DOCUSATE SODIUM

US Previously Marketed

First approved in 1956

Details

Stereochemistry	MIXED
Molecular Formula	C20H37O7S.Na
Molecular Weight	444.558
Optical Activity	UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters	0 / 3
E/Z Centers	0
Charge	0

SHOW SMILES / InChI

Structure Search

SMILES

[Na+].CCCCC(CC)COC(=O)CC(C(=O)OCC(CC)CCCC)S([O-])(=O)=O

InChI

InChIKey=APSBXTVYXVQYAB-UHFFFAOYSA-M

InChI=1S/C20H38O7S.Na/c1-5-9-11-16(7-3)14-26-19(21)13-18(28(23,24)25)20(22)27-15-17(8-4)12-10-6-2;/h16-18H,5-15H2,1-4H3,(H,23,24,25);/q;+1/p-1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula	C20H37O7S
Molecular Weight	421.569
Charge	-1
Count

Stereochemistry	MIXED
Additional Stereochemistry	No
Defined Stereocenters	0 / 3
E/Z Centers	0
Optical Activity	UNSPECIFIED

Molecular Formula	Na
Molecular Weight	22.98976928
Charge	1
Count

Stereochemistry	ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry	No
Defined Stereocenters	0 / 0
E/Z Centers	0
Optical Activity	NONE

Description
Sources: https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=64a4d802-0c72-46ce-9c1d-d01947523669 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25520993

Docusate, also known as docusate salts or dioctyl sulfosuccinate, prevents/relieves dry hard stool and thus is used to treat constipation. Results usually occurs 1 to 3 days after the first dose. In North America, docusate and a stimulant laxative such as sennosides are commonly used in bowel treatment protocols associated with institutionalized elderly and oncology treatments. A paucity of evidence is available to support the use of the stool softener docusate yet it continues to be prescribed in everyday clinical practice for the aforementioned populations. While the actual cost of docusate is low, additional costs associated with its administration (i.e. nursing time) and its widespread use can be significant. Docusate is absorbed into the bloodstream and excreted via the gallbladder after undergoing extensive metabolism. The effect of docusate may not necessarily be all due to its surfactant properties. Perfusion studies suggest that docusate inhibits fluid absorption or stimulates secretion in the portion of the small intestine known as the jejunum

Approval Year

Conditions

Condition	Modality	Targets	Highest Phase	Product
Constipation 112 Sources: https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=64a4d802-0c72-46ce-9c1d-d01947523669	Palliative		Approved 8583	Unknown Approved Use Unknown

