What are OSP bowel cleansing products?
Bowel cleansing products are used to cleanse the stool out of your bowel before certain medical procedures, such as a colonoscopy. The products work by causing you to lose fluid through your bowel movements. This flushes out the bowel. Two products, Visicol and OsmoPrep, are available by prescription only. There are several OSPs sold in the OTC setting, such as Fleet Phospho-soda labeled for use as a laxative. OSP OTC products when used for bowel cleansing have the same risks as the prescription products. Physicians often direct patients to use higher doses of the OTC laxative products for bowel cleansing use. The available data do not show a risk of acute kidney injury when these OTC products are used at laxative doses. 3. Who is at higher risk of acute phosphate nephropathy when using OSP bowel cleansing products? You are at increased risk of developing acute phosphate nephropathy with the use of OSP bowel cleansing products if you: • are 55 years or older, • are dehydrated, • have a
