Introduction Chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) is a common disorder associated with
significant impairment in quality of life. This clinical practice guideline, jointly developed by …

Chronic constipation is a highly prevalent disorder that affects approximately 15% of the US
population. Chronic constipation refers to patients who have had symptoms for more than 6 …

Chronic constipation (CC) affects 20% of the population, 1 has a significant effect on quality
of life and use of health care resources including drug therapy, 2 and causes significant …

Chronic constipation (CC) is characterized by unsatisfactory defecation that results from
infrequent stools, difficult stool passage, or both. The pathophysiology of CC is multifactorial …

Managing chronic constipation involves identifying and treating secondary causes,
instituting lifestyle changes, prescribing pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies …

Chronic constipation is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder that affects patients of
all ages. In 2007, a consensus group of 10 Canadian gastroenterologists developed a set of …

Objective To compare efficacy of pharmacotherapies for chronic idiopathic constipation
(CIC) based on comparisons to placebo using Bayesian network meta-analysis. Data …

Background There are several drugs available for the treatment of chronic idiopathic
constipation, but their relative efficacy is unclear because there have been no head-to-head …

This document presents the official recommendations of the American Gastroenterological
Association (AGA) on constipation. It was drafted by the AGA Institute Medical Position …

OBJECTIVES Constipation is common, and its treatment is unsatisfactory. Although many
agents have been tried, there are limited data to support their use. Our aim was to undertake …