An open-label study of chronic polyethylene glycol laxative use in chronic constipation

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 703-708

  Di Palma, J A ^a,c   Cleveland, M Vb ^b   Mcgowan, J ^a   Herrera, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Braintree Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^c Gastroenterology Academic Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; MACROGOL 3350;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHARTICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847068622     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.03228.x     Document Type: Article

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