Prevention of constipation among users of opioids at a Danish community pharmacy: Patient information and laxative treatment

• In: Posters
• At: Amsterdam (the Netherlands) (2012)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: CPS2-P-14
• By: HEESCH, Kim (Copenhagen Sønderbro Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark)
• Co-author(s): Pottegaard, A. (University of Southern Denmark/Clinical Pharmacology,Institute of Public Health, Odense, Denmark)
  Salmasi, H. (Copenhagen Sønderbro Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark)
  Schytte-Hansen, S. (Unit for Patient Safety/Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark)
  
• Abstract:

  I. Background
  In the Capital Region of Denmark, an estimated 1082 admissions and 251 re-admissions were related to opioid induced constipation in 2010. These admissions constitute a serious concern regarding patient safety. While the majority of these re-admissions are probably preventable by proper use of laxatives and adequate patient

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