Long-term care residents who experience constipation from taking opioids to manage chronic pain may benefit from Amitiza, an oral drug recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
April 30, 2012
OK, I can't help myself. I'm in an incredibly silly mood as I sit to write my blog today. And I was thinking about how we as nurses see the world differently from "normal" folks. We are a sister- and brotherhood of odd humorists. Because if we can't laugh at it, we can't be a nurse!
A specific medication may restore bowel function more quickly than conventional treatment in critical care patients, researchers have found.
