The University of the Pacific pharmacy school in Stockton has discovered a breakthrough to benefit cancer patients dealing with the side effects of opioid medication — including constipation. Cancer ...

Constipation usually doesn’t happen as a direct result of steroid use. But some of the long-term effects of steroid use on your body, such as lowered blood potassium levels, can cause constipation.

Medications, such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), opioids, and antidepressants, may cause constipation. Laxatives can help treat the effects of constipation these medications cause.

Rise in demand for novel drugs for management of opioid induced constipation (OIC) disorder, rise in adoption of methylnaltrexone (parenteral – subcutaneous) for opioid induced constipation (OIC) ...

A new update from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) is calling for greater caution before surgery is ...

Chronic idiopathic constipation is a functional bowel disorder characterized by difficult, infrequent, and/or incomplete defecation, affecting 35 million adult Americans, resulting in more than ...