PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hayat, Umar
AU  - Dugum, Mohannad
AU  - Garg, Samita
TI  - Chronic constipation: Update on management
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.84a.15141
DP  - 2017 May 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 397--408
VI  - 84
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/84/5/397.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/84/5/397.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2017 May 01; 84
AB  - 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.