Stool softeners are available as oral tablets, capsules, and liquids that you take once per day. Stool softeners, such as Colace and Diocto, are typically taken once per day at bedtime.

CVS Health Stool Softener 100 MG Softgels are a docusate-sodium-rich supplement that is half liquid gel and half tablet in one pill. As the name states, it has 100 mg of the stimulant=free ingredient ...