Wednesday 17 October 2018

Mu‐opioid antagonists for opioid‐induced bowel dysfunction in people with cancer and people receiving palliative care

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018 June 5
Candy B, Jones L, Vickerstaff V, Larkin PJ, Stone P.

Update of 2 Cochrane reviews identified 4 new trials. Conclusions for naldemedine are new, suggesting that taken orally, it improves bowel function over 2 weeks but increases risk of adverse events. Conclusions on naloxone and methylnaltrexone have not changed.

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