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Bowel movement irregularity: Which Medications Are Safest? (74 Drugs Compared)

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74 medications are used for Bowel movement irregularity, with 730 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Bowel movement irregularity are POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 3350 and LINACLOTIDE.

730
Total Reports
74
Drugs Used

All Medications for Bowel movement irregularity Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 3350 Polyethylene Glycol 3350, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Bicarbonate and Potassium Chloride - Unflavored 407 478 1,116 1.3%
LINACLOTIDE Linzess 51 358 756 2.7%
LOPERAMIDE Anti-diarrheal 37 1,551 4,298 8.6%
BISACODYL Gentle Laxative 19 414 1,415 11.9%
LACTULOSE LACTULOSE 19 517 2,064 13.0%
MIRALAX - 16 9 26 0.7%
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE MILK OF MAGNESIA 15 152 899 7.7%
DIMETHICONE\LOPERAMIDE - 14 8 55 0.1%
CHOLESTYRAMINE cholestyramine powder for suspension 10 117 445 5.0%
COLESTIPOL COLESTIPOL HYDROCHLORIDE 8 2 54 0.3%
PSYLLIUM HUSK Quality Choice Fiber Laxative 7 124 106 26.4%
ATROPINE\DIPHENOXYLATE - 6 100 450 5.3%
DOCUSATE SENNA-S 6 374 1,178 14.3%
NALOXEGOL OXALATE MOVANTIK 6 154 335 7.0%
BISACODYL OR DOCUSATE - 5 89 397 9.1%
COLESEVELAM Colesevelam hydrochloride 5 30 265 0.9%
EX-LAX MAX STR LAX PILLS SENNA - 5 1 4 5.3%
MAGNESIUM citroma 5 1,878 4,530 19.3%
ORLISTAT Xenical 5 31 329 0.5%
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 3350\POTASSIUM\SODIUM BICARBONATE\SODIUM\SODIUM - 5 26 116 4.1%

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Most Reported Drugs for Bowel movement irregularity

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