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Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults
⚠ This medicine appears to have been discontinued
The electronic medicines compendium (emc) no longer publishes a Summary of Product Characteristics for this product, which usually means it is no longer marketed in the UK. The patient leaflet below is kept for reference, but the product may not be available.
If you were prescribed this medicine, other products containing Calcium sennosides may still be available. Do not stop your treatment — ask your pharmacist or GP what to use instead.
What you need to know before you take it
e If you are not sure, consult your doctor, pharmacist or Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults nurse before taking this medicine. 3.How to take Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults 4.Possible side effects Does this help with weight loss? 5.How to store Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults Stimulant laxatives (including Sennosides 7.5 mg 6.Contents of the pack and other information Tablets Adults) do not help with weight loss. They do not reduce the absorption of calories or nutrients. 1. What Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults are and They can cause watery stools (diarrhoea), abdominal what they are used for cramps and dehydration. Dehydration can seem like Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults contains weight loss. Sennosides which work as a stimulant laxative for the short term relief of occasional constipation. Overuse of laxatives may damage your health by: Constipation is a fairly common and uncomfortable • Causing disturbances of electrolyte and mineral complaint. balances. Sodium, potassium, magnesium, and It usually involves difficult or irregular bowel phosphorus are electrolytes and minerals that are movements, accompanied by hard, dry motions which present in very specific amounts necessary for can be painful to pass. Laxatives do not help with proper functioning of the nerves and muscles, weight loss. including those of the colon and heart. Upsetting this delicate balance can cause incorrect functioning of What is constipation? these vital organs. Normal and regular bowel movement is important for • Severe dehydration may cause tremors, weakness, most people. However, what is "normal and regular" blurry vision, fainting, kidney damage, and, in varies from person to person. Some may have a extreme cases, death. Dehydration often requires bowel movement every day, others less often. medical treatment. Whatever it is like for you, it is best that your bowel • Overuse of laxatives can cause the colon to stop movement has a regular pattern. reacting to usual doses of laxatives so that larger and Constipation is an occasional problem for some larger amounts of laxatives may be needed to people. For others, it may happen more often It produce bowel movements. happens when the normal muscle actions in the bowel • Laxative dependency occurs from overuse. (large intestine) slow down. This can mean that material is not easily eliminated from the body. Tell your doctor, pharmacist or nurse if: The cause of constipation is often not known. It can • you suffer from kidney disorders be associated with:
- you have been told that you have an intolerance to
- Sudden change of diet some sugars because this medicine also contains
- A diet with not enough fibre lactose monohydrate.
- Not drinking enough fluids
- Loss of 'tone' of the bowel muscles in older people Warning and precautions:
- Pregnancy When administering this product to incontinent
- Medicines such as morphine or codeine adults, pads should be changed more frequently to
- Having to stay in bed for a long time prevent extended skin contact with faeces.
- Lack of exercise Whatever the cause, constipation can be Other medicines and Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets uncomfortable. It may make you feel bloated and Adults Tell your doctor, pharmacist or nurse heavy or generally "off colour". Sometimes it causes before taking this medicine: headaches.
- If you are taking medicines for a heart condition It is recommended to use changes in diet and bulk (e.g. cardiac glycosides, antiarrhythmic medicines forming medicines to control constipation before such as quinidine) medicines inducing QT using this medicine. elongation, diuretics, adrenocorticosteroids, These healthy tips are recommended to try to prevent liquorice root preparations. constipation happening:
- Eat a balanced diet including fresh fruit and You should also consult your doctor or pharmacist for vegetables advice if you are taking or have recently taken any
- Drink enough water so that you do not become other medicine, including medicines prescribed by dehydrated
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Chronic use may lead to albuminuria and haematuria
How to take it
Sennosides 7.5mg Tablets Adults Always take this medicine exactly as described in this which is albumin or red blood cells in the urine. leaflet or as your doctor, pharmacist or nurse has told Chronic use may cause pigmentation of the you. Check with your doctor, pharmacist or nurse if gastrointestinal tract which usually recedes when the product is no longer taken. you are not sure. The frequency of the effects occurring is not known. For oral use only. New users should start with the lowest dose and Reporting of side effects increase it to the maximum if necessary. Once If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or regularity has been regained dosage should be pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not reduced and stopped. listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme at: Adults and the elderly: Take one to two tablets at bedtime with a drink of water. This medicine should not be used by children or adolescents under 18 years of age.
Possible side effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side Blind or partially sighted? effects, although not everybody gets them. Is this leaflet hard to see or read? If you experience difficulty breathing, stop taking this Call 0800 198 5000 (UK only) to obtain the leaflet medicine and contact a doctor or go to the nearest in a format suitable for you. accident and emergency department immediately. If any of the following or other side effects occur, PL 43461/0215 stop taking this product and consult your doctor or pharmacist:
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your doctor, medicines you have bought yourself and reduction in the dose may be necessary. herbal or homeopathic remedies.
