There have been many instances when a particular drug, which has been developed for a certain benefit, has been used or misused for attaining some other goal. The best example of this has been laxatives. Laxative was a medicine, which was developed with the intention of curing constipation. What the laxative does is that it initiates bowel movement. However due to obscure reasons laxative was started to be used for the purpose of weight reduction.

There is a common misconception among the people that laxative can be used for weight reduction but the fact is that it is a total wrong notion. This is because laxative does its duty in the colon and not on the stomach. It is useless because by the time the food reaches the colon all the calories have already been absorbed.

You might feel loosing weight after you have been to the toilet but in the feeling is just an illusion as its body water you are loosing and not the fats as you assume it to be. Also the body gains this water again within a day or two. Besides the fruitlessness of the whole endeavor it is also risky.

Laxative abuse is a very risky phenomenon and can cause one or more of the following complications
1.acute abdominal pain
2.diarrhea
3. acute dehydration
4.bloating
5.gas formation
6.nausea
7.vomiting and chronic constipation.

Laxative abuse is a serious complication and you would require immediate medical attention if you want to get cure early so that your colon comes back to its normal operative level. Besides medicines by a doctor eating fibrous foods also go a long way in bringing your body back to the original conditions.