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Bisacodyl: A review of pharmacology and clinical evidence to guide use in clinical practice in patients with constipation

BACKGROUND: Bisacodyl is a member of the diphenylmethane family and is considered to be a stimulant laxative. It has a dual prokinetic and secretory action and needs to be converted into the active metabolite bis‐(p‐hydroxyphenyl)‐pyridyl‐2‐methane (BHPM) in the gut to achieve the desired laxative e...

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Autores principales: Corsetti, Maura, Landes, Sabine, Lange, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8596401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33751780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nmo.14123