Administering osmotic colonic evacuant containing a picosulfate

摘要

Colonic evacuation, treatment of small bowel bacterial overgrowth or irritable bowel syndrome or treating acute or chronic bacterial bowel infection comprises administering an osmotic colonic evacuant in solid form, preferably a mixture of sodium dihydrogen phosphate and disodium hydrogen phosphate or a sulfate based laxative comprising a picosulfate, together with a diluent.