New polyethylene glycol electrolyte solution for the treatment of constipation and faecal impaction.
Results from a controlled clinical trial indicate that low doses of polyethylene glycol solutions are more effective and have fewer side-effects than lactulose. Large doses of polyethylene glycol are effective in the treatment of faecal impaction. Resolution of faecal impaction was obtained in all patients, and in 25/30 patients with three administrations in a three-day period.
Ferguson
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Department of Medicine, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Culbert
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Gillett
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Barras
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002400:Cathartics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003248:Constipation / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005244:Fecal Impaction / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007792:Lactulose / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016037:Single-Blind Method
D002400:Cathartics; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D007792:Lactulose