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Senna/Docusate Sodium

Dosage form
TABLET, FILM COATED
Labeler
Physicians Total Care, Inc.
Label updated
2012-04-20
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Active ingredients
Docusate sodium · Sennosides
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Label information

TAMPER-EVIDENT: Do not use this product if imprinted foil seal over the mouth of the bottle is cut, torn, broken or missing.

Drug Facts

유효 성분
Active ingredients
(in each tablet)
Purposes
Docusate sodium 50 mg Stool softener
Sennosides 8.6 mg Stimulant laxative
성분·작용
Purposes
Docusate sodium 50 mg Stool softener
Sennosides 8.6 mg Stimulant laxative
Uses
  • relieves occasional constipation (irregularity)
  • generally causes bowel movement in 6 to 12 hours
Warnings

Label information

Do not use

  • this product if you are presently taking mineral oil, unless directed by a doctor
  • laxative products for longer than 1 week unless directed by a doctor

Label information

Ask a doctor before use if you have

  • stomach pain
  • nausea
  • vomiting
  • a sudden change in bowel habits that persists over 2 weeks

Label information

Stop use and ask a doctor if you

  • have rectal bleeding
  • fail to have a bowel movement after use of a laxative

these could be signs of a serious condition

Label information

If pregnant or breast-feeding, ask a health professional before use.

Label information

Keep out of reach of children. In case of overodse, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.

Directions
  • take preferably at bedtime or as directed by a doctor
  • if you do not have a comfortable bowel movement by the second day, increase dose by one tablet (do not exceed maximum dosage) or decrease dose until you are comfortable
age starting dosage maximum dosage
adults and children 12 years and older 2 tablets once a day 4 tablets twice a day
children 6 to under 12 years 1 tablet once a day 2 tablets twice a day
children 2 to under 6 years 1/2 tablet once a day 1 tablet twice a day
children under 2 years ask a doctor ask a doctor
Other information
  • each tablet contains: calcium 20 mg, sodium 6 mg (LOW SODIUM)
  • store at room temperature 15° to 30°C (59° to 86°F)
Inactive ingredients

carnauba wax, colloidal silicon dioxide, croscarmellose sodium, dibasic calcium phosphate dihydrate, D&C yellow #10 aluminum lake, FD&C yellow #6 aluminum lake, hypromellose, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol, sodium benzoate, stearic acid, tapioca starchmay contain these ingredients, tartaric acid, titanium dioxide

Questions?

call 1-888-838-2872, weekdays, 8 AM-5 PM Eastern Time

Label information

This product is not manufactured or distributed by Purdue Products L.P., owner of the registered trademark Senokot-S®

Distributed by: GOLDLINE LABORATORIES, INC.
Sellersville, PA 18960      Dist. 1999 0110REV 89



Additional barcode labeling by:
Physicians Total Care, Inc.
Tulsa, Oklahoma      74146

PRINCIPAL DISPLAY PANEL - 100 Tablet Bottle

[Image in the official label — see DailyMed source]

NDC 54868-4917-0

TAMPER-EVIDENT

Senna/Docusate Sodium Tablets
(brand of standardized senna concentrate
equivalent to 8.6 mg sennosides
and docusate sodium 50 mg)

Natural Vegetable Stimulant
Laxative And Stool Softener

100 TABLETS

Compare to active ingredients
of Senokot-S® Tablets


DailyMed Set ID: 3e694bf2-f25a-4762-8b56-306413d6b8ff · Version 1
NDC: 54868-4917