UNSPSC 51173200: Combination laxatives

This classification denotes combination drugs and preparations that produce a soft formed stool, and relax and loosen the bowels, typically used over a protracted period, to relieve constipation, sometimes also called purgatives, but more generally known as LAXATIVES. Typical combination laxative constituents are bisacodyl, casanthranol, docusate, electrolytes, hydrastis, lactose, and magnesium citrate.

UNSPSC 51173200 Combination laxatives is a Class code that in state and local procurement shows minimal alignment with its nominal scope. The single recent opportunity on record—Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department's RFP 2026-327 for offender specimen collection and drug testing services—involves no laxative products or pharmaceuticals. The solicitation requests staffing of collection sites, operation of an Interactive Voice Response notification system, immunoassay screening with LC/MS/MS or GC/MS confirmation, and alternative testing methodologies including oral fluid and hair analysis. This mismatch suggests the code has been misapplied to the opportunity, or state and local procurement databases are using this code outside its intended pharmaceutical-product scope.

No recent state and local contract opportunities for combination laxatives or related pharmaceutical products appear in the source. The code shows no identifiable issuing-body pattern, geographic spread, or representative pharmaceutical procurements. Practitioners should verify whether this code is active in state and local procurement at all, or whether laxative and related pharmaceutical purchases are classified under different UNSPSC families in the jurisdictions they target.