Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 502-508, May 2009

Treatment of Chronic Constipation: Current Pharmacologic Approaches and Future Directions

  • Jan Tack

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Jan Tack, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. fax: (32) 16-344419
    • ,
  • Stefan Müller–Lissner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

published online 15 December 2008.

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    •  This article has an accompanying continuing medical education activity on page 496. Learning Objectives—Upon completion of this CME examination, successful learners will be able to identify the strength of evidence and mechanism of action of commonly used and future agents for the management of chronic constipation.

     Conflicts of interest The authors disclose the following: Dr Tack is a consultant for Addex Pharma, AGI Therapeutics, Aryx, Astellas, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Chugai, Dainippon Sumimoto Pharma, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Menarini, Movetis, Novartis, Nycomed, Ocera, Pfizer, Procter and Gamble, Rose Pharma, Smartpill, Solvay, Theravance, Tranzyme, and Zeria; Dr Müller-Lissner is a consultant for Boehringer International, Movetis, Mundipharma, and Procter & Gamble. Writing assistance was provided by Katherine Carpenter and Jude Douglass, and was funded by Movetis NV.

    PII: S1542-3565(08)01229-9

    doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2008.12.006

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    • Exam 1: Treatment of Chronic Constipation: Current Pharmacological Approaches and Future Directions , 27 February 2009

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    Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 502-508, May 2009