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Medications and their link to GI distress
- Chronic steroid / high-dose glucocorticoid use linked to bowel perforation
- Chronic narcotic use linked to narcotic bowel dysfunction
- Chronic opioid use and constipation
- NSAIDs linked to gastropathy (GI bleeds)
References
Goodman, MBA, PT, C. C., & Snyder, MN, RN, OCN, T. E. (2007). Differential Diagnosis PHYSICAL THERAPISTS Screening for Referral (4thth ed.). St. Louis,
MO: Saunders Elsevier.
Grunkemeier, D. M., Cassara, J. E., Dalton, C. B., & Drossman, D. A. (2007). The narcotic bowel syndrome: clinical features, pathophysiology, and management. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol, 5(10), 1126-1139; quiz 1121-1122. doi: S1542-3565(07)00629-5 [pii] 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.06.013
ReMine, S. G., & McIlrath, D. C. (1980). Bowel perforation in steroid-treated patients. Ann Surg, 192(4), 581-586.
Goodman, MBA, PT, C. C., & Snyder, MN, RN, OCN, T. E. (2007). Differential Diagnosis PHYSICAL THERAPISTS Screening for Referral (4thth ed.). St. Louis,
MO: Saunders Elsevier.
Grunkemeier, D. M., Cassara, J. E., Dalton, C. B., & Drossman, D. A. (2007). The narcotic bowel syndrome: clinical features, pathophysiology, and management. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol, 5(10), 1126-1139; quiz 1121-1122. doi: S1542-3565(07)00629-5 [pii] 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.06.013
ReMine, S. G., & McIlrath, D. C. (1980). Bowel perforation in steroid-treated patients. Ann Surg, 192(4), 581-586.