Movicol Ease Citrus Sachets Pack of 20

Movicol Ease Citrus Sachets are a laxative for the treatment of constipation in adults aged 18 years and over, supplied in convenient stick sachets (to be dissolved in water). They help you to have a comfortable bowel movement when you have an episode of constipation by helping to restore natural bowel movement gently and effectively.

Movicol Ease Citrus Sachets are free from gluten, lactose and sucrose and contain no ingredients of animal origin.

Adults aged 18 years and over: 

• 1-3 sachets daily.
• This medicine can be taken at any time with or without food.
• Dissolve one sachet in 125ml (1/4 pint) of water, 1-3 times per day.
• This should be taken in divided doses throughout the day, according to the severity of your constipation.

Movicol Ease should not be used for more than 5 days. If your constipation needs treatment for longer than 5 days, consult your doctor or pharmacist. When regular bowel movements return, you can use fewer doses in a day and usually treatment can be stopped.

If you have abdominal pain that does not get better, or you have blood in your bowel movements, you should consult your doctor.

Once you have made up Movicol Ease in water, if you cannot drink it straight away keep it covered and in thefridge (2°C – 8°C). Throw away any solution not used within a 6 hour period. Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to throw away medicines you no longer use. These measures will help protect the environment.

• Movicol can be taken during pregnancy and whilst breastfeeding. If you are pregnant, trying to become pregnant or breastfeeding, ask your pharmacist or doctor for advice before taking Movicol. 
• Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you need 3 or more sachets daily for a prolonged period, especially if you have been advised to follow a low salt (sodium) diet. Movicol contains 186.87 mg sodium (main component of cooking/table salt) per sachet. This is equivalent to 9.3% of the recommended maximum daily dietary intake of sodium for an adult.
• When taking Movicol you should continue to take plenty of fluids. The fluid content of Movicol should not replace your regular liquid intake.
• Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines. Some medicines, e.g. anti-epileptics, may not work as effectively during use with Movicol. You should not take any other medicines by mouth together with Movicol and for one hour before and for one hour after taking Movicol.
• If you need to thicken fluids in order to swallow them safely, Movicol may counteract the effect of the thickener

Do not take Movicol if your doctor has told you that you have:

• A blockage in your intestine (gut obstruction, ileus).
• A perforated gut wall.
• Severe inflammatory bowel disease like ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease or toxic megacolon.
• An allergy to the active substances or any of the other ingredients of Movicol.

Macrogol 3350 13.125g, Sodium Chloride 0.3508g, Sodium Bicarbonate 0.1786g, Potassium Chloride 0.0502g.