An agent that promotes defecation. Some act predominantly within the intestinal lumen rather than through systemic drug absorption.
A medicine producing bowel evacuation, historically often implying a more vigorous effect than a mild laxative.
A polymeric osmotic laxative; 3350 denotes its approximate average molecular mass. Retention of water in the intestinal lumen accounts for its local action.[ref]

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