As Population Ages And Need For Palliative Care Grows, Experts Tackle New Challenge For The First Time At European Meeting

Experts from across Europe are gathering at a scientific symposium held at the fifth European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) congress in Trondheim, Norway, on the 29th May, to discuss the challenges of managing an overlooked and distressing symptom that affects large numbers of patients receiving opioids as part of palliative care management for advanced illness: opioid-induced constipation (OIC).

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Filed under: GastroIntestinal / Gastroentorology on June 1st, 2008