Prevalence and clinical features of opioid-induced constipation in the general population: A French study of 15,000 individuals

P. Ducrotté (1, 2, 3, 4) , J Milce (5) , C Soufflet (6) , C Fabry (6)

1 Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie [CHU Rouen]
2 ADEN - Nutrition, inflammation et dysfonctionnement de l'axe intestin-cerveau
3 IRIB - Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine
4 UNIROUEN UFR Santé - UNIROUEN - UFR Santé
5 Kantar Health, Montrouge, France.
6 AstraZeneca, Rueil-Malmaison, France.

Keywords: Constipation; opioids; side effects; pain; observational study

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Hépatology and Gastroenterology

P. Ducrotté, J Milce, C Soufflet, C Fabry. Prevalence and clinical features of opioid-induced constipation in the general population: A French study of 15,000 individuals. United European Gastroenterology Journal, 2016, 5 (4), pp.588-600. ⟨10.1177/2050640616659967⟩. ⟨hal-02301838⟩