PubMed

Title	Date	PubMed
Separation of gamma-globulins from porcine plasma by reversed micellar extraction.	2001	16233086
Catalytic activity of laccase hosted in reversed micelles.	2001	16233060
Characterization and application of sodium di(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate and sodium di(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate surfactants as pseudostationary phases in micellar electrokinetic chromatography.	2004 Dec 17	15633750
Shear-induced orientation of a rigid surfactant mesophase.	2004 Jul 6	16459581
Transition from micelle to vesicle in aqueous mixtures of anionic/zwitterionic surfactants studied by fluorescence, conductivity, and turbidity methods.	2005 Apr 15	15780313
Comparative studies on the micellization of sodium bis(4-phenylbutyl) sulfosuccinate and sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate and their interaction with hydrophobically modified poly(acrylamide).	2005 Apr 26	15835942
31P and 1h NMR as probes of domain alignment in a rigid crystalline surfactant mesophase.	2005 Apr 26	15835939
Surfactant self-assembling in gas phase: electrospray ionization- and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry of singly charged AOT clusters.	2005 Dec	16320296
Dynamics of a membrane-bound tryptophan analog in environments of varying hydration: a fluorescence approach.	2005 Dec	16184387
Dynamics of water confined on a nanometer length scale in reverse micelles: ultrafast infrared vibrational echo spectroscopy.	2005 Feb 11	15783696
Enhanced stabilization of reverse micelles by compressed CO2.	2005 Feb 4	15619728
Investigation of micelle formation by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy.	2005 Jul 14	16852673
Vibrational relaxation of azide in formamide reverse micelles.	2005 Jul 7	16833912
Recycling nanoparticles stabilized in water-in-CO2 microemulsions for catalytic hydrogenations.	2005 Mar 1	15723467
Reverse micelles dissolved in supercritical xenon: an NMR spectroscopic study.	2005 Mar 3	16851384
Orientational dynamics of water confined on a nanometer length scale in reverse micelles.	2005 May 1	15910039
On the temperature percolation in a w/o microemulsion in the presence of organic derivatives of chalcogens.	2005 May 19	16852174
Real structure of formamide entrapped by AOT nonaqueous reverse micelles: FT-IR and 1H NMR studies.	2005 Nov 10	16853748
Formation mechanism of conducting polypyrrole nanotubes in reverse micelle systems.	2005 Nov 22	16285830
Efficient gene transfection using chitosan-alginate core-shell nanoparticles.	2006	17722533
Nucleation and growth characteristics of a binary low-mass organogel.	2006 Aug 15	16893247
Lipophilic porphyrin microparticles induced by AOT reverse micelles: a fluorescence lifetime imaging study.	2006 Jan 20	16154681
Sensing behaviors of polypyrrole nanotubes prepared in reverse microemulsions: effects of transducer size and transduction mechanism.	2006 Jul 27	16854102
Electrochemical extraction of proteins by reverse micelle formation.	2006 Jun 20	16768533
Tuning the cooperativity of the helix-coil transition by aqueous reverse micelles.	2006 Jun 22	16800453
Simultaneous determination of natural and synthetic estrogens by EKC using a novel microemulsion.	2006 Nov	17117461
Hydrogen bond lifetime dynamics at the interface of a surfactant monolayer.	2006 Nov 23	17107196
An insight into the mechanism of protein separation by colloidal gas aphrons (CGA) generated from ionic surfactants.	2006 Nov 7	16891165
[Chemotaxis as a method for testing of the biological effects of silver nanoparticles].	2006 Sep-Oct	17131825
Study of confined 5-aza[5]helicene in ytterbium(III) bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate reversed micelles.	2007 Apr 26	17407338
A novel composite: layered double hydroxides encapsulated in vesicles.	2007 Dec 20	18044872
Ultrafast energy transfer in water-AOT reverse micelles.	2007 Dec 27	18047308
Thiol-frozen shape evolution of triangular silver nanoplates.	2007 Feb 13	17279717
Atomic force microscopy images of lyotropic lamellar phases.	2007 Feb 7	17302467
Comparative study of the photophysical behavior of fisetin in homogeneous media and in anionic and cationic reverse micelles media.	2007 May-Jun	17115801
Site-specific hydration status of an amphipathic peptide in AOT reverse micelles.	2007 Oct 23	17910485
The effect of changing the microstructure of a microemulsion on chemical reactivity.	2007 Sep 11	17696554
On the possibility that cyclodextrins' chiral cavities can be available on AOT n-heptane reverse micelles. A UV-visible and induced circular dichroism study.	2007 Sep 13	17705421
P450cam biocatalysis in surfactant-stabilized two-phase emulsions.	2008 Apr 15	18098319
Micellization and synergistic interaction of binary surfactant mixtures based on sodium nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether sulfate.	2008 Feb 15	18005979
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of azide and cyanate ion pairs in AOT reverse micelles.	2008 Jul 14	18624544
Design and control of patterns in reaction-diffusion systems.	2008 Jun	18601509
Optical sensor of anionic surfactants using solid-phase extraction with a lactone-form rhodamine B membrane.	2008 Jun	18544875
Fluorescence anisotropy of ionic probes in AOT reverse micelles: influence of water droplet size and electrostatic interactions on probe dynamics.	2008 Jun 19	18503267
Modulation of dynamics and reactivity of water in reverse micelles of mixed surfactants.	2008 Oct 16	18808089
Fine control over the morphology and structure of mesoporous silica nanomaterials by a dual-templating approach.	2008 Oct 7	18802577
Characterization of multifunctional reverse micelles' interfaces using hemicyanines as molecular probes. I. Effect of the hemicyanines' structure.	2009 Apr 2	19260665
Physico-chemical investigation of nanostructures in liquid phases: nickel chloride ionic clusters confined in sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate reverse micelles.	2009 Aug 1	19398108
Characterization of multifunctional reverse micelles' interfaces using hemicyanines as molecular probes. II: Effect of the surfactant.	2009 May 14	19378960
Modulation of excited-state proton-transfer reactions of 7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin in ionic and nonionic reverse micelles.	2009 May 14	19374362

