POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 600

Product code: RXSOL-60-6605-269

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 600

Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is a polyether compound with many applications from industrial manufacturing to medicine. 
PEG is also known as polyethylene oxide .
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Application

Polyethylene glycol, referred to as PEG, is used as an inactive ingredient in the pharmaceutical industry as a solvent, plasticizer, surfactant, in ointments and suppository base, and as a tablet and capsule lubricant. PEG has low toxicity with systemic absorption less than 0.5%.

Dosage

A daily dose of PEG 4000 around 0.50 g/day/kg in children aged 6 months to 15 years is effective in more than 90% of constipated children