The Narcotic Bowel Syndrome: Clinical Features, Pathophysiology, and Management
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The narcotic bowel syndrome: clinical features, pathophysiology, and management.
Narcotic bowel syndrome (NBS) is a subset of opioid bowel dysfunction that is characterized by chronic or frequently recurring abdominal pain that worsens with continued or escalating dosages of narcotics. This syndrome is underrecognized and may be becoming more prevalent. In the United States this may be the result of increases in using narcotics for chronic nonmalignant painful disorders, an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1542-3565
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.06.013