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  2. Docusate - Wikipedia

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    Docusate is the common chemical and pharmaceutical name of the anion bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate, also commonly called dioctyl sulfosuccinate (DOSS). [2] [3] [4]Salts of this anion, especially docusate sodium, are widely used in medicine as an emollient laxative and as stool softeners, by mouth or rectally. [1]

  3. Linaclotide - Wikipedia

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    Linaclotide, (sold under the brand name Linzess in the US and Mexico, and as Constella elsewhere) [6] is a drug used to treat irritable bowel syndrome with constipation and chronic constipation with no known cause.

  4. Drug class - Wikipedia

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    A drug class is a group of medications and other compounds that share similar chemical structures, act through the same mechanism of action (i.e., binding to the same biological target), have similar modes of action, and/or are used to treat similar diseases.

  5. Biopharmaceutics Classification System - Wikipedia

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    The Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS) is a system to differentiate drugs on the basis of their solubility and permeability. [1] This system restricts the prediction using the parameters solubility and intestinal permeability. The solubility classification is based on a United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) aperture.

  6. List of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies - Wikipedia

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    When used as drugs, the International Nonproprietary Names (INNs) end in -mab. The remaining syllables of the INNs, as well as the column Source, are explained in Nomenclature of monoclonal antibodies. Types of monoclonal antibodies with other structures than naturally occurring antibodies.

  7. Colace (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Colace is the trade name for Docusate, the pharmaceutical compound dioctyl sulfosuccinate (DOSS), a laxative. Colace may also refer to: People.

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    How Middle-Class Earners Are Quietly Becoming Millionaires -- and How You Can, Too This article originally appeared on GOBankingRates.com : 3 Key Signs You Might Not Qualify for the Social ...

  9. Laxative - Wikipedia

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    Bulk-forming laxatives, also known as roughage, are substances, such as fiber in food and hydrophilic agents in over-the-counter drugs, that add bulk and water to stools so they can pass more easily through the intestines (lower part of the digestive tract). [2] Properties. Site of action: small and large intestines; Onset of action: 12–72 hours