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Chronic constipation: Update on management

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.84a.15141
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Managing chronic constipation involves identifying and treating secondary causes, instituting lifestyle changes, prescribing pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies, and, occasionally, referring for surgery. Several new drugs have been approved, and others are in the pipeline.

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Hayat, U., Dugum, M., & Garg, S. (2017, May 1). Chronic constipation: Update on management. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. Cleveland Clinic Educational Foundation. https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15141

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