VISICOL *
Manufacturer Details
SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Salix Pharmaceuticals Inc
Compositions:
Sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous 0.308g (total of sodium phosphate 1.5g ) tablets ,
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Strength
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Rate
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Packing Style
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1.102g + .398g ( total 1.5g)
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0.00
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40s and 100s tablets
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List of Related Indications:
- Cleansing of colon before colonoscopy
List Of Drugs:
- Sodium Phosphate - Bowel Evacuants- (FDC -List )
Indication Type Description:
Indication:
Cleansing of colon before colonoscopy
FIXED DOSE COMBINATIONS APPROVED BY DCG(I)
FROM JANUARY 1961 TILL NOVEMBER 2014
Name of Drug Indication Date of Approval
Mono basic Sodium Phosphate 31-08-2000
Monohydrate 276mg +
Dibasic Sodium Phosphate
Heptahydrate 268mg per ml injection
Patient on parentral nutrition , increased excretion and
decreased absorption of phosphorus X linked familial
hyphophhalaemia, decreased respiratory alkalosis,
chronic alcoholism and patients with phosphate binding
agents
Dosages/ Overdosage Etc:
Indication-
Cleansing of colon before colonoscopy
Dosage-
Recommended dose is is 40 tablets ( 60g of sodium phosphate ) taken orally with a 3.6 quarts of
clear liquid in the following manner-
Evening before - take 3 viscol tablets ( the last dose will be 2 visicol tablets with 8 ounces
of clear liquids every 15 minutes for a total of 20 tablets
On the day of colonoscopy procedure- starting 3 to 5 hours before the procedure , take
3 visicol tablets ( the last dose will be visicol tablets ) with 8 ounces of clear liquids
for a total of of 20 tablets
