ALLMedicine™ Constipation Center

Sep 17th, 2020 - Editorial Comment to Presence of constipation predicts the therapeutic efficacy of pembrolizumab in metastatic urothelial cancer patients.|2020|Yuasa T,|

Sep 15th, 2020 - Although a correlation has been reported between enlarged rectal diameter and functional constipation (FC), the relevance of measuring the transverse diameter of the rectum for diagnosing FC remains unclear, even in patients with lower urinary tra...

Sep 14th, 2020 - In China, Zhishi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus) - Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) is a well-known herb pair used to treat gastrointestinal motility disorders for thousands of years, and it has especially shown a definite advantage in the...

Sep 14th, 2020 - To study bowel function in urothelial cancer patients treated with pembrolizumab and to assess its association with treatment efficacy. This retrospective study was analyzed for patients with metastatic urothelial cancer who received immune checkp...

Sep 14th, 2020 - Vincristine-induced constipation is a common side effect in pediatric oncology patients. We report the case of an infant with histologic diagnosis of infantile fibrosarcoma who developed significant constipation because of ongoing vincristine admi...

Nov 16th, 2019 - Chronic constipation is very common. The most recent estimate of clinician visits attributable to constipation were from 2001 to 2004 and reported more than 8 million clinician visits in the United States, with most occurring in adult primary care...

Oct 31st, 2019 - Constipation is a symptom that affects around 11-20% of the adult population yearly. Most physicians consider infrequency of defecation as a hallmark of constipation. However, most patients view excessive straining as the biggest component of cons...

Oct 4th, 2019 - Children presenting to pediatric emergency departments (EDs) are frequently given enemas for relief of constipation symptoms; there is very little literature guiding solution selection.

Sep 10th, 2019 - Ardelyx, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARDX), a specialized biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative first-in-class medicines to improve treatment for people with cardiorenal diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration h...

Aug 28th, 2019 - There are several drugs available for the treatment of chronic idiopathic constipation, but their relative efficacy is unclear because there have been no head-to-head randomised controlled trials. We did a network meta-analysis to compare the effi...

Sep 17th, 2020 - Editorial Comment to Presence of constipation predicts the therapeutic efficacy of pembrolizumab in metastatic urothelial cancer patients.|2020|Yuasa T,|

Sep 16th, 2020 - relieves occasional constipation (irregularity) generally produces bowel movement in 12 to 72 hoursStool softener

Sep 16th, 2020 - relieves occasional constipation (irregularity) generally produces bowel movement in 1/2 to 6 hoursSaline laxative

Sep 16th, 2020 - For relief of occasional constipation (regularity)Bulk-forming laxative

Sep 16th, 2020 - relieves ccasional constipation (irregularity) generally produces bowel movement in 6 to12 hoursStool softener Stimulant laxative

Jan 28th, 2020 - The Food and Drug Administration is strengthening a previous warning regarding the uncommon risk of serious bowel complications associated with the schizophrenia medication clozapine (Clozaril, FazaClo ODT, Versacloz). Wikimedia Commons/FitzColinG.

[Posted: January 28, 2020] AUDIENCE: Patient, Health Professional ISSUE: FDA is strengthening an existing warning that constipation caused by the schizophrenia medicine clozapine (Clozaril, Fazaclo ODT, Versacloz, generics) can, uncommonly, progre...

Jan 8th, 2020 - Whether or not women experience symptoms from uterine fibroid(s) can be dependent on a fibroid’s size and location. Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is the most common symptom resulting from fibroids, and it occurs in up to one-third of women with f.

Dec 19th, 2019 - References Crockett SD, Greer KB, Heidelbaugh JJ, et al. American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on the Medical Management of Opioid-Induced Constipation.

Dec 19th, 2019 - SAN ANTONIO – Biofeedback for treatment of dyssynergic constipation is highly effective in the elderly, just as it is in younger patients, Samantha Spilman, MD, reported at the annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology. Bruce Janc.