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Texas Health Family Care
Shane Ashford is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Denton, Texas. Dr. Ashford is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Opioid Induced Constipation. He is also highly rated in 29 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cirrhosis, Xanthoma, Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, and Hypertension. Dr. Ashford is currently accepting new patients.
Tri-County Family Medicine Asso PC
James Wild is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Gowanda, New York. Dr. Wild is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Opioid Induced Constipation. He is also highly rated in 1 other condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Opioid Induced Constipation, Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, Xanthoma, and Cirrhosis.
Martin E Hale MD PA
Martin Hale is an Orthopedics provider practicing medicine in Plantation, Florida. Dr. Hale is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Opioid Induced Constipation. He is also highly rated in 1 other condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Opioid Induced Constipation, Acute Pain, Osteoarthritis, and Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
Summary: This study looks at how well a medicine called naldemedine works for people with cancer who become constipated while taking opioids. Opioids are medications prescribed to treat persistent or severe pain. Opioids can slow down the bowel and make it hard to pass stool. About 6 out of 10 people who use opioids have constipation. Laxatives such as lactulose or macrogol are described to help with this ...
Summary: The research objective is to characterize the risk of a major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) among new users of naldemedine versus new users of lubiprostone and new users of naloxegol as comparator opioid induced constipation (OIC) medications.