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A member asked:
My husband is constipated one month after low anterior resection even after taking citrus citrate what s the problem ?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Morphine derivatives: Pain medications in post-surgical patients are the ones most common culprits in causing constipation. Back off on morphine derivatives in pain meds that has been prescribed to him, .
Answered 8/16/2012
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See your surgeon: Ask your surgeon what to do. Maybe just increasing liquid intake and adding fiber supplements like metamucil. Rarely new colon connection can get narrowed, but unlikely only one month after surgery. Reduce or stop narcotic pain medications.
Answered 8/17/2012
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