laxative

"Sometimes we also put a laxative in alcohol and baked goods for the Russian soldiers, as a 'welcome pack'," she says.

Ms Nicklas, who works in north Wales, said before her surgery she was "taking laxatives like they were smarties" but "still struggling to go to the toilet".

A police search found 96 ibuprofen tablets, laxatives, a feeding syringe and a pill crusher.

Escolar is sometimes called the "laxative of the sea" for the effects its fatty acids can have on digestion.

The actress added that she had taken "so many laxatives" in her teens that she was "amazed" she hadn't done more damage to her digestive system.