Dr Gerald M Sacks Talks About the Reluctance of Practitioners in Discussing OIC

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Dr Gerald M Sacks Talks About the Reluctance of
Practitioners in Discussing OIC
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Educational Accreditations of Dr Gerald M Sacks

• Dr Gerald M Sacks is the Director of Pain
  Management at the Pain Institute of Santa Monica.
• He received his medical degree from University of
  Massachusetts Medical School and has been in
  practice for 34 years.
• He completed a fellowship in pain management at
  Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Womens
  Hospital in Boston.
• Dr Sacks has lectured nationally and
  internationally on pain management, and has
  served as an invited speaker at many CME and
  grand round presentations through the United
  States.

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He Talks About the Reluctance of Practitioners in
Discussing OIC With Their Patients

• Dr Sacks feels that they need to be aware of the
  adverse effects of the drugs that they prescribe
  to their patients.
• They must ask their patients about the changes in
  their bowel functions while being on opioid.

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He Explains About Medications Used to Treat OIC

• Dr Gerald Sacks states that Naloxegol, a
  peripherally acting µ-opioid receptor antagonist,
  is used to treat OIC.
• It can be an effective treatment for
  opioid-induced constipation.
• Although it is an appropriate choice for some
  patients, it can also be an appropriate choice
  for patients who are taking medications that are
  metabolized through the same cytochrome P450
  metabolic steps in the liver.

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Thank YouDr Gerald M Sacks