Preguntas frecuentes sobre Polyethylene Glycol
How much does Polyethylene Glycol cost without insurance?
As an inactive ingredient, Polyethylene Glycol is not sold in pharmacies or stores. However, Polyethylene Glycol 3350 costs $98.65 as a generic medication. With a SingleCare coupon for Polyethylene Glycol 3350, it costs only $63.63.
How much does Polyethylene Glycol cost with insurance?
Polyethylene Glycol is either an inactive ingredient or, as Polyethylene Glycol 3350, a laxative. As a result, Polyethylene Glycol is not covered by insurance plans as a prescription drug with a copay. However, with SingleCare, Polyethylene Glycol 3350 costs $63.63. SingleCare discounts are available for over-the-counter products, like Polyethylene Glycol, when prescribed by a physician.
Does Medicare cover Polyethylene Glycol and how much does it cost?
Polyethylene Glycol is either an inactive ingredient or, as Polyethylene Glycol 3350, a laxative. As an inactive ingredient, Medicare prescription drug plans do not cover purchases of Polyethylene Glycol. For Medicare patients who have been prescribed Polyethylene Glycol 3350 by their doctor, significant savings are available with a SingleCare Polyethylene Glycol coupon. Your Polyethylene Glycol 3350 price with a SingleCare discount card is only $63.63.
What is the brand name of Polyethylene Glycol?
Polyethylene Glycol is an inactive ingredient in many drugs, ointments, eye drops, and skincare products. As an active ingredient, Polyethylene Glycol 3350 is an over-the-counter generic laxative and is the active ingredient in the brand-name laxative, Mira-Lax, from Bayer.
What is Polyethylene Glycol?
Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) is a substance used as both an active (polyethylene glycol 3350) and an inactive ingredient (polyethylene glycol) in drugs, eye drops, moisturizers, skincare products, and cosmetics.
When listed as an ingredient, Polyethylene Glycol is frequently followed by a number. This is the “weight” or size of the Polyethylene Glycol molecule. The lower the number (such as PEG 8 or PEG 10), the smaller the molecule and the easier it is for it to be absorbed by the skin, mucus, or the intestines. The higher the number (such as PEG 3350), the bigger the molecule and the harder it is for skin, mucus, or intestines to absorb the molecule.
As an active ingredient, Polyethylene Glycol 3350 is a laxative that helps relieve constipation by increasing the water content in the large intestine, making it easier to pass stools and softening the stools by increasing the water content.
As an inactive ingredient, Polyethylene Glycol is used as a solvent, emulsifier (a substance that helps water and oil mix), and lubricant for tablets, suppositories, and ointments.
In eye drops, ointments, skin moisturizers, and some cosmetics, Polyethylene Glycols with high numbers form a barrier on the surface of skin or eye that both helps seal in moisture and keep foreign debris off the skin or surface of the eye.
Polyethylene Glycols with low numbers are used in ointments, moisturizers, lotions, and cosmetics to help bring active ingredients deeper into skin tissue, help moisturize the skin, lubricate the surface of the skin, and as an emulsifier.
What are the side effects of Polyethylene Glycol?
Common side effects of Polyethylene Glycol 3350 include but are not limited to, nausea, gas, bloating, upset stomach, abdominal cramps, dizziness, diarrhea, and sweating. The most serious side effects are extreme abdominal pain, blood in the stools, or bloody diarrhea. Polyethylene Glycol allergies are extremely rare. Allergic reactions include skin rashes, itching, wheezing, shortness of breath, and hives.
Common side effects of Polyethylene Glycol depend on the product or medicine it is used in, but side effects are very minimal. Even when present in tablets or suppositories, Polyethylene Glycol is barely absorbed by the body (less than 0.5% of Polyethylene Glycol is absorbed if ingested). Allergic reactions are rare and include skin rashes, itching, swelling, and trouble breathing.
