Pregnancy-related constipation

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 402-404

  Prather, Charlene M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; BULKING AGENT; CALCIUM; CASCARA; CASCARA SAGRADA; CASTOR OIL; DISODIUM HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; DOCUSATE SODIUM; EMODIN; ENEMA; GUAR GUM; IRON; ISPAGULA; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MAGNESIUM SALT; METHYLCELLULOSE; OSMOTIC AGENT; POLYCARBOPHIL; PROGESTERONE; PROKINETIC AGENT; SENNA EXTRACT; SODIUM DERIVATIVE; SORBITOL; TAP WATER; TEGASEROD; VITAMIN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSTIPATION; CORN; DEFECATION DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMAGNESEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SODIUM RETENTION; SYMPTOM; TERATOGENICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; WATER RETENTION; WHEAT;

EID: 8344244572     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-004-0057-7     Document Type: Review

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