Opioid Induced Constipation Treatment Market to Be Fastest-Growing Segment and Technology
Commonly used opioids to treat moderate to severe pain are fentanyl, hydromorphone, methadone, morphine, oxycodone, and pethidine. Opioids play an important role in the management of chronic pain by acting on mu opioid receptors in the brain. However, these also bind to mu opioid receptors present in the intestine. Hence, patients taking opioids suffer from severe constipation known as opioid induced constipation (OIC). Chronic severe constipation further affects the lifestyle of patients, hence the need to prescribe adjacent therapy along...
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