Dr Gerald Sacks Considers It His Responsibility to Educate Each Patient About OIC

1. Dr Gerald Sacks Considers It His Responsibility to Educate Each Patient About OIC Dr Gerald Sacks explains the additional treatment options for OIC management. He explains the modifications and products to prevent OIC in patients. He believes that not only the physical activity is the key to overall health of the body, but also having a regular movement. According to him, appropriate sleep, eating a healthy balanced diet, and exercising on a regular basis play a part in the lifestyle modification that patients should adhere to if they want to prevent any type of constipation, including OIC. He has patients who maintain their active and healthy lifestyle role of lifestyle over-the-counter in terms of

2. maintaining their hydration, drinking enough fluid, doing physical therapy, and taking a walk on a daily basis. However, patients still have OIC and this is where peripherally acting µ-opioid receptor antagonists are prescribed to them. For patients with IBS, lubiprostone and linaclotide are used in constipation. For OIC, such medicines are prescribed that block µ receptor. Dr Gerald Sacks considers it his responsibility to educate each patient and the practitioner in the appropriate treatment of opioid induced constipation using over-the-counter lifestyle changes, increased hydration, increased intake of fruit and vegetables, and also the appropriate usage of peripherally acting µ-opioid receptor antagonists. medications,

3. He emphasizes that every practitioner should focus on helping patients return to their baseline level of bowel function by utilizing medications enhancements. and lifestyle