%0 Journal Article %A Umar Hayat %A Mohannad Dugum %A Samita Garg %T Chronic constipation: Update on management %D 2017 %R 10.3949/ccjm.84a.15141 %J Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine %P 397-408 %V 84 %N 5 %X Managing chronic constipation involves identifying and treating secondary causes, instituting lifestyle changes, prescribing pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies, and, occasionally, referring for surgery. Several new drugs have been approved, and others are in the pipeline. %U https://www.ccjm.org/content/ccjom/84/5/397.full.pdf