Description
Always take this medicine exactly as described in the leaflet or as your doctor or pharmacist or qualified healthcare practitioner has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist or qualified healthcare practitioner if you are not sure.
New users should start with the lowest dose and increase it to the maximum if necessary. Once regularity has been regained dosage should be reduced and stopped. The recommended dose is:
Adults and the elderly: Take two tablets at bedtime when required.
Children over 12 years: One tablet at bedtime when required.
Swallow tablets whole with water.
Normally it is sufficient to take this medicinal product up to two to three times a week. Not to be used for more than one week. Consult your doctor, pharmacist or qualified healthcare practitioner after taking this medicine if symptoms worsen or persist, if there is no bowel movement within 3 days of use or if you need to take laxatives every day or if abdominal pain persists.
If you take more tablets than you should, stop taking the medicine and consult your doctor and take the leaflet with you, even if you do not experience any symptoms.
Uses / Instructions
Sennosides are used to treat constipation. They may also be used to clean out the intestines before a bowel examination/surgery. Sennosides are known as stimulant laxatives.
Warnings
Do not take this medicine for more than seven days. You should drink plenty of fluids while you are taking this medicine.
Consult your doctor if you do not have a bowel movement or your symptoms do not improve after three days, or if they get worse during treatment with this medicine.
This medicine may not be suitable for everyone and some people must never have it.
Always get advice from a healthcare professional before taking this medicine if:
you are allergic or sensitive to or have had a reaction to any of the ingredients in the medicine
this medicine is for a child under 18 years of age
you have persistent stomach pain or discomfort
you have abdominal problems that have come on suddenly and have not been diagnosed by a doctor
you have nausea
you are vomiting
you have an obstruction in the gut
you have recently had bowel surgery
you have an ileostomy or colostomy
you have gastrointestinal bleeding
you need to take a laxative every day
If you are taking more than one medicine they may interact with each other. This medicine is unlikely to have any important interactions. But speak to your pharmacist or doctor if you get any unusual symptoms while taking this medicine with other medicines.
Most medicines can cause some side-effects but not everyone having the same medicine will get the same side-effects.
The following side-effects have been associated with people taking this medicine:
watery diarrhoea with excessive loss of fluid and electrolytes and muscular weakness – these may happen if you take this medicine for a long period of time
malabsorption and bowel problems
heart problems
kidney problems
red or yellow colouration of the faeces and urine
griping pains
If you are trying to become pregnant, are pregnant, or are breast-feeding, you should seek medical advice before taking this medicine.
If you are in any doubt about whether this medicine is suitable for you, speak to your doctor or pharmacist.
This medicine should not be used excessively or for long periods of time as your bowels become used to the effect of the laxative.
This medicine usually takes between 8-12 hours to have an effect. It is best to take this medicine at night for relief of constipation the following morning.
Keep all medicines out of the sight and reach of children.
Side Effects
see packaging for details
Ingredients
Active Ingredient: Alexandrian Senna fruit (Cassia senna L. (C.acutifolia Delile) fruit) corresponding to 7.5mg hydroxyanthracene glycosides, calculated as Sennoside B.
Other Ingredients: Magnesium Stearate, Fennel Seed, Croscarmellose Sodium, Calcium Hydrogen Phosphate Dihydrate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Colloidal Anhydrous Silica.
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