Forlax 10G 4000 Pack of 20-Fight Constipation Probiotics

Forlax is an osmotic laxative used for the symptomatic treatment of chronic functional constipation in adults and children aged 8 years and above.2

The treatment of constipation with medicinal products is only an adjuvant to a healthy lifestyle and dietary management of constipation, with a maximum 3-month treatment course in children.

How does Forlax work?

Forlax belongs to the family of osmotic laxatives.2 It contains 10 g of macrogol 4000.1

When taken by the oral route it leads to an increase in the volume of fluid in the intestine providing better hydration of the stool, giving the stool a soft consistency, and stimulates your body to pass them.1,3

Effects of Forlax become apparent within 24 hours to 48 hours after its administration.

What is the form of Forlax?

Powder for oral solution

20 sachets – Orange-grapefuit flavor Dissolve each sachet in a glass of water just before use.

How to use Forlax ?

• Oral use.
• 1 to 2 sachets per day, preferably as a single dose in the morning.
• Dissolve each sachet in a glass of water just before use.
• For single use only- discard unused solution.
• Treatment in children should not exceed 3 months.
• Treatment in adults should be reassessed at 3 months.
• The daily dose should be adapted to the treatment response and may range from one sachet every other day (especially in children), up to two sachets a day.
• The effects of Forlaxbecome apparent within 24 hours to 48 hours after administration.

Do not take Forlax: 2

• If you are hypersensitive (allergic) to macrogol.
• Have severe inflammatory bowel disease (such as Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis) or an abnormally distended colon (megacolon) associated with narrowing of the bowel.
• Have a hole in the wall of the bowel or are at risk of intestinal perforation.
• Have impaired bowel passage caused by paralysis of the bowel, bowel distension (ileus) or a suspected bowel (intestinal) obstruction.
• Have abdominal pain without knowing the cause.
• Have a hereditary fructose intolerance.