Impossibility of timely evacuation of the intestine leads to the appearance of pain and heaviness in the abdomen, increasing gas formation. With chronic constipation a person experiences constant fatigue, nervousness. In addition, the appearance does not change for the better: the skin acquires a gray shade, the face becomes puffy. For a long time to treat the delays of defecation, folk medicine was used based on natural components. Now in pharmacies you can get good medications for constipation.
Drugs for the treatment of constipation
Depending on the mechanism of action, drugs against constipation are divided into 4 groups:
1. Means of irritating action. The first group includes drugs that irritate the intestinal mucosa receptors, and thus contribute to the excretion of stool. This group includes drops, tablets, syrups, troches and rectal suppositories based on senna leaves, rhubarb root, buckthorn bones, jostler fruits and castor oil. Specialists consider these drugs to be quite effective medications for constipation and recommend them for both atony and lethargic intestinal peristalsis. It is not necessary to systematically apply irritant agents, since habituation is quickly formed, and furthermore, in order to obtain the necessary effect, it is necessary to resort to an increase in dosage, and it is undesirable to do this. In addition, patients taking these medications complain of rather severe abdominal pain. The most popular means of irritating action are:
- Bisacodyl ;
- Dulcolax;
- Senadé;
- Senadexin;
- Regulax;
- Guttalax;
- Guttasil;
- Weak;
- Glycerin suppositories.
2. Osmotic laxatives. The second group is made up of drugs to strengthen the intestines with constipation. Such drugs affect the motility of the colon and simultaneously hold water in the gastrointestinal tract, dissolving the clusters of feces. Significant benefits of osmotic drugs from constipation are their use without the danger of addiction and the possibility of prolonged use without the threat of forming a syndrome of the lazy bowel. But osmotic drugs have a symptomatic effect, without eliminating the very cause of constipation. The group of osmotic laxatives includes:
- Forlax;
- Lavakol;
- Magnesia;
- Karlovy Vary salt;
- Mikrolaks.
3. Intestinal fillers. When chronic constipation is very effective intestinal fillers. The principle of action of this group of drugs against constipation is that the constituents of the substance are not digested, and by increasing the volume of fecal matter, accelerate defecation. Among intestinal fillers are popular:
- flaxseed ;
- wheat bran;
- methyl cellulose;
- agar-agar.
4. Prebiotics. The most effective drugs for constipation, according to experts and patient reviews, are prebiotics, which are carbohydrates that are not digested in the upper gastrointestinal tract, and thus reach the colon in an unchanged form. There they stimulate the growth of useful microflora, while intestinal functions are gradually restored. Prebiotics can be taken with both acute and chronic constipation, and they have virtually no contraindications. But it should be borne in mind that these drugs should not be expected to have a rapid effect, the stool, as a rule, occurs in a day or more after taking. Among the claimed prebiotic means:
- Lactulose;
- Lacticol, as well as analogues of these drugs.
Attention! Before taking laxatives, you need to get a specialist consultation.