dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate

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dioctyl calcium sulfosuccinate, dioctyl potassium sulfosuccinate, dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate.

See docusate.

docusate [dok´u-sāt]

any of a group of anionic surfactants widely used as emulsifying, wetting, and dispersing agents.

docusate calcium an ionic surfactant used as a stool softener.

docusate potassium an anionic surfactant used as a stool softener; administered orally.

docusate sodium an ionic surfactant used as a stool softener.

dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate

docusate sodium; abbreviated DSS. Used pharmacologically as a fecal softener, wetting agent and cathartic. Overdosing in horses for the treatment of impaction colic can cause deaths preceded by paralytic ileus, severe dehydration and diarrhea.

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