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Mayo Clinic Minute: Opioids can cause gut problems

Dana Sparks — Wed, 23 May 2018 06:00:26 +0000

Millions of opioid prescriptions are written each year in the U.S. to help patients deal with pain. But those medications also can cause some uncomfortable side effects, including constipation. Reporter Vivien Williams talks with Dr. Michael Camilleri, a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist, about gastrointestinal (GI) concerns when taking opiods.

Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0:59) is in the downloads. Read the script. More than 250 million opioid painkiller prescriptions are written in the U.S. every year. An estimated 4 percent of adults are being treated with opioids for chronic pain unrelated to cancer, typically back pain and musculoskeletal pain. “We know that about 40 to 80 percent of people who receive opioids develop GI symptoms, and the most common GI symptom is constipation,” says Dr. Camilleri. He says being constipated is not dangerous, but it can be very uncomfortable. “Sometimes that discomfort can be interpreted as abdominal pain.” This prompts people to increase their dose, making the situation worse. “The two main reasons why opioids cause constipation are, first, the opioid kind of paralyzes the nerves and muscles,” says Dr. Camilleri. Second, they rev up your intestines to absorb excess liquid. So what can you do about it? Eat fiber-rich foods, drink water and, if need be, try an over-the-counter laxative — even if you are prescribed opioids for a short period, like after an injury, fracture or operation. For severe cases, prescription medication may help. Dr. Camilleri says the best remedy is to work with your health care provider to find alternatives to opioids.

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#MayoClinicRadio podcast: 11/18/17

Jennifer O'Hara — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:30:06 +0000

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On the Mayo Clinic Radio podcast, Dr. Brent Bauer, director of the Mayo Clinic Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program, discusses how complementary techniques can enhance conventional medicine and shares the new Mayo Clinic book, Mayo Clinic: The Integrative Guide to Good Health. Also on the podcast, Dr. Michael Camilleri, a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic, discusses a new study that found a prescription medication used to treat Type 2 diabetes and obesity is also an effective weight-loss therapy. And Dr. Adam Kase, a resident at Mayo Clinic, shares how his training in the Mayo Clinic Multidisciplinary Simulation Center helped him save a life during jury duty.

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Integrative medicine and health: Mayo Clinic Radio

Joel Streed — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 00:06:12 +0000

Mayo Clinic's Integrative Medicine and Health team offers integrative therapies such as acupuncture, massage and meditation to help people manage disease symptoms by reducing fatigue, pain and anxiety. Now, Mayo Clinic is taking it a step further. A new Mayo Clinic book, Mayo Clinic: The Integrative Guide to Good Health, addresses all aspects of health, including mind, body and spirit. The book aims to show how home remedies can meet alternative therapies to transform well-being.

On the next Mayo Clinic Radio program, Dr. Brent Bauer, director of the Mayo Clinic Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program and one of the authors of the book, will discuss how complementary techniques can enhance conventional medicine. Also on the program, Dr. Michael Camilleri, a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic, discusses a new study that found a prescription medication used to treat Type 2 diabetes and obesity is also an effective weight-loss therapy. And Dr. Adam Kase, a resident at Mayo Clinic, will share how his training in the Mayo Clinic Multidisciplinary Simulation Center helped him save a life during jury duty.

Here's your Mayo Clinic Radio podcast.

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Mayo Clinic Radio: Integrative medicine and health

Jennifer O'Hara — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 12:00:33 +0000

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Mayo Clinic Radio: Integrative health / stomach emptying and weight loss / jury duty lifesaver

Jennifer O'Hara — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 20:18:36 +0000

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Mayo Clinic Radio produces a weekly one-hour radio program highlighting health and medical information from Mayo Clinic.

Access archived shows.

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The importance of organ donation: Mayo Clinic Radio

Joel Streed — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 00:03:25 +0000

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, more than 14,000 people are waiting for a liver transplant today in the U.S. Liver transplant usually is reserved as a treatment option for people who have significant complications due to end-stage chronic liver disease. In rare cases, sudden failure of a previously normal liver may occur. The liver is just one of several organs, including kidney, heart and lung, that have long transplant waiting lists. On the next Mayo Clinic Radio program, transplant surgeon Dr. Charles Rosen will discuss liver transplant and the importance of organ donation. Also on the program, Toni Mangskau, clinical trials referral coordinator at Mayo Clinic’s Cancer Education Center in Rochester, Minnesota, will explain how clinical trials are conducted. And gastroenterologist Dr. Michael Camilleri will offer prevention tips for the common problem of constipation.

Here's your Mayo Clinic Radio podcast.

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Mayo Clinic Radio: The importance of organ donation

Jennifer O'Hara — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:00:05 +0000

Listen to the program on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 9:05 a.m. CST, and follow #MayoClinicRadio.

Mayo Clinic Radio is on iHeartRadio.

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Mayo Clinic Radio produces a weekly one-hour radio program highlighting health and medical information from Mayo Clinic.

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Mayo Clinic Radio: Liver transplant and organ donation / clinical trials / constipation

Jennifer O'Hara — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 20:16:07 +0000

Listen to the program on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 9:05 a.m. CST.

Miss the show? Here's the Mayo Clinic Radio podcast.

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Mayo Clinic Radio is on iHeartRadio.

Mayo Clinic Radio produces a weekly one-hour radio program highlighting health and medical information from Mayo Clinic.

Access archived shows.

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Mayo Clinic Minute: What opioids do to your gut

Vivien Williams — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:00:14 +0000

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.

Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute

Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0:59) is in the downloads. Read the script.

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Coming: 7-part series on the opioid epidemic

Deb Balzer — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:30:25 +0000

Each day, 78 people in the U.S. die of opioid overdoses, and more than 1,000 are treated in emergency departments for opioid misuse, federal figures show. Since 1999, the rate of overdose deaths involving opioids, including prescription opioid pain relievers and heroin, has nearly quadrupled. In a series of broadcast-quality, 60-second videos available for media use, Mayo Clinic anesthesiologist and pain medicine expert Dr. W. Michael Hooten and gastroenterologist Dr. Michael Camilleri discuss the opioid epidemic and the dangers associated with inappropriate use of prescription pain medication.

The first of the seven-part series will be available on the Mayo Clinic News Network beginning Thursday, Dec. 15.

Watch: Opioid series promo

Journalists: If you are interested in airing the series and promoting it, the broadcast-quality video of this promo is in the downloads.

To interview Drs. Hooten or Camilleri, contact Sharon Theimer, Mayo Clinic Public Affairs, at newsbureau@mayo.edu or 507-284-5005.

The series originally was published in August 2016. Each video is a stand-alone news segment.

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