Composition

• Lactulose.
• Peppermint oil.
• Fennel oil.
• Caraway oil.
• Ginger.

Properties

• Optilax is the optimum composition of essential oils that act in harmony to give the optimum laxative — digestive — antiflatulant – antispasmodic effects (without inducing hypotonia nor hypertonia).
• Optilax is a mixture of laxative digestive antiflatulant essential oils which has the efficacy and safety as they are natural .
• Lactulose acts as laxative mainly used in constipation and hepatic encephalopathy as it decreases ammonia level and concentration in blood and brain.
• Peppermint oil acts mainly as antispasmodic,antiflatulant and digestive.
• Caraway oil acts mainly as antispasmodic.
• Ginger acts mainly as antiemetic, antispasmodic and prokinetic.
• Fennel acts mainly as antispasmodic, digestive, antibacterial and antioxidant all of these natural essential oils act synergistically to produce the maximum efficacy.

Indications

1. Laxative, digestive, antiflatulant & antispasmodic in patients suffering from indigestion, flatulence and constipation.
2. Prokinetic antiemetic in nausea and vomiting.
3. Hepatic encephalopathy.
4. IBS patients (event children).
5. Upper endoscopy , Haemorheidecomy ,Colonoscopy & DCBE (double contrast barium enema).
6. Functional dyspepsia & non ulcer dyspepsia.

Contraindication

Galactosaemia, intestinal obstruction and lactose intolerance.

Dosage

As a laxative digestive antiflatulant:

• Children: 1-2 tea spoonful twice daily.
• Adults : 1-2 table spoonful twice daily & gradually reduced.

Hepatic encephalopathy: 30-50 ml 3 times daily.

Side effects

No side effects are reported except for abdominal colics & sever diarrhea with over dosage.

Storage

At room temp.

Package

Bottle of 120 ml.

Optilax- Information Leaflet

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