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The following comment was left by Special:Contributions/216.26.223.138 explaining why he deleted "Dulcolax" from the list of trade names:

Dulcolax was in here as a trade name for sodium picosulfate. it is not. the INN for dulcolax is bisacodyl

I have brought the comment here for documentation. -- Jorge Stolfi ( talk) 07:17, 28 January 2010 (UTC) reply

Since Prepopik is only one of several brand names for this preparation, I wonder why the FDA approval date is significant when the approval dates of the others are not.

Wanderer57 ( talk) 21:50, 25 February 2014 (UTC) reply

"The most common side effects of picosulfate are abdominal cramps and diarrhea."

Is diarrhea a side-effect or the intended main effect of picosulfate?

Wanderer57 ( talk) 21:24, 22 April 2014 (UTC) reply

Yep. Changed it. -- One Salient Oversight ( talk) 04:22, 23 August 2017 (UTC) reply

The article could explain why sodium picosulfate products are so expensive (5-10x price tag) compared to sodium-phosphate-hydrate based preparations. For example in Hungary a single-use box of "Picoprep", containing 2 small bags of sodium picosulfate powder for making drink is 5-10x more expensive than "Fleet / phospho-sodium-carbonate", which the pharmacies can produce in-house for the same bowel-cleansing purpose (price tag: 4950 HUF vs 500-700HUF). Likely there is a technological reason why sodium picosulfate production process is so expensive? It would be interesting to learn why. Thanks. 82.131.142.215 ( talk) 20:07, 25 March 2018 (UTC) reply

Yoy 110.224.251.107 ( talk) 11:25, 16 September 2022 (UTC) reply

Shortage 82.8.224.231 ( talk) 14:02, 29 December 2023 (UTC) reply

Where does the name "pico" come from? Itu ( talk) 15:59, 28 March 2024 (UTC) reply