- Hypersensitivity (allergic) reactions, hives (skin bumps), skin itchiness around the anus or local or more widespread rash. Pregnancy and breast feeding This product should not be taken if you are pregnant • Yellow or red-brown discolouration of urine may or breast feeding. occur which is harmless.
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Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults
- Keep up your exercise and stay fit
- Make time to empty your bowels when your body
Package leaflet: Information for the patient
How to store it
Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults Duration of use
- Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of Normally it is sufficient to take this medicine up to children two to three times a week.
- This product does not require any special Not to be used for more than one week. Tell a doctor, temperature storage conditions. pharmacist or nurse if:
- Store in the original packaging.
- the symptoms worsen or persist during the use of
- Does not use after the expiry date shown on the the medicinal product pack (EXP month/year).
- there is no bowel movement within 3 days of use
- Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater
- you need to take laxatives every day, if you are or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to passing blood or if abdominal pain persists. throw away medicines you no longer use. These Do not take more than the leaflet tells you. measures will help protect the environment. Overuse can be harmful.'
Contents of the pack and other information
It may be harmful to take too much of this medicine What Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults or take it for too long. contains This is because it may lead to: Each uncoated tablet contains calcium sennosides •'lazy bowel', where the muscle in the bowel equivalent to 7.5mg hydroxyanthracene glycosides, becomes too relaxed. This means that bowel calculated as Sennoside B. emptying happens less often. This can lead to The other excipients are lactose monohydrate, long-term constipation. anhydrous calcium hydrogen phosphate, maize starch
- imbalance of fluids and salts in the body. This can and magnesium stearate. affect the tightness of muscles such as those in the bowel. It can also affect the salts in the blood. What Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets looks like and
- low levels of potassium in the blood (called hypocontents of the pack kalaemia). This can make you tired, dizzy, make Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults are light green to your muscles weak and cause an uneven brown color round, convex shaped uncoated tablets, heartbeat. plain on both sides.
- dehydration, making you thirsty, feel faint and Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults are available in giving you headaches. It can also mean that you blister packs of 60 tablets. cannot pass enough urine. Marketing Authorisation Holder If you take more Sennosides 7.5mg tablets Adults Flamingo Pharma (UK) Ltd. than you should 1st Floor, Kirkland House, If you have accidentally taken too many tablets, 11-15 Peterborough Road, consult your doctor or pharmacist for advice. Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 2AX, United Kingdom. If you forget to take Sennosides 7.5mg Tablets Adults Manufacturer If you miss a dose, take your next dose at the usual Flamingo Pharma (UK) Ltd. time. Do not take or give a double dose, just carry on The Bloc, 38 Springfield Way, with the recommended dose. If you have any further Anlaby, Hull, HU10 6RJ, questions on the use of this product as your doctor or United Kingdom. pharmacist. This Leaflet was last revised in March 2026.
Frequently asked questions about Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults
How do I take Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults?
Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults comes as tablet containing 7.5mg. Always follow the dose your doctor or pharmacist has given you, and read the leaflet that comes with the medicine.
What is the active substance in Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults?
The active substance in Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults is calcium sennosides.
Where does this information come from?
This leaflet reproduces the patient information leaflet approved for Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults, as published on the electronic medicines compendium (emc). The version printed inside your medicine’s packaging is the one that applies to you.
Can I get Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults without a prescription?
Whether a medicine is available over the counter or on prescription only depends on its licence. Check the leaflet, or ask your pharmacist — they can tell you straight away.
About this leaflet
The text above reproduces the patient information leaflet approved for this medicine, restructured for easier reading.
- Source: electronic medicines compendium (emc), Datapharm
- Active substance: calcium sennosides
- Official document: view the original leaflet on emc →
⚕For healthcare professionals — Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC)Full SmPC: dosage, interactions, contraindications, warnings+
4.1. Therapeutic indications
For the short term relief of occasional constipation.
4.2. Posology and method of administration
For oral use only
Adults and the elderly: Swallow one to two tablets at night.
Should not be used in children or adolescents under the age of 18 years.
The correct individual dose is the smallest required to produce a comfortable soft-formed motion.
New users should start with the lowest dose and increase it to the maximum dose if necessary.
Once regularity has been regained dosage should be reduced and can usually be stopped.
The pharmaceutical form must allow lower dosages.
Duration of use
Not to be used for more than 1 week. Usually it is sufficient to take this medicinal product up to two to three times during that week.
If the symptoms persist during the use of the medicinal product, a doctor or a pharmacist should be consulted.
See also section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use.
4.3. Contraindications
Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients.
Cases of intestinal obstructions and stenosis, atony, appendicitis, inflammatory bowel diseases (e.g. Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis), abdominal pain of unknown origin, severe dehydration state with water and electrolyte depletion.
Not to be used at the same time as other laxatives.
Pregnancy and lactation (see section 4.6 and 5.3).
4.4. Special warnings and precautions for use
Do not exceed the stated dose.
Should not be used in children or adolescents under the age of 18 years.
If there is no bowel movement after three days, a doctor or pharmacist should be consulted
Prolonged use may precipitate the onset of an atonic, non-functioning colon.
