Update on the Management of Constipation

This JAMA Insights Clinical Update summarizes treatment options for individuals with chronic idiopathic constipation, irritable bowel syndrome with constipation, and opioid-induced constipation and summarizes recent guidelines that conclude that traditional laxatives should be used as first-line agents for the management of constipation because of low cost and high benefit.
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research