Gastrointestinal Health
Amla/Cinnamon/Turmeric Vinegar 500ml
KShs 916.00Amnaya turmeric apple cider vinegar is a 500ml raw, unfiltered vinegar with the mother, infused with amla, cinnamon and black pepper to help support digestion before meals.
Bisacodyl 5mg 100s
KShs 1,000.00Bisacodyl 5mg tablets are what people take for occasional constipation when they want it dealt with overnight, one or two tablets at bedtime and a bowel movement in the morning. A hundred coated tablets, for adults and children over twelve. Swallow them whole and keep milk, antacids and acid-reducing tablets an hour either side, because those dissolve the coating early and are the commonest reason a tablet does nothing. Please ask our pharmacist if you have needed a laxative for more than five days.
Digestizyme 100’s
KShs 4,200.00Digestizyme is the digestive enzyme capsule taken for the heaviness and bloating that settle in after a large or rich meal, swallowed at the start of the meal rather than afterwards. Each capsule carries eight digestive enzymes working on fat, starch, protein and fibre, including bromelain and papain, and a bottle holds 100 vegan capsules. If you take blood-thinning medicines, or your symptoms have lasted more than a few weeks, please speak to our pharmacist before you buy.
Enterogermina 2Mld 5Ml
KShs 130.00Enterogermina is the probiotic people take for loose stools and the unsettled gut that follows a course of antibiotics or a bout of diarrhoea, swallowed straight from the vial. Each vial carries 2 billion spores of Bacillus clausii and a pack holds 10, with no refrigeration needed because the spore form survives a hot cupboard. The daily dose is not printed on the information we hold, so please ask our pharmacist and we will work it out with you.
Flora Norm Sachets 10’s
KShs 1,300.00Flora Norm Sachets give you Saccharomyces boulardii, taken for loose stools and the unsettled gut that follows a course of antibiotics or a bout of diarrhoea, dissolved one sachet at a time in a glass of water. It is a yeast rather than a bacterium, which is why it can be taken at the same time as an antibiotic. Anyone with a weakened immune system, a drip or a central line should please see our doctor before taking it rather than buying it.
Fybogel orange satchets
KShs 3,000.00Fybogel gives you ispaghula husk, the bulk-forming fibre people take for constipation and for keeping regular, stirred into a glass of water morning and evening. Each sachet carries 3.5 g, and it is gentle enough to take for months rather than days. It is used for the relief of constipation in pregnancy, which sets it apart from most of this shelf. Every sachet needs a full 150 ml of water, so please ask our pharmacist to go through that with you first.
Movicol Powder Sachets | 30
KShs 4,050.00Movicol is what people take for constipation that has settled in and needs more than fibre, a sachet stirred into water once to three times a day. Each sachet carries 13.125 g of macrogol 3350 with three salts, and it works by drawing water into the stool rather than stimulating the bowel, so there is no five-day limit and no dependence risk. It is sugar-free, lactose-free and gluten-free. Please ask our pharmacist to set the number of sachets with you.
Na Inulin Powder (Soluble Fibre) 250G
KShs 2,997.00Inulin powder 250g is a prebiotic chicory root fibre, formulated to help feed the bacteria in your gut and support regular, comfortable bowel movements.
NaturesPlus Licorice DGL 500 mg 60s
KShs 2,770.00NaturesPlus Licorice DGL is the deglycyrrhizinated liquorice people take for the burning of heartburn and the soreness of an irritated stomach, one capsule a day. Each 500 mg capsule is standardised to under 2% glycyrrhizin, which is under 10 mg, against a reference limit of 100 mg a day — so this is the form of liquorice meant for steady use, unlike liquorice tea. Please see our doctor for a test if stomach pain has lasted weeks.
NOW Cascara Sagrada 100s
KShs 2,115.00NOW Cascara Sagrada is the cascara sagrada bark people take for occasional constipation when a gentler approach has not worked, as a short course of two or three doses taken at night. It is a stimulant laxative, so the published guidance is a week at most, because longer use can impair how the bowel works on its own. It is contraindicated in pregnancy, in breastfeeding and under twelve years, so please talk to our pharmacist before you buy this one.
NOW Gr8-Dophilus™ Veg Capsules 60s
KShs 3,165.00NOW Gr8-Dophilus is the acidophilus probiotic people take as a steady daily capsule for digestive comfort and regularity, and it is the one pack on this shelf carrying both the bacteria and the fibre they feed on. Eight named species, four billion live organisms, in an enteric-coated capsule that opens past the stomach rather than in it. Swallow it whole, between meals, and ask our pharmacist how many a day you actually need before you buy.
NOW L Proline 500mg 120s
KShs 3,315.00L-Proline 500mg capsules help support the body’s own collagen for skin, joints and healing tissue. Take with vitamin C, without which proline cannot form collagen.
NOW Probiotic 10 100 Billion Caps 30’s
KShs 7,365.00NOW Probiotic 10 is the 100 billion probiotic people take for digestive upset after a course of antibiotics, a stomach bug or travel, when a gentler daily capsule has been tried and something stronger is wanted for a few weeks. Ten strains, one capsule a day, and the count is guaranteed to the Best By date rather than measured on the day it was made. It keeps its potency in a fridge, so please talk to our pharmacist before ordering it for delivery far from Nairobi.