Jan;45(1):2-13. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22889861
  4. 4.0 4.1 Brooks M FDA Warns Against Use of Any Liquid Product From PharmaTech Medscape - Aug 09, 2017. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/883981
  5. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 19. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2021

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