Ileus is a temporary condition where your intestine can’t push food and waste out of your body. Your intestine is a long and winding tube inside of your body that attaches your stomach to your anus.

Why has this 70-year-old woman with gallstones had abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting for the past 3 days? That is the diagnostic dilemma faced by Francesco Pata, MD, PhD, of Università della ...

Purpose. The efficacy, safety, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, drug–drug interactions, and administration of alvimopan for postoperative ileus are reviewed. Summary. Alvimopan is a selective µ-opioid ...

Background and Aim Chewing gum proposal has been used in surgery to reduce postoperative ileus for more than 10 years; however, the efficacy remains imprecise. The aim of this study was to accurately ...

EXTON, Pa. & PHILADELPHIA -- Adolor Corporation (Nasdaq:ADLR) and GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Entereg® (alvimopan) capsules to ...