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Is lactulose a stool softener or a laxative?
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Lactulose: Lactulose is a synthetic sugar laxative used to treat constipation -- also to treat buildup of ammonia in patients with liver failure. They can become very ill and confused --even obtunded -- when these waste products build up.
Answered 12/16/2018
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