COLOMUCIL 14 SACHETS

PHARMACODYNAMICS: THE POWDERED HUSKS OF FLEA SEEDS (RIPE SEEDS OF DIFFERENT PLANTAGO SPECIES E.G. PLANTAGO PSYLLIUM ALSO CALLED ISPAGHULA) ARE USED AS BULKING MUCILLOIDS. THE WATER-SOLUBLE PSYLLIUM FIBRES MAINLY CONSIST OF INDIGESTIBLE POLYSACCHARIDES. TAKEN WITH PLENTY OF FLUIDS PSYLLIUM LEADS TO THE INCREASE OF THE FECAL MASS; THE STOOL BECOMES SOFTER AND PERISTALSIS IS STIMULATED. THIS EVENTUALLY ALSO CAUSES A REDUCTION OF INTRALUMINAL RECTOSIGMOID PRESSURE. PSYLLIUM FIBRES BIND BILE ACIDS WHICH CAUSES INCREASED BILE ACID EXCRETION. THIS CAUSES AN INCREASED HEPATIC SYNTHESIS OF BILE ACIDS AND A CERTAIN REDUCTION OF BLOOD CHOLESTEROL LEVELS. THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS: � EFFECTIVE IN RESTORING INTESTINAL REGULARITY TO PREVENT CONSTIPATION. � MAINTAINS LIPID PROFILE PARAMETERS IN HYPERLIPIDEMIC PATIENTS. � DECREASED RISK OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE (CHD). DOSE AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION: � MIX THE POWDER WITH FULL GLASS OF WATER OR JUICE. � STIR BRISKLY AND DRINK PROM