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Psyllium

    Brands

    DEA Class; OTC

    Common Brand Names; Metamucil, Konsyl, Reguloid

    • Antidiarrheals; 
    • Laxatives, Bulk-Producing

    Bulk-producing laxative

    Indicated for fiber supplementation, occasional constipation, or to help promote and maintain regularity

    Indicated for daily fiber supplement

    Hypersensitivity, GI obstruction, fecal impaction, symptoms of appendicitis or acute surgical abdomen, GI ulceration, dysphagia, rectal bleeding

    • Abdominal cramping
    • Constipation
    • Flatulence
    • Impaction

    Powder should be mixed in 8oz of water or juice

    Pts with phenylketonuria as sugar free products contain phenylalanine

    Pregnancy Category: B

    Lactation: no data available; not absorbed, therefore it is unlikely to pose the risk in breast-feeding

    Constipation

    2.5-30 g/day PO in divided doses

    Reduce Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

    Soluble fiber ≥7 g PO (psyllium seed husk ≥10.2 g) per day

    Dietary Fiber Supplement

    Daily recommended intake of total fiber (J Acad Nutr Diet. 2015)

    19-50 years

    • Males: 38 g/day
    • Females: 25 g/day

    ≥51 years

    • Males: 30 g/day
    • Females: 21 g/day

    Pregnancy: 28 g/day

    Lactation: 29 g/day

    psyllium 

    Amount expressed as soluble fiber

    capsule

    • 400 mg (Reguloid)

    packet, powder for dissolution

    • Konsyl: 60.3% (1 each)
    • Metamucil MultiHealth Fiber Oral: 58.12% (1 each)

    bottle, powder for dissolution

    • Konsyl
      • 30.9% (per gram)
      • 60.3% (per gram)
      • 71.67% (per gram)
    • Konsyl-D
      • 52.3% (per gram)
    • Reguloid
      • 28.3% (per gram)
      • 48.57% (per gram)
      • 58.6% (per gram)