Laxatives
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.
Dulcolax 30s
KShs 750.00Dulcolax is 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. Thirty coated tablets, bisacodyl 5 mg each, 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 fails. Please ask our pharmacist if you have needed a laxative for more than five days.
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.
Lactulac Liquid 200Ml
KShs 695.00Lactulac Liquid gives you lactulose, the gentle liquid people take for constipation when they want something that can be used for weeks rather than days, measured by the spoon into water, juice or milk. It draws water into the bowel and softens the stool rather than stimulating it, so there is no five-day limit. Adults take 15 to 30 ml daily and it takes 24 to 48 hours to work. Please ask our pharmacist to set the amount for a child or a baby.
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.
Natural Factors Low Relieffibre 268Mg
KShs 7,850.00Natural Factors Low ReliefFibre is a low FODMAP fibre people take for regularity, for bloating, and for the awkward problem of following a restricted diet and ending up short of fibre altogether. One scoop of about 6.7 g gives 5 g of soluble guar fibre that dissolves clear and thin, with forty servings in a 268 g tub. Start on half a serving in a full glass of water and build up over two or three weeks, and ask our pharmacist to set a child’s amount.
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 Castor Oil Softgels 120s
KShs 3,510.00NOW Castor Oil Softgels give you castor oil in a swallowed softgel rather than a spoonful of oil, taken for occasional constipation and digestive regularity, at 650 mg in each softgel with a little fennel oil. The published laxative dose for castor oil is 2 to 5 g, so one or two softgels is a gentle daily amount rather than something to open a stubborn bowel tonight. It is contraindicated in pregnancy because it can influence labour, so please talk to our pharmacist first.
Nutrifiber powder 200gm
KShs 2,255.00Nutrifiber is a soluble fibre powder people take for constipation and for keeping the bowel regular, stirred into water as a daily routine rather than reached for in an emergency. It blends chicory inulin, partially hydrolysed guar gum and maltodextrin in a 200 g tub, and as a soluble fibre it carries no five-day limit and no dependence risk. Start on half a measure and build up over two or three weeks, and please ask our pharmacist to set the measure with you.
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Psyllium Husk 400mg 120’s
Original price was: KShs 3,165.00.KShs 3,006.00Current price is: KShs 3,006.00.Psyllium Husk 400mg capsules are what people take for constipation and for keeping the bowel regular without mixing a drink twice a day, two capsules with a full glass of water and another glass after. A hundred and twenty vegetable capsules, and as a bulk-forming fibre it carries no five-day limit. Four capsules come to 1.6 g, where the licensed dose for constipation is 3.5 g twice daily, so please ask our pharmacist whether capsules or sachets suit what you want.
Quest Mega 8 Biotix 30’s
KShs 3,870.00Quest Mega 8 Biotix is the multi strain probiotic people take for everyday digestive comfort, for bloating and for the unsettled gut that follows antibiotics. Thirty billion live organisms a capsule from eight strains, all of them lactobacilli, which aims this pack at the small intestine rather than the large bowel further down. One to two capsules a day with food, refrigeration optional, and please ask our pharmacist to compare it with the rest of the shelf for you.