Description
Micralax Micro-Enemas x 12
Micralax Micro-Enema
Micralax micro-enema contains sodium citrate, sodium alkyldulphoacetate, sorbic acid, sorbitol and glycerol.
The combined action of these laxatives helps to soften hard stools and relieve constipation without straining.
One dose of Micralax is contained in each 5ml tube. Each dose contains 450mg sodium citrate and 45mg sodium alkylsulphoacetate. Micralax also contains sorbitol solution, glycerol, sorbic acid and purified water.
Before you take this medicine:
- Do you suffer from any inflammatory bowel diseases, such as ulcerative colitis?
- Are you pregnant, planning to become pregnant or breast feeding?
- Are you allergic to any of the ingredients shown above or have you used this medicine before and suffered a reaction?
If the answer to any of these questions is YES speak to your doctor (or pharmacist), before taking this medicine.
How to use
Always use Micralax exactly as your doctor or Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
Adults and Children aged 3 years and over:
- The dose is one tube
- The tube must always be fully emptied into the rectum in one go pharmacist has told you.
- Micralax usually works within 5 to 15 minutes, so make sure you are near a toilet before using it.
- Always use a fresh tube of Micralax every time.
Remember: if after a few days treatment you are still constipated, you must see your doctor. You should not use laxatives for a long time
Instructions
- Lie down on your side with your knees drawn up towards your tummy. If you prefer you can sit on the toilet
- Pull or twist the cap off the tube
- You can lubricate the nozzle to make it easier to put in.
- Squeeze a drop of medicine out onto the nozzle
- Put the full length of the nozzle into your back passage
- Gently squeeze the tube until it is empty
- Keep squeezing the tube as you pull the nozzle out. This is to stop the medicine being drawn back into the tube
- Wait for the laxative to work. This takes 5-15 minutes
Ingredients
The active substances are 450 mg sodium citrate and 45 mg sodium alkylsulphoacetate.
The other ingredients are sorbitol solution, glycerol, sorbic acid and purified water.
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