After 14 days of treatment, 64.6% of the patients taking ... More information: Jun Hamano et al, Naldemedine for Opioid-Induced Constipation in Patients With Cancer: A Multicenter, Double-Blind ...

Impact of Adjuvant Chemotherapy on Resected Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm-Derived Pancreatic Cancer: Results From an International Multicenter Study Preventive use of naldemedine for ...

Exclusion criteria included fecal impaction, mechanical bowel obstruction, constipation not attributed to postprocedure opioid use, calculated creatinine clearance less than 50 mL/min, and ...

or placebo group in a 1:1 ratio for 14 days with protocol treatment. The primary end point was the proportion of patients with a Bowel Function Index (BFI) of <28.8 on day 14. The secondary end points ...

This is an oral tablet that treats opioid-induced constipation, a common side effect of using opioid pain medications. Methylnaltrexone is a peripheral opioid receptor antagonist that protects ...

Margaret Lowenstein previously worked as a clinician with Prevention Point Philadelphia's mobile overdose response unit. She receives funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Pew ...

Suboxone also can be used as part of medication-assisted therapy or treatment (MAT). MAT combines a medication to ease your opioid cravings and withdrawal symptoms along with behavioral therapy ...

Telehealth has helped more patients with opioid use disorder get access to treatment over the last few years than ever before. But this critical lifeline to care will go away by year’s end ...

"These safe, effective, and powerful medications continue to transform the treatment of opioid use disorder, offering a convenient and reliable way to deliver consistent steady state doses of ...

The city of St. Petersburg, Florida, is allocating $1 million from an opioid settlement to nonprofit organizations working to address the opioid crisis through treatment and recovery support services.