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Laxatives Do Not Improve Symptoms of Opioid-Induced Constipation: Results of a Patient Survey [PDF]
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 2016 Introduction Laxatives are commonly used to treat opioid-induced constipation, the commonest and most bothersome complication of opioids. However, laxatives have a nonspecific action and do not target underlying mechanisms of opioid-induced constipation;
A. Emmanuel +3 more
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Laxatives or methylnaltrexone for the management of constipation in palliative care patients [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2011 BACKGROUND: Constipation is common in palliative care; it can generate considerable suffering due to the unpleasant physical symptoms. In the first Cochrane Review on effectiveness of laxatives for the management of constipation in palliative care ...
B. Candy +4 more
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Medicine, 2021 Objective: Functional constipation is a prevalent, burdensome gastrointestinal disorder whose treatment remains challenging. Combined therapy uniting multiple treatments may be promising.
Sijia Fang +5 more
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Prevalence and Effectiveness of Laxative Use Among Elderly Residents in a Regional Hospital Affiliated Nursing Home in Hsinchu County [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Long-term care residents are susceptible to constipation and one-half to three quarter of older nursing home residents receive laxatives regularly. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the factors related to abnormal bowel
I‐Chun Chen +5 more
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Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021 Objective: To explore the association between bowel dysfunction and use of laxatives and opioids in an acute rehabilitation setting following spinal cord injury (SCI).
A. Round +5 more
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Osmotic and stimulant laxatives for the management of childhood constipation. [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016 Background Constipation within childhood is an extremely common problem. Despite the widespread use of osmotic and stimulant laxatives by health professionals to manage constipation in children, there has been a long standing paucity of high quality ...
M. Gordon +4 more
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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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