The overlooked burden: anti-seizure medications, laxatives, and antipsychotics prescribed in primary care for people with intellectual disability [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryObjectivesPeople with intellectual disabilities (PwID) have higher prevalences of epilepsy and constipation than the general population. Constipation is having fewer than three bowel movements or requiring laxatives three or more times weekly.
Richard Laugharne +5 more
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Evaluating high dose laxatives via nasogastric tube versus enemas in children with severe constipation: a prospective cohort study [PDF]
BMC PediatricsObjectives Children with severe constipation often require disimpaction when standard treatments fail, typically involving high doses of oral laxatives or rectal enemas. Practice guidelines for nurses lack clear directives.
Marion A. Meester–Soonius +4 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2023 Background Constipation was associated with incidence of dementia and cognitive decline. Laxatives are the mainstay of constipation management and are commonly used among older populations for both treatment and prevention of constipation.
Jiangtao Feng +6 more
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Laxatives do not improve symptoms of opioid-induced constipation: results of a patient survey [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction: Laxatives are commonly used to treat opioid-induced constipation, the commonest and most bothersome complication of opioids. However, laxatives have a non-specific action and do not target underlying mechanisms of opioid-induced ...
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The treatment of constipation with herbal laxatives [PDF]
Arhiv za farmaciju, 2014 Constipation is usual health problem that affects about a quarter of the population. Treatment of constipation remains a challenge because of multiple, multifaceted aetiology and individual response of each patient.
Nedeljković Katarina +1 more
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Regulation of a delicate problem in patients with rectal diseases
Амбулаторная хирургия, 2022 This paper highlights the problem of chronic constipation, their epidemiology, etiology, clinical features in some concomitant diseases, diagnostics and approaches to therapy with a focus on sodium picosulfate preparations.
V. V. Skvortsov +2 more
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Managing constipation in children with ASD – A challenge worth tackling
Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2022 Autism Spectrum disorder (ASD) is well known to be associated with significantly high rates of gastrointestinal problems, constipation being common among them, imposing a significant burden on child and the family.
Kalyani Vijaykumar Mulay +1 more
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Paediatrics: how to manage functional constipation
Drugs in Context, 2021 Background: Despite being a common problem in childhood, functional constipation is often difficult to manage. This article provides a narrative updated review on the evaluation, diagnosis and management of childhood functional constipation.
Alexander KC Leung, Kam Lun Hon
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Indicators of Eating Disorders in Sexually Abused Brazilian Adolescents: Family and School Contexts
Children, 2023 Eating disorders, characterized by abnormal eating behaviors, are among a wide variety of psychiatric conditions that mainly affect children and adolescents.
Julia Altoé Andrade +8 more
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The Effect of Oral Psyllium Herbal Laxative Powder in Prevention of Hemorrhoids and Anal Fissure during Pregnancy, a Randomized Double Blind Clinical Trial [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Colorectal Research, 2013 Background Pregnancy and delivery make susceptible women to hemorrhoidal disease and fissure during pregnancy because of an increase in abdominal pressure and constipation. Objectives We aimed to determine the preventative effect of psyllium powder (
Buddhike Sri Harsha Indrasena +10 more
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