Senade

Drug name: Senade
Therapeutic actions: Senna is known as a 'stimulant laxative'. It acts on nerve endings in the gut wall. These nerves then make the muscles in the intestine contract with more force and more often. When the gut contracts, it moves the contents along faster, and so it reduces constipation. Senna is given by mouth and takes 8-12 hours to work.

Indications: Senade is used for short-term treatment of constipation; preoperative and preradiographic bowel evacuation for procedures involving GI tract.

Contraindications and cautions:
You should not use this medication in:

• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Symptoms of appendicitis;
• Acute surgical abdomen;
• Fecal impaction;
• Intestinal obstruction;
• Undiagnosed abdominal pain.
• There are no known harmful effects when this medicine is used during pregnancy.
• There are no known harmful effects when this medicine is used by breastfeeding mothers.
• Avoid prolonged use

Adverse effects: Medicines and their possible side effects can affect individual people in different ways. The following are some of the side effects that are known to be associated with this medicine. Because a side effect is stated here, it does not mean that all people using this medicine will experience that or any side effect.

• Abdominal cramps
• Low blood potassium level (hypokalaemia)
• Over stimulation of the gut wall leading to a non-functioning large bowel (atonic colon)

The side effects listed above may not include all of the side effects reported by the drug's manufacturer.
For more information about any other possible risks associated with this medicine, please read the information provided with the medicine or consult your doctor or pharmacist.

Interactions: It is important to tell your doctor or pharmacist what medicines you are already taking, including those bought without a prescription and herbal medicines, before you start treatment with this medicine. Similarly, check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking any new medicines while taking this one, to ensure that the combination is safe.

Additional Information: DO NOT SHARE THIS MEDICINE with others. DO NOT USE THIS MEDICINE for other health conditions. KEEP THIS PRODUCT, as well as syringes and needles, if needed during treatment, out of the reach of children. Do not reuse needles, syringes, or other materials.