On the toxicity of phenolphthalein

Abstract

Phenolphthalein is still used as an active ingredient of many so-called "weakly acting" laxatives, despite reasonable contraindications. The number of supporters of its use is large; therefore, it is not surprising that it is introduced in more than one hundred and twenty different laxative prescriptions. Phenolphthalein's painless, in one's opinion, action and absence of unpleasant taste were the main reasons for its wide distribution; however, when reviewing the literature on this remedy one doubts whether its prescription is really harmless or not.

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