"Laxatives" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Agents that produce a soft formed stool, and relax and loosen the bowels, typically used over a protracted period, to relieve CONSTIPATION.
| Descriptor ID |
D054368
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.954.483.620
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Laxatives" by people in Profiles.
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Delayed excretion of high-dose methotrexate in pediatric acute leukemia correlates with laxative and constipation management. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Jan; 72(1):e31377.
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When "the runs" also burns: Case reports of severe diaper dermatitis in children with acute gastroenteritis mimicking scald burns. Pediatr Dermatol. 2023 Mar; 40(2):341-344.
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Treatment with methylnaltrexone is associated with increased survival in patients with advanced cancer. Ann Oncol. 2016 11; 27(11):2032-2038.
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Constipation: an overlooked, unmanaged symptom of patients with pheochromocytoma and sympathetic paraganglioma. Eur J Endocrinol. 2015 Sep; 173(3):377-87.
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Bowel preparation for pediatric colonoscopy: report of the NASPGHAN endoscopy and procedures committee. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2014 Sep; 59(3):409-16.
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Opioid-induced bowel dysfunction. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2013 Sep; 15(9):344.
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Oral prucalopride in children with functional constipation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2013 Aug; 57(2):197-203.
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Predictors of response to palliative care intervention for chronic nausea in advanced cancer outpatients. Support Care Cancer. 2013 Sep; 21(9):2427-35.
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Strategic pain management: the identification and development of the IAHPC opioid essential prescription package. J Palliat Med. 2012 Feb; 15(2):186-91.
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Bowel preparation and colonoscopy technique to detect non-polypoid colorectal neoplasms. Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am. 2010 Jul; 20(3):437-48.