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I recently traveled between the US and Greece, and I wasn't going to let travel constipation ruin my dream ... Some are full of sodium or other fillers that aren't necessarily good for everyone ...

Any patient prescribed opioids should also be given a stool softener (milk of magnesia or docusate sodium) and a stimulant laxative (such as senna or bisacodyl). Other side effects can include ...

An elderly Hong Kong man has been left in a critical condition after a feeding tube was wrongly placed in his airway in hospital, delivering a liquid laxative into his right lung rather than his ...