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castor oil (Purge)
Tradename: Purge.
Contraindications:
pregnancy-category -
safety in lactation ?
Dosage: 15-30 mL PO QHS, 5-15 mL dose for child.
Pharmacokinetics: elimination: Not absorbed.
General
laxative
Database Correlations
PUBCHEM cid=
References
- The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed.
Gilman et al, eds. Permagon Press/McGraw Hill, 1996.
- Department of Veterans Affairs, VA National Formulary
Component-of
castor oil/peruvian balsam
castor oil/peruvian balsam/trypsin (Xenaderm)
castor oil/trypsin