Senokot Tablets

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You can buy Senokot Tablets online from our UK registered online pharmacy. Please read the associated information about this medication to make sure it's safe for you. You can then place your order. 

After completing any associated assessment form, our pharmacists can then review your order. If approved, we can dispatch it to your chosen address, with options for next-day delivery. If for any reason your order is not approved, a full refund is issued.

About Senokot Tablets 

Senokot is designed to gently, naturally relieve constipation. Senokot uses Senna extracts to help stimulate the bowel, leading to predictable relief for occasional constipation.

Alternatives

Some patients may find that Senokot Tablets aren’t as effective at treating their symptoms. Here at Simple Online Pharmacy, we have a number of alternatives available, including;

• Dulcolax Tablets
• Senokot Max Strength
• Laxido Sachets

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How does Senokot work?

Senokot is a mild stimulant laxative. This means that it stimulates the muscles in the bowel, allowing them to move faeces through at a normal rate. Senokot usually has an effect within 8 to 12 hours of taking the tablets. This is why it’s recommended to take the tablets at night before bedtime.

Senokot Side Effects
As with all medications, some users may experience side effects when using Senokot Tablets - however, most will not.

If any of the following or other side effects occur, stop taking this medicine and talk to your doctor or pharmacist for medical attention:

• abdominal pain, spasms and diarrhoea, in particular, these effects may be experienced by patients with irritable colon. In these cases, a reduction in dose may be necessary.
• hypersensitivity (allergic) reactions, hives (skin bumps), skin itchiness or local or more widespread rash, or asthma.
• You become more prone to catching minor infections
• chronic use may lead to albuminuria and haematuria which is albumin or red blood cells in the urine.
• yellow or red-brown discolouration of urine may occur, which is normally harmless
• chronic use may cause pigmentation of the gastrointestinal tract which usually recedes when the product is no longer taken.
• low potassium levels in the blood leading to muscle weakness and cramps 
• severe weight loss
• changes in the shape of the finger and fingernail, muscular spasms and inflammation of bones and joints

Before taking any medication, it is important to read the Patient Information Leaflet. You can find information leaflets for your medicines by typing them into the search bar at medicines.org, or by contacting us.

• Senokot 7.5mg Tablets Patient Information Leaflet (medicines.org.uk)

Senokot Dosage 

Adults and the elderly: swallow one to two tablets at night

This product is not for use in children and adolescents under 18 years old.

Duration of use: Normally it is sufficient to take this medicinal product up to two to three times a week. Use for more than 1-2 weeks requires medical supervision. 

If no bowel movement has been produced after three days of progressively greater dosage, speak to your doctor for advice.

Only use the lowest dose that is still effective. New users should start with the lowest dose and increase it to the maximum dose if necessary.

If you miss a dose, simply skip the missed dose and take the next at the usual time. Do not take a double dose. Do not take more than the recommended amount.

Warnings for use of Senokot Tablets 

Do not take if you:

• are allergic to any of the ingredients
• have a blockage or narrowing of the gastrointestinal tract or bowel (ileus, intestinal obstruction or stenosis)
• have paralysis or a lack of muscle tone in the bowel 
• have appendicitis, inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis or any other bowel-related medical condition
• have severe dehydration, as this may increase the likelihood of electrolyte imbalance
• have persistent or undiagnosed abdominal complaints e.g pain, nausea, or vomiting
• have faecal impaction or rectal bleeding for which you don't know the cause, or blood in your stools
• have already taken a laxative and are still constipated
• have had a sudden change in bowel habit that has lasted for more than 2 weeks
• are pregnant or breast-feeding
• have kidney or heart failure
• are under 18 years of age unless advised by a medical professional

Store out of sight and reach of children.

Speak to your doctor if you are taking any other medications before using this product. Drug interactions can cause more serious side effects.

Senokot Tablets Ingredients

Each tablet contains powdered Alexandrian Senna fruit (pods) (Cassia senna L.(C. acutifolia Delile)) and Tinnevelly Senna fruit (pods) (Cassia angustifolia Vahl) )equivalent to 7.5mg hydroxyanthracene glycosides, calculated as sennoside B.

This medicine also contains calcium phosphate, maize starch, magnesium stearate and lactose monohydrate.