Pills against constipation

Due to low motor activity and malnutrition, a person often has to face constipation. Radical measures to get rid of trouble include enemas and pill for constipation. However, many of them have a number of undesirable effects. Therefore, before using any laxatives, it is important to determine the cause of the disease and eliminate the influence of factors leading to disruption of the intestinal system.

Which pills help with constipation?

Depending on the principle of action and composition, there are several groups of drugs used to purify the intestine.

Irritant agents

They are the most famous laxatives. The action on the body is based on stimulating the nerve endings of the intestine, as a result of which there is activation of peristalsis and act of defecation. Usually take pills in the evening, in the morning they start to act.

In this group, such laxative tablets are released from constipation:

• Dulcolax;
• Bisacodyl.

To stimulant drugs also include drugs produced on the basis of such plants as:

• buckthorn;
• aloe;
• senna ;
• rhubarb.

Regulax - chewing tablets from constipation. They are also included in the group of stimulant drugs and are made of Senna. Produced in the form of cubes. Take it one piece per day, best before bedtime. The laxative effect is observed after eight hours.

Use of such drugs should be in extreme cases, because there are a number of negative consequences for the body:

1. Long-term treatment (more than 10 days) can be dangerous, as it leads to degeneration of the receptors and intestinal atony.
2. The constant use of drugs leads to addiction, which is why the dosage should be further raised.
3. Because of bowel movement, the course of treatment is accompanied by abdominal pain.

Good pills against bloating and constipation, which have an irritating effect, are the agents containing sodium picosulphate. They include:

• Weak;
• Laxigal;
• Gutalax.

With continued use of addiction does not occur.

Soft Action Tablets

The second group of laxatives includes prebiotics, safely cleansing the body without harming it. They are not potent, but the effect of their administration is more stable than when using stimulant tablets. Prebiotics are made from substances that are not digested in the upper intestine, but, only reaching the colon, begin to increase the number of beneficial bacteria.

Prebiotics are good tablets against constipation. In addition, they help to cleanse the body due to the laxative property. In addition, these drugs also normalize the digestive organs and activate the growth of microflora. Also, these agents improve the digestibility of phosphorus and calcium, inhibit the activity of the pathogenic flora in the intestine. The most common drugs of this kind are:

• Lactulose;
• Poslabin.

Tablets from constipation on herbs

For the treatment of rare cases of constipation, the use of drugs based on senna grass is appropriate. They irritate the intestinal receptors, activating peristalsis and not causing addiction. Thanks to them you can well treat constipation associated with hypotension, bowel flaccidity, hemorrhoids, anal fissures. Vegetable tablets from constipation bear such names:

• Thyssen;
• Senadé.

Since the therapeutic effect manifests itself not immediately, it is better to take the drug before bed. The chair is completely restored after several days of taking the medicine.

Also for the purification of the body the following plant-based products help, including such components:

• laminaria thalli;
• the rhubarb of the lavender.