Efficacy and Safety of Over-the-Counter Therapies for Chronic Constipation: An Updated Systematic Review

Overview:

During this presentation, Lauren Bishop, MD and Fehima Dawy, MD will examine the treatment of constipation with over-the-counter agents. Through a systematic review of over-the-counter constipation treatment options, they will discuss which agents should be recommended based on evidence. They will demonstrate that the most efficacious agents are polyethylene glycol or senna as first-line laxatives, along with other supplementary treatments.

Objectives:

1) Define constipation, the ROME criteria and its prevalence and impact.
2) Review the different classes and types of over the counter constipation treatment options.
3) Highlight the over the counter treatment options that have been shown to be the most efficacious in the evidence.
4) Provide knowledge on less effective treatment options.
5) Suggest practice recommendations for over the counter options that are evidence backed to improve constipation in patients.

Presenters:

Lauren Bishop, MD
PGY3 Resident
Department of Family &
Community Medicine UT
Health San Antonio

 

Fehima Dawy, MD
PGY3 Resident
Department of Family &
Community Medicine
UT Health San Antonio

Financial Disclosures:

Lauren Bishop MD, Fehima Dawy, MD and their faculty mentor Christine Camacho, MD have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee members (Maria Del Pilar Montañez Villacampa, MD, Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD, Yun Shi, MD, Mark Nadeau, MD, Marcy Wiemers, MD, Christine Song, DO, Nehman Andry, MD, Gabriela Gibson-Lopez, PsyD, Margaret Finley, MD, Richel Avery, MD, Lauren Fuller, MD, Jeff Svec, MD, Oralia Bazaldua, PharmD and Nichole Rubio) have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee member Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD has disclosed he receives royalties from General Practice and Family Medicine for being UpToDate Editor-in-Chief.

Credits:

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Target Audience:

Specialties – Primary Care; Family Medicine
Faculty, residents, other health care providers and staff from our department; physicians and health care providers from San Antonio and South Texas; and medical students in our third-year clerkship and fourth year rotations.

Accreditation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.

For activity related questions, please contact:
Name: Nichole Rubio- FCM Grand Rounds Coordinator
Email: rubion@uthscsa.edu

For CME general questions, please contact
Ph: (210) 567-4445
Email: cme@uthscsa.edu