New Approaches to Treating Chronic Constipation

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Treating chronic constipation involves lifestyle changes, diet, laxatives, and sometimes drugs that help regulate the nervous system that controls peristalsis, the movement of food through the digestive system

Tags: disorders and conditions, gastrointestinal health, constipation, chronic constipation, laxatives, osmotics, bulking agents, the enteric nervous system, brain-gut axis, fiber, gastrointestinal, GI, digestion, tegaserod, zelnorm, serotonin, peristalsis

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