Mayo Clinic Minute: What opioids do to your gut

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Prescription opioid pain medications help ease pain, but they also cause some unwanted side effects. Constipation is a common problem associated with opioid use. What can you do about it?

In this Mayo Clinic Minute, reporter Vivien Williams talks to gastroenterologist Dr. Michael Camilleri about opioid-induced constipation. He has insight into why it happens and how you can manage it.

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