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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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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 |