Electroacupuncture increased weekly spontaneous bowel movements and improved quality of life in patients with cancer and opioid-induced constipation, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.“Opioid-induced constipation (OIC) affects 60% to 90% of patients with cancer-related opioid use,” Weiming Wang, MD, PhD, of the department of acupuncture and moxibustion at Guang’anmen Hospital in Beijing, and…
The FDA has approved labeling changes for Livmarli, reducing the age of prescribing to infants with Alagille syndrome from 1 year to 3 months for the treatment of cholestatic pruritus, according to a Mirum Pharmaceuticals press release.Maralixibat (Livmarli, Mirum Pharmaceuticals), a once-daily ileal bile acid transporter inhibitor, was originally approved by the FDA in 2021…
The use of proton pump inhibitors improves overall and progression-free survival in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease, according to data published in Rheumatology.Meanwhile, the researchers additionally concluded that gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has no impact on survival in either SSc or SSc-ILD.“GERD, which is frequently treated with proton-pump inhibitors (PPI), is common in…
The Florida Gastroenterologic Society was originally conceived in 1965 by James L. Borland, M.D., a well respected Gastroenterologist who practiced in Jacksonville, Florida.