Addition of senna improves quality of colonoscopy preparation with magnesium citrate

Table 3 Proportions of patients with side effects reported under bowel cleansing using citramag only or the combination of senna and citramag

Side effect	Treatment group	None (%)	Mild (%)	Moderate (%)	Severe (%)	Extreme (%)	P-value1
Nausea	Citramag	83.5	7.9	7.9	0.7	0	NS
	Citramag/senna	76.5	10.3	12.6	0.6	0
Vomiting	Citramag	94.8	2.6	2.6	0	0	NS
	Citramag/senna	92.6	3.4	4	0	0
Bloating	Citramag	88.1	5.3	6.6	0	0	NS
	Citramag/senna	81.7	7.4	10.3	0.6	0
Abdominal pain	Citramag	90.1	6	3.9	0	0	P < 0.0003
	Citramag/senna	70.8	16	12	1.2	0
Headache	Citramag	95.4	3.9	0.7	0	0	NS
	Citramag/senna	93.7	3.4	2.9	0	0

¹P-value (significant at the 0.05 level) was obtained using a χ²-test to compare the frequency of side effects in treatment groups.