Long-term use of stimulant laxatives should be avoided, as use for more than a brief period of treatment may lead to impaired function of the intestine and dependence on laxatives. If laxatives are needed every day the cause of the constipation should be investigated. This product should only be used if a therapeutic effect cannot be achieved by a change of diet or the administration of bulk forming agents.
Prolonged and excessive use may lead to fluid and electrolyte imbalance and hypokalaemia.
Patients with kidney disorders should be aware of possible electrolyte imbalance.
Intestinal loss of fluids may promote dehydration. Symptoms may include thirst and oliguria. In patients suffering from fluid loss where dehydration may be harmful (e.g. renal insufficiency, elderly patients) Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults should be discontinued and only be restarted under medical supervision.
Stimulant laxatives (including Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults) do not help with weight loss. They can cause dehydration. Severe dehydration may cause tremors, weakness, blurry vision, fainting, kidney damage and in extreme cases death. A doctor should be consulted if dehydration occurs.
Patients taking cardiac glycosides, antiarrhythmic medicinal products, medicinal products inducing QT-prolongation, diuretics, adrenocorticosteroids or liquorice root, have to consult a doctor before taking Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults concomitantly.
Like all laxatives, Sennosides 7.5 mg Tablets Adults should not be taken by patients suffering from faecal impaction and undiagnosed, acute or persistent gastro-intestinal complaints, e.g. abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, unless advised by a doctor, because these symptoms can be signs of potential or existing intestinal blockage (ileus).
When products containing senna/sennoside preparations are administered to incontinent adults, pads should be changed more frequently to prevent extended skin contact with faeces.
Excipient Warning:
This product contains lactose monohydrate. One tablet contains 15.82 mg lactose monohydrate. Patients with rare hereditary problems of galactose intolerance, total lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption should not take this medicine
If the symptoms worsen, or persist during the use of the medicinal product, a doctor or a pharmacist should be consulted.
4.5. Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
Hypokalaemia (resulting from long-term laxative abuse) potentiates the action of cardiac glycosides and interacts with antiarrhythmic medicinal products. Concomitant use with diuretics, adrenocorticosteroids and liquorice may enhance loss of potassium
4.6. Fertility, pregnancy and lactation
The use during pregnancy is contraindicated because of experimental data concerning a genotoxic risk of several anthranoids, e.g. emodin and aloe- emodin.
Lactation
The use during lactation is contraindicated because after administration of anthranoids, active metabolites, such as rhein were excreted in breast milk in small amounts.
Fertility
No fertility data are available (See section 5.3 Preclinical safety data).
4.7. Effects on ability to drive and use machines
No studies on the effect on the ability to drive and use machines have been performed
4.8. Undesirable effects
Hypersensitivity:
Hypersensitivity reactions (pruritis, urticaria, local or generalized exanthema) may occur.
Gastrointestinal disorders:
This product may produce abdominal pain and spasm and diarrhoea (passage of liquid stools), in particular in patients with irritable colon. However, these symptoms may also occur generally as a consequence of individual overdosage.
In such cases dose reduction is necessary.
Furthermore, chronic use may cause pigmentation of the intestinal mucosa (pseudomelanosis coli), which usually recedes when the patient stops taking the preparation.
Kidney and urinary tract symptoms:
Long term use may lead to disorders in water equilibrium and electrolyte metabolism and may result in albuminuria and haematuria.
Yellow or red-brown (pH dependent) discolouration of urine by metabolites, which is not clinically significant, may occur during the treatment.
The frequency is not known (cannot be estimated from the available data).
If other adverse reactions not mentioned above occur, a doctor or pharmacist should be consulted
Reporting of suspected adverse reactions
Reporting suspected adverse reactions after authorisation of the medicinal product is important. It allows continued monitoring of the benefit/risk balance of the medicinal product. Healthcare professionals are asked to report any suspected adverse reactions via Yellow Card Scheme.Website: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store.
4.9. Overdose
The major symptoms of overdose/abuse are griping pain and severe diarrhoea with consequent losses of fluid and electrolytes. Diarrhoea may especially cause potassium depletion, which may lead to cardiac disorders and muscular asthenia, particularly where cardiac glycosides, diuretics, adrenocorticosteroids or liquorice are being taken at the same time.
Treatment should be supportive with generous amounts of fluid. Electrolytes, especially potassium, should be monitored. This is especially important in the elderly.
Chronic ingested overdose of anthranoid containing medicinal products may lead to toxic hepatitis.
🇵🇱 Known in Poland as
Medicines sold in Poland with the same active substance: W Polsce znany jako
⚠ Not the same combination. This medicine contains Calcium sennosides. The products below do not contain exactly the same set of active substances — they are not direct substitutes.
- Senalax Extra partial — not the same combinationCalcii sennosides 60% · taken by mouth
Some of these do not contain exactly the same active substances — check each one. The strength, the form and whether you need a prescription can differ. Always ask a pharmacist before you switch. Polish medicines in the UK →
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