Advice
Following a full submission.
Macrogol 4000 (Idrolax®) is not recommended for use within NHS Scotland for the treatment of constipation in adults and children aged 8 years and above.
Macrogol 4000 is as effective as lactulose, but the available evidence does not justify the additional cost of this product.
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Medicine details
- Medicine name:
- Macrogol 4000 (Idrolax®)
- SMC ID:
- 94/04
- Indication:
- Constipation in adults and children aged 8 years and above
- Pharmaceutical company
- Schwarz Pharma Ltd
- BNF chapter
- Gastro-intestinal system
- Submission type
- Full
- Status
- Not recommended
- Date advice published
- 13 April 2004