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Pharmacology Gastrointestinal tract d75820cb

Drug used in hepatic encephalopathy is:

A
Magnesium sulphate
B
Lactulose
C
Bisacodyl
D
Bisphosphonates
High-Yield Explanation
Lactulose is a laxative that acts by conversion to sho chain fatty acids in the colon. These fatty acids resulrs in decrese in PH of intestinal juice. At low PH ammonia becomes ionized and thus cannot be absorbed.

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