Patents

Sample Use Guides

In Vivo Use Guide

Usual Adult Dose for Constipation: Oral: 50 to 400 mg (using any of the salt forms) orally administered in 1 to 4 equally divided doses each day. Rectal: 200 to 283 mg rectally administered as an enema once or twice. Alternative: 50 to 100 mg (docusate sodium liquid) added to a retention or flushing enema once a day. Usual Pediatric Dose for Constipation: Oral: less than 3 years: 10 to 40 mg (docusate sodium) orally divided in 1 to 4 doses. 3 to 6 years: 20 to 60 mg (docusate sodium) orally divided in 1 to 4 doses. 6 to 12 years: 40 to 150 mg (docusate sodium) orally divided in 1 to 4 doses. greater than 12 years: 50 to 400 mg (using any of the salt forms) orally administered in 1 to 4 equally divided doses each day. Rectal: 3 to 18 years: 50 to 100 mg (docusate sodium liquid) added to a retention or flushing enema once a day. Alternative: 200 to 283 mg rectally administered as an enema once daily as needed for constipation.

Route of Administration: Other

In Vitro Use Guide

It was evaluated the efficacy and toxicity of docusate against herpes simplex viruses (HSV). Docusate was effective in vitro against wild type and drug-resistant strains of HSV type 1 and 2 with EC(90-100) (effective concentration giving 90-100% virus yield reduction) of approximately 0.005% (w/v). The cytotoxicity profiles of docusate were time- and dose-dependent and thus associated with the frequency of use. Kinetics of inactivation examined by pre-mixing virus and drug in a time-course experiment demonstrated that docusate could reach its EC(90-100) within 30 min.

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Type

Language

DIETHYLHEXYL SODIUM SULFOSUCCINATE

Preferred Name

English

DOCUSATE SODIUM

Official Name

English

DOCUSATE SODIUM [HSDB]

Common Name

English

DIOTILAN

Brand Name

English

DIALOSE

Brand Name

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MACKANATE DOS-70

Brand Name

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E-480

Common Name

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AEC DIETHYLHEXYL SODIUM SULFOSUCCINATE

Brand Name

English

EUROWET

Brand Name

English

NSC-760404

Code

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WAXSOL

Brand Name

English

DIOCTYL SODIUM SULFOSUCCINATE [FCC]

Common Name

English

EMPIMIN OP70

Brand Name

English

VELMOL

Brand Name

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DOCUSATE SODIUM [USAN]

Common Name

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DOCUSATE SODIUM [II]

Common Name

English

COMFOLAX

Brand Name

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REGUTOL

Brand Name

English

MOLATOC

Brand Name

English

INS-480

Common Name

English

DOCUSATE SODIUM [USP IMPURITY]

Common Name

English

MONAWET MO 65-150

Common Name

English

SODIUM DIOCTYL SULFOSUCCINATE

Systematic Name

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DOCUSATE SODIUM [USP MONOGRAPH]

Common Name

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DOCUSATE SODIUM [MART.]

Common Name

English

GEMTEX PA-70

Brand Name

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SANMORIN OT 70N

Common Name

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NEVAX

Brand Name

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JAMYLENE

Brand Name

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DISONATE

Brand Name

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YAL

Brand Name

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TRITON GR-PG 70

Common Name

English

MOLCER

Brand Name

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DIOCTYLAL

Brand Name

English

DOCUSATE SODIUM [MI]

Common Name

English

docusate sodium [INN]

Common Name

English

DOXOL

Brand Name

English

NIKKOL OTP-75

Brand Name

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INS NO.480

Common Name

English

COPROLA

Brand Name

English

NISSAN RAPISOL A 30

Common Name

English

DOSS

Common Name

English

SOLIWAX

Brand Name

English

ADEKACOL EC 8600

Common Name

English

Docusate sodium [WHO-DD]

Common Name

English

DOCUSATE SODIUM [VANDF]

Common Name

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DOCUSATE SODIUM SOLUTION [VANDF]

Common Name

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COLACE

Brand Name

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DULCIVAC

Brand Name

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DIOCTYL SODIUM SULFOSUCCINATE [JAN]

Common Name

English

DOCUSATE SODIUM [USP-RS]

Common Name

English

AIRROL CT-1

Brand Name

English

DOXINATE

Brand Name

English

RAPISOL A 30

Common Name

English

E 480

Common Name

English

AEROSOL OT

Brand Name

English

DIOCTYL

Brand Name

English

CHEMAX DOSS/75E

Brand Name

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BUTANEDIOIC ACID, SULFO-, 1,4-BIS(2-ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER, SODIUM SALT

Common Name

English

DIOCTYL SODIUM SULFOSUCCINATE

Common Name

English

Sodium 1,4-bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate

Systematic Name

English

Classification Tree Code System Code

WHO-ATC

A06AG10