Substance · official US FDA label
Bisacodyl (bisacodyl)
17 medicines listed on Vimpia contain it, alone or combined. Below, the official US FDA label for bisacodyl, unchanged.
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The official US FDA label for bisacodyl, effective September 9, 2026, describes products sold in the United States. The medicine sold in DR Congo may differ in strength, form or approved uses: ask a pharmacist or a doctor.
Official US FDA label for bisacodyl
Data provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA), unchanged. The full label on DailyMed.
Uses
Uses relieves occasional constipation and irregularity this product generally produces a bowel movement in 6 to 12 hours
Dosage
US dosage, for products sold in the United States. For a medicine bought in DR Congo, follow its box, its leaflet or your pharmacist.
Directions take with a glass of water adults and children 12 years of age and over Start with 1 tablet/day. If needed, increase to 2 or 3 tablets a day in a single daily dose children 6 to under 12 years of age 1 tablet per day children under 6 years of age ask a doctor
Warnings and precautions
Warnings
Medicines that contain it
Names as they are sold. A medicine without an English page links to its French page.
- Bisacodyl 10 mg, Comprimé
- Bisacodyl 5 mg, Comprimé
- BISACODYL ARROW CONSEIL 5 mg, comprimé gastro-résistant
- BISACODYL BIOGARAN CONSEIL 5 mg, comprimé gastro-résistant
- BISACODYL CRISTERS 5 mg, comprimé enrobé gastro-résistant
- BISACODYL EG LABO CONSEIL 5 mg, comprimé enrobé gastro-résistant
- BISACODYL SANDOZ CONSEIL 5 mg, comprimé enrobé gastro-résistant
- BISACODYL VIATRIS CONSEIL 5 mg, comprimé enrobé gastro-résistant
- BISACODYL ZENTIVA CONSEIL 5 mg, comprimé gastro-résistant
- CONTALAX, comprimé gastro-résistant
- DULCOLAX 10 mg, suppositoire
- DULCOLAX 5 mg, comprimé enrobé gastro-résistant
- DULCOLAX 5 mg, comprimé enrobé gastro-résistant
- DULCOLAX 5 mg, comprimé enrobé gastro-résistant
- Dulcoprin 5 mg, comprimé
- Laxaque 5 mg, comprimé entérique
- Laxaque 5 mg, suppositoire
Sources
- ●Labels: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA (public domain). Data provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA), unchanged. DailyMed.
- ●English names of substances: RxNorm, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ●Marketing authorizations: register of the ACOREP, DR Congo.
- ●Essential medicines: national list of essential medicines of DR Congo (LNME).
- ●Composition: public medicines database of France (BDPM), ANSM, open licence.
Public information, for reference only: it does not replace the advice of a pharmacist or a doctor. Vimpia writes nothing about how to use a medicine and translates nothing: the label is the US FDA's, unchanged; names, composition and authorizations come from the official sources above.