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Dr Gerald M Sacks Elaborates the Concept of Opioid-Induced Constipation

Dr Gerald M Sacks emphasizes on the availability of the treatments and believes that patients who suffer from OIC are generally advised to make lifestyle changes. It is the responsibility of the practitioners to acknowledge this problem and discuss about which medicine will be beneficial for them. They can also recommend methylnaltrexone to inhibit the opioid effect on the gut.

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Dr Gerald M Sacks Elaborates the Concept of Opioid-Induced Constipation

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  1. Dr Gerald M Sacks Elaborates the Concept of Opioid-Induced Constipation

  2. Dr Gerald M Sacks Approaches and Openly Communicates the Management of OIC With Patients According to Dr Gerald M Sacks; the practitioners are not comfortable discussing it with their patients. It is a general discomfort in thinking about and discussing normal bowel function. Moreover, the primary care practitioners are so busy addressing diabetes, hypertension, chronic pain, and all issues associated with the opioids that they may not have time to discuss the treatment of OIC.

  3. He Further Elaborates the Concept of OIC Dr Sacks emphasizes on the availability of the treatments and believes that patients who suffer from OIC are generally advised to make lifestyle changes. It is the responsibility of the practitioners to acknowledge this problem and discuss about which medicine will be beneficial for them. They can also recommend methylnaltrexone to inhibit the opioid effect on the gut.

  4. More About Dr Gerald M Sacks Dr Gerald M Sacks has lectured nationally and internationally on pain management. He has served as an invited speaker at many CME and grand round presentations throughout the United States. He is the Director of Pain Management at the Pain Institute of Santa Monica. Furthermore, he completed a fellowship in pain management at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

  5. Thank YouDr Gerald M Sacks

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