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Opioid-induced bowel dysfunction: prevalence, pathophysiology and burden

As a result of the undesired action of opioids on the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, patients receiving opioid medication for chronic pain often experience opioid-induced bowel dysfunction (OBD), the most common and debilitating symptom of which is constipation. Based on clinical experience and a comp...

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Autores principales: Panchal, S J, Müller-Schwefe, P, Wurzelmann, J I
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1974804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17488292
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-1241.2007.01415.x