Talk:Sodium picosulfate

Dulcolax is tradename of another product
The following comment was left by Special:Contributions/216.26.223.138 explaining why he deleted "Dulcolax" from the list of trade names:
 * Dulcolax was in here as a trade name for sodium picosulfate. it is not. the INN for dulcolax is bisacodyl

I have brought the comment here for documentation. --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 07:17, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

FDA approval date of Prepopik
Since Prepopik is only one of several brand names for this preparation, I wonder why the FDA approval date is significant when the approval dates of the others are not.

Wanderer57 (talk) 21:50, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Side-effect?
"The most common side effects of picosulfate are abdominal cramps and diarrhea."

Is diarrhea a side-effect or the intended main effect of picosulfate?

Wanderer57 (talk) 21:24, 22 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Yep. Changed it. --One Salient Oversight (talk) 04:22, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Price issue?
The article could explain why sodium picosulfate products are so expensive (5-10x price tag) compared to sodium-phosphate-hydrate based preparations. For example in Hungary a single-use box of "Picoprep", containing 2 small bags of sodium picosulfate powder for making drink is 5-10x more expensive than "Fleet / phospho-sodium-carbonate", which the pharmacies can produce in-house for the same bowel-cleansing purpose (price tag: 4950 HUF vs 500-700HUF). Likely there is a technological reason why sodium picosulfate production process is so expensive? It would be interesting to learn why. Thanks. 82.131.142.215 (talk) 20:07, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Sodium chloride
Yoy 110.224.251.107 (talk) 11:25, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Shortage 82.8.224.231 (talk) 14:02, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

pico name
Where does the name "pico" come from? Itu (talk) 15:59, 28 March 2024 (UTC)