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Pharmacological management of constipation
Author(s) -
Emmanuel A. V.,
Tack J.,
Quigley E. M.,
Talley N. J.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
neurogastroenterology and motility
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.489
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1365-2982
pISSN - 1350-1925
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2009.01403.x
Subject(s) - constipation , mechanism (biology) , medicine , intensive care medicine , action (physics) , psychology , epistemology , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
Abstract The approach of this review is to give a pragmatic approach to using laxatives, based on a combination of what is known about mechanism of action and the available literature on evidence.