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2. Are laxatives for weight loss safe? - AOL

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   Laxatives are designed for constipation, not weight loss, and can lead to serious side effects and dangerous complications when used incorrectly. When you lose weight on laxatives, it's from water ...

3. Are colon cleanses necessary? Experts weigh in on potential ...

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   Lighter Side. Politics. ... the stool and clean out your colon,” he says. Over the counter colon cleansing supplements, such as capsules, tea and powders, contain natural laxatives and plant ...

4. Are laxatives the 'budget Ozempic'? Doctors warn about ... - AOL

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   Stimulant laxatives, another type, stimulate the smooth muscle of the bowel to contract, but they often have more side effects, Chang notes. Use a laxative just on occasion when you need it.

5. Laxative - Wikipedia

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   Laxatives vary as to how they work and the side effects they may have. Certain stimulant, lubricant, and saline laxatives are used to evacuate the colon for rectal and bowel examinations, and may be supplemented by enemas under certain circumstances. Sufficiently high doses of laxatives may cause diarrhea.

6. Macrogol - Wikipedia

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   Side effects may include increased bowel gas, abdominal pain, and nausea. [3] Rare but serious side effects may include an abnormal heartbeat, seizures, and kidney problems. [8] Use appears to be safe during pregnancy. [9] [3] It is classified as an osmotic laxative: [4] It works by increasing the amount of water in the stool. [5]

7. Liquid paraffin (drug) - Wikipedia

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   It acts primarily as a stool lubricant, and is thus not associated with abdominal cramps, diarrhea, flatulence, disturbances in electrolytes, or tolerance over long periods of usage, side effects that osmotic and stimulant laxatives often engender (however, some literature suggests that these may still occur).