Drug used to combat pain medication side effects may help with gastrointestinal recovery
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 - 16:02
in Health & Medicine
A drug given to reduce the side effects of strong post-surgery pain medications resulting in a reduced length of hospital stay for patients who have undergone major gastrointestinal or bladder cancer procedures is found to have similar benefit for some patients undergoing surgery for testicular cancer. An investigator explored the impact of alvimopan in those patients who underwent RPLND.