Efficacy of Naloxegol for OIC Not Influenced by Opioid Type, Dose

Once-daily naloxegol to treat opioid-induced constipation (OIC) showed similar efficacy regardless of opioid type or dose, according to researchers of a new study. There were differences in the drug’s efficacy, however, depending on duration of opioid use.

 

Senior author Sri Nalamachu, MD, president and medical director of the Pain Management Institute, in Overland Park, Kan., said physicians often question the drug’s effects on different patients taking different opioids, as