FDA Issues Laxative Warning

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The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Friday that over the counter laxatives could be a threat to health.

The release from the FDA said that laxatives are potentially dangerous if consumers don’t follow dosing instructions.

At least 13 deaths have been reported to the FDA because of laxative use.

The FDA said that adults over 55 or anyone with kidney disease should be very careful to use laxatives without a doctor’s approval.

“The bottom line is that these products are safe for otherwise healthy adults and older children for whom dosing instructions are provided on the Drug Facts label as long as they follow these dosing instructions and don’t take the product more often, or in greater amounts, than the label instructs,” Dr. Mona Khurana of the FDA said.

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