10 reviews

2011

Candy B, Jones L, Goodman ML, Drake R, Tookman A. Laxatives or methylnaltrexone for the management of constipation in palliative care patients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Jan 19;(1):CD003448.

2010

Ahmedzai SH, Boland J. Constipation in people prescribed opioids. Clin Evid (Online). 2010;04:2407. (Updated)

2008

Larkin PJ, Sykes NP, Centeno C, Ellershaw JE, Elsner F, Eugene B, Gootjes JR, Nabal M, Noguera A, Ripamonti C, Zucco F, Zuurmond WW; European Consensus Group on Constipation in Palliative Care. The management of constipation in palliative care: clinical practice recommendations. Palliat Med. 2008 Oct;22(7):796-807.

Woolery M, Bisanz A, Lyons HF, Gaido L, Yenulevich M, Fulton S, McMillan SC. Putting evidence into practice: Evidence based interventions for the prevention and management of constipation in patients with cancer. Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2008 Apr;12(2):317-37.

2007

Becker G, Galandi D, Blum HE. Peripherally acting opioid antagonists in the treatment of opiate-related constipation: a systematic review. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 Nov;34(5):547-65. Epub 2007 Sep 27. 

Mendoza J, Legido J, Rubio S, Gisbert JP. Systematic review: the adverse effects of sodium phosphate enema. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Jul 1;26(1):9-20.

Yuan CS. Methylnaltrexone mechanisms of action and effects on opioid bowel dysfunction and other opioid adverse effects. Ann Pharmacother. 2007 Jun;41(6):984-93. Epub 2007 May 15.

2002

Jones MP, Talley NJ, Nuyts G, Dubois D. Lack of objective evidence of efficacy of laxatives in chronic constipation. Dig Dis Sci. 2002 Oct;47(10):2222-30.

2000

Hurdon V, Viola R, Schroder C. How useful is docusate in patients at risk for constipation? a systematic review of the evidence in the chronically ill. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2000 Feb;19(2):130-6.

1992

Kot TV, Pettit-Young NA. Lactulose in the management of constipation: a current review. Ann Pharmacother. 1992 Oct;26(10):1277-82.