title: A comparison of sodium picosulphate ("Laxoberal") with standardised senna ("Senokot") in geriatric patients.
abstract: A comparison was made between the effectiveness of sodium picosulphate and that of standardised senna in a group of 50 long-stay geriatric patients. Both were found to be equally effective as laxatives, but there were wide variations in the responses of individual patients to these agents. Side-effects were uncommon. They may well have been reduced further if a small starting dose of sodium picosulphate had been used.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002400:Cathartics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003248:Constipation / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010847:Picolines / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012676:Senna Extract / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013464:Sulfuric Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002400:Cathartics; D010847:Picolines; D013464:Sulfuric Acids; D012676:Senna Extract