Laxatives or methylnaltrexone for the management of constipation in palliative care patients.

Candy, Bridget; Jones, Louise; Goodman, Margaret Lynn; Drake, Robyn; Tookman, Adrian

Candy, Bridget; Jones, Louise; Goodman, Margaret Lynn; Drake, Robyn; Tookman, Adrian.

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Candy B; Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Unit, Department of Mental Health Sciences, Royal Free & University College Medical School, Hampstead Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London, UK, NW3 2PF.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev ; (1): CD003448, 2011 Jan 19.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21249653

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Cathartics/therapeutic use; Constipation/drug therapy; Naltrexone/analogs & derivatives; Palliative Care; Analgesics, Opioid/adverse effects; Anthraquinones/therapeutic use; Cathartics/adverse effects; Constipation/chemically induced; Humans; Lactulose/therapeutic use; Magnesium Hydroxide/therapeutic use; Naltrexone/adverse effects; Naltrexone/therapeutic use; Paraffin/therapeutic use; Quaternary Ammonium Compounds/adverse effects; Quaternary Ammonium Compounds/therapeutic use; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Senna Extract/therapeutic use

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Palliative Care / Cathartics / Constipation / Naltrexone Type of study: Clinical_trials / Systematic_reviews Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Journal subject: PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE Year: 2011 Document type: Article Country of publication: United kingdom

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