Laxative and Tegaserod

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Difference between Laxative and Tegaserod

Laxative vs. Tegaserod

Laxatives, purgatives, or aperients are substances that loosen stools and increase bowel movements. Tegaserod is a 5-HT4 agonist manufactured by Novartis and sold under the names Zelnorm and Zelmac for the management of irritable bowel syndrome and constipation.

Similarities between Laxative and Tegaserod

Laxative and Tegaserod have 6 things in common (in Unionpedia): Constipation, Enteric nervous system, Food and Drug Administration, Gastrointestinal tract, Peristalsis, Serotonin.

Constipation

Constipation refers to bowel movements that are infrequent or hard to pass.

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Enteric nervous system

The enteric nervous system (ENS) or intrinsic nervous system is one of the main divisions of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and consists of a mesh-like system of neurons that governs the function of the gastrointestinal tract.

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Food and Drug Administration

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments.

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Gastrointestinal tract

The gastrointestinal tract (digestive tract, digestional tract, GI tract, GIT, gut, or alimentary canal) is an organ system within humans and other animals which takes in food, digests it to extract and absorb energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste as feces.

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Peristalsis

Peristalsis is a radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles that propagates in a wave down a tube, in an anterograde direction.

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Serotonin

Serotonin or 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is a monoamine neurotransmitter.

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Laxative and Tegaserod Comparison

Laxative has 122 relations, while Tegaserod has 19. As they have in common 6, the Jaccard index is 4.26% = 6 / (122 + 19).

References

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