New polyethylene glycol electrolyte solution for the treatment of constipation and faecal impaction

A Ferguson; P Culbert; H Gillett; N Barras

New polyethylene glycol electrolyte solution for the treatment of constipation and faecal impaction

Ital J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1999 Nov:31 Suppl 3:S249-52.

Authors

A Ferguson¹, P Culbert, H Gillett, N Barras

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, UK.

PMID: 10726229

Abstract

Results from a controlled clinical trial indicate that low doses of polyethylene glycol solutions are more effective and have fewer side-effects than lactulose. Large doses of polyethylene glycol are effective in the treatment of faecal impaction. Resolution of faecal impaction was obtained in all patients, and in 25/30 patients with three administrations in a three-day period.

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Multicenter Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Cathartics / therapeutic use*
Constipation / drug therapy*
Fecal Impaction / drug therapy*
Female
Humans
Lactulose / therapeutic use
Male
Middle Aged
Pilot Projects
Polyethylene Glycols / therapeutic use*
Single-Blind Method

Substances

Cathartics
Polyethylene Glycols
Lactulose