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Can you please explain why strong pain killers make you constipated?
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Constipation: Opioids increase the amount of time it takes stool to move through the gastric system, so that food remains in the digestive organ for a longer period of time. Opioids also reduce digestive secretions and decrease the urge to defecate.
Answered 8/24/2013
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