Managing Chronic Constipation and IBS with Constipation: New Evidence of Overlap, Distinctions, and Improved Treatment Strategies

 

 

 

Professor of Medicine

Director, GI Physiology Laboratory

Co-director, Michigan Bowel Control Program

University of Michigan Health System

Ann Arbor, MI

 

Professor of Medicine

Co-Director, Oppenheimer Family Center for Neurobiology of Stress

Division of Digestive Diseases

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

 

Professor of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center

Lebanon, NH 

 

This activity has been designed to address the educational needs of physicians specializing in gastroenterology and other healthcare providers including Nurse Practitioners (NPs), and Physician Assistants (PAs) who manage and treat patients with CC and IBS-C.

 

Effective management of chronic constipation (CC) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)-C involves a comprehensive strategy that includes a dynamic patient–provider relationship and a team approach among GI specialists, primary care practitioners, and allied healthcare professionals, as well as dietary changes, targeted pharmacotherapy; behavioral and psychosocial treatment; patient education; and ongoing monitoring and reassurance. This enduring activity will review the multitude of therapies available—and the clinical data supporting their use in the treatment of CC and IBS-C. Most importantly, this educational activity will describe sound, evidence-based strategies gastroenterologists can use to safely incorporate novel therapies and strategies into individualized treatment plans that acknowledge the heterogeneous nature of CC and IBS-C—and the patients they affect. Taken together, these measures should improve patient care and satisfaction and reduce the burden of disease.

 

Upon proper completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

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This activity is supported by educational grants from Forest Research Institute, a subsidiary of Forest Laboratories, Inc., and Ironwood Pharmaceuticals; and Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., U.S. Region and Sucampo.

 

To receive a CE certificate of participation, participants should:

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