LACTULOSE

LACTULOSE

Chemical Class: Disaccharide lactose analog

Therapeutic Class: Ammonia detoxivate; laxative

ALTERLATIVES
BRAND NAMES	MANUFACTURER	DOSES FORM	GENERIC
ACULAC	ENGLISH PHARMA	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
AL CULOSE	Macquins pharma	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Alogen	Allina combine	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
B Lact	Brookes	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Canalac	Epla	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Consilac	Rasco pharma	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Constilac	Mediserach	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Constimed	Rakaposhi	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Consito	Genera	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Dapac	Fynk pharma	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Davilac	Davis pharma	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Day Soft	Shrooq pharma	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Detoxicol	Nabiqasim	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Dehpfin	Ameer	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Dubalac	Akson	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Eazybowl	Nenza	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Duphalc	Abbott	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Ez flow	Etroze chemical	Syp 10gm/15ml	Lactulose
Factoloz	Fedro	Syp 10gm/15ml	Lactulose
Floralac	Platinum	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
G lac	Global pharma	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Gravilose	Grays	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Gastrilax	CSH pharma	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Healac	Heal pharma	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Ira	Biotic	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Irzalac	Irza	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Kohilac	Kohs	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Kolac	Asian	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Kalac	Jawa	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Lactil	Akhai pharma	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Lactobex	Cibex	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Lactodil	Donvalley	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Lactofine	Synchro pharma	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Lactomed	Medicraft	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Lactosol	Stand pharm	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Lactocare	Care pharma	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Lactosav	Medisave	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Lactosel	Harmann	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Lactose	Sapient	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Lactowitt	Lowitt	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Lactozeb	Zeb laboratories	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Lactozal	Zafa	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Lactulac	Deluxe chemical	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Laevolac	Hilton	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Lalose	Bio pharma	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Laxilose	PDH	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Laxit	Selmore	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Laxolate	Mac & rains	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Lilac	Getz pharma	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Looslac	Regent	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Lotolose	Lotus	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Luxave	Searle Pakistan	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Milex	Fozan pharma	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Mrocos	Amros	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Neolac	Neomedix	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Noalac	Noa hemis	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Novelact	Kaizen	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Oblac	Bosons	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Occliac	Ideal	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Osmalac	Alliance	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Pc lac	Popular chemical	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Polylact	Kinsa	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Rolose	Roch	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Sanlac	Novartis	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Stolac	Semos	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Sylac	Albro	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Tavalose	High q pharma	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Thalac	Unison chemical	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Werilax	Werrick pharma	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Wuphavac	Orta alb	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Zebex	Z jans	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose
Zolax	Zinta	Syp 3.335gm/5ml	Lactulose

 

INDICATIONS ANS USES:

                Constibation ; portal-systemic encephalopathy

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

                Patients requiring a low galac-lose diet

DOSE

Adult

·         Constipation: PQ  15-30 ml qd after breakfast

·         Portal-systemic encephalopathy: PO 40-90 ml soft dicided tid-qid; adjust dose to produce 2-3 soft stools/day

Infant

·         Portal-systemic encephalopathy: PO 2.5-10 ml/day divided tid-qid; adjust dose to produce 2-3 soft stool/day

Precaution:

                Electrocautery procedures (may spark explosion), diabetes

Pregnancy:

                Breast leeding risk to fetus and the newborn neglible

SIDE EFFECTS/ADVERSE REACTIONS

Gl: abdominal discomfort, belching, diarrhea, flatulence, aseous distension, nausea,vomiting