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Sodium phosphate, monobasic, unspecified form is an osmotic laxative used to cleanse the colon before a colonoscopy.
- Mechanism
- Curator reviewed · 1 reference
Sodium phosphate is thought to work by increasing the amount of solute present in the intestinal lumen thereby creating an osmotic gradient which draws water into the lumen.
- Primary indication
- Used to treat constipation or to clean the bowel before a colonoscopy.Curator reviewed · 2 structured indications
- First approval
- United States, 2009
- Brand names
- Fleet Mineral Oil
- Pedia-lax Liquid
- Urogesic Blue Reformulated Apr 2012
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Which other approved drugs treat the same conditions as Sodium phosphate, monobasic, unspecified form, and which companies have late-stage candidates in those indications?