The pronunciation of some letters is dissimilar in European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese, because the Portuguese is a pluricentric language.
Laxatives (purgatives, aperients) are foods, compounds, or drugs taken to induce bowel movements or to loosen the stool most often taken to treat costipation . Certain stimulant, lubricant, and saline laxatives are used to evacuate the colon for rectal and/or bowel examinations, and may be supplemented by enemas under certain circumstances. Sufficiently high doses of laxatives cause diarrhoea. Laxatives work to increase the movement of fecal matter along the colon.
Most laxatives (except saline laxatives) may be used to provide relief: 1  during pregnancy. 2  for a few days after giving birth. 3  during preparation for examination or surgery.  for constipation of bedfast 1  patients. for constipation caused by other medicines.  following surgery when straining should be avoided.