Comment: update on the management of constipation in the elderly: new treatment options

Lee TechnerAdolor Corporation, Exton, PA, USATo the editor,I read with great interest the recent article by Rao and Go regarding new treatment options for the management of constipation in the elderly.1 In this article, alvimopan was described as having been “recently…introduced...

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Autor principal:	Lee Techner
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Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2010
Materias:	alvimopan Geriatrics RC952-954.6
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:16a12c3b08e14ef587362bc7abb094072021-12-02T03:51:09ZComment: update on the management of constipation in the elderly: new treatment options1178-1998https://doaj.org/article/16a12c3b08e14ef587362bc7abb094072010-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/comment-update-on-the-management-of-constipation-in-the-elderly-new-tr-peer-reviewed-article-CIAhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-1998Lee TechnerAdolor Corporation, Exton, PA, USATo the editor,I read with great interest the recent article by Rao and Go regarding new treatment options for the management of constipation in the elderly.1 In this article, alvimopan was described as having been “recently…introduced for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation”. Furthermore, alvimopan was included in a treatment algorithm for management of opioid-induced chronic constipation in the elderly (see Figure 1 in Rao and Go).1 Additionally, other “potential uses” for peripherally acting mu-opioid receptor antagonists (including alvimopan) were identified by the authors and included treatment of “opioid-related nausea and vomiting, urinary retention, pruritus or post-operative ileus”. This characterization of alvimopan requires further clarification.Lee TechnerDove Medical PressarticlealvimopanGeriatricsRC952-954.6ENClinical Interventions in Aging, Vol Volume 5, Pp 417-418 (2010)
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description	Lee TechnerAdolor Corporation, Exton, PA, USATo the editor,I read with great interest the recent article by Rao and Go regarding new treatment options for the management of constipation in the elderly.1 In this article, alvimopan was described as having been “recently…introduced for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation”. Furthermore, alvimopan was included in a treatment algorithm for management of opioid-induced chronic constipation in the elderly (see Figure 1 in Rao and Go).1 Additionally, other “potential uses” for peripherally acting mu-opioid receptor antagonists (including alvimopan) were identified by the authors and included treatment of “opioid-related nausea and vomiting, urinary retention, pruritus or post-operative ileus”. This characterization of alvimopan requires further clarification.
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title	Comment: update on the management of constipation in the elderly: new treatment options
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Comment: update on the management of constipation in the elderly: new treatment options

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