stool softener
Digestive movement helper
A stool softener is a medication that makes bowel movements easier to pass by drawing water into the stool, softening its consistency.
Unlike stimulant laxatives, stool softeners work gently and are often recommended after surgery or childbirth: The doctor prescribed a stool softener to prevent straining.
Stool-softening medication
- sennaCathartic-yielding shrub
- polyethylene glycolWaxy synthetic polymer chain
- lactuloseSynthetic sugar, medicinal purgative
- magnesium hydroxideAlkaline mineral compound
dulcolax · mineral oil · glycerin · psyllium · milk of magnesia
Lack of strain
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- alleviationReduction of intensity
- gentleSoft and kind
- mildModerate in intensity
soothing · overnight · gradual · palliative · therapeutic · loosening · moistening
Difficult, infrequent waste elimination
- bowelInternal digestive organ
- fecalOf solid waste
- defecationExpulsion of feces
- peristalsisInvoluntary digestive muscle waves
intestinal · evacuation · fiber · hydration · emollient · surfactant · lubricant · impaction
docusate
Stool-softening medication
- sennaCathartic-yielding shrub
- polyethylene glycolWaxy synthetic polymer chain
- lactuloseSynthetic sugar, medicinal purgative
magnesium hydroxide · dulcolax · mineral oil · glycerin · psyllium · milk of magnesia
ease
Lack of strain
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- alleviationReduction of intensity
- gentleSoft and kind
mild · soothing · overnight · gradual · palliative · therapeutic · loosening · moistening
constipation
Difficult, infrequent waste elimination
- bowelInternal digestive organ
- fecalOf solid waste
- defecationExpulsion of feces
peristalsis · intestinal · evacuation · fiber · hydration · emollient · surfactant · lubricant · impaction · straining
- digestive aidsantacids, laxatives, probiotics, gas relief, antidiarrheal
- laxativeslaxative, laxatives, cathartic, cathartics, purgative
- bodily wastefeces, excrement, urine, poop, pee
- postpartumafterpains, involution, uterine contractions, lactation, milk production
- softenersdryer sheets, Calgon, conditioner, dryer sheet, salt pellets
stool softenerantidiarrheal
Drug slowing bowel movements
anti-diarrheal · binding agent · loperamide · Pepto-Bismol · astringent
soft, soften, stool, softened, softening, softens, softener, stool softeners