Fortrans' modern laxative is considered very effective. The drug is often used to cleanse the patient's body in preparation for surgery and before carrying out certain medical diagnostic procedures (X-rays, colonoscopy, etc.). The reception of Fortrans helps to cleanse the intestines from the contents without significant disturbance of the water-electrolyte balance.
Why not Fortrans?
Numerous reviews of the drug indicate that Fortrans is usually well tolerated, rarely causing side effects. But there are three significant factors that force patients to look for what Fortran can replace. These include:
- a fairly high price of the medicine (about $ 15);
- difficultly tolerated taste of the drug;
- contraindications to the use of Fortrans, including a ban on the use of this laxative in pediatrics.
How to replace Fortrans?
The analogues of Fortrans are medical preparations in which the macrogol form is combined with sodium and potassium salts so that electrolyte disturbances do not occur in a pronounced laxative effect (leaching of potassium, sodium, chlorine ions, etc.). We note the most popular analogues of Fortrans.
Forlax
The cheaper analogue of Fortrans - Forlax with comparable efficiency has a number of advantages:
- the cost of the drug is 2 times lower;
- the laxative aromatic additives with the taste of grapefruit or orange interrupt the unpleasant taste of electrolytes;
- Forlax is used in pediatrics.
Lavakol
The structural analog of Fortrans - Lavakol - is twice as cheap. Due to the macrogol content, the drug prevents the absorption of water from the gastrointestinal tract and promotes the accelerated excretion of intestinal contents. Choosing that to prefer intestinal cleaning: Fortrans or Lavakol, we recommend that you take into account that the last drug can not be used for organic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract (ulcerative lesions, gastrointestinal perforation, stenosis of the pylorus of the stomach ). Also, in view of the lack of information on the effects of Lavakola on the body of pregnant women, we advise you to refrain from this category of patients from using the drug.
Fortez Rompharm
Even less (about $ 3) the cost of a similar Fortrus osmotic laxative Fortez Rompharm. The drug is used for lavage in preparation for radiographic or endoscopic examination of the large intestine and for surgical intervention.
The analogues of Fortrans are also preparations:
- Osmogol;
- Realaksan;
- Macrogol;
- Transipeg.
All of them have in their composition the active substance macrogol, are similar in indications and contraindications, due to which it is possible to replace Fortrans with a cheaper analogue. The ready-made macrogol dosage forms are in most cases dosage powders to be dissolved immediately before use.
A significant part of this type of laxative is intended for adults, but there are also such powders that can be used in the therapy of children, starting at six months of age. In the event that Fortrans and its analogues cause side effects, it is possible to choose preparations with other active substances, but similar to the body effect:
- Dufalac;
- Bioflorax;
- Lactuvite, etc.
Attention:
- When preparing laxative solutions based on preparations with macrogol, it is important to follow the instructions and drink the recommended amount of medication in the specified time interval.
- Applying Fortrans or its analogs, it is necessary to exclude the simultaneous use of other pharmacological drugs, and do not put a cleansing enema.