Salix Pharmaceuticals aims to simplify the preparation process for colonoscopies with its new FDA-approved bowel cleanser, Plenvu, the company announced May 7. Plenvu is a liquid drug patients can ...
The FDA approved Salix Pharmaceuticals’ Plenvu lower-volume polyethylene glycol-based bowel preparation. Here’s what you should know. 1. The approval clears the way for physicians to offer patients ...
Colon cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death for both men and women in the U.S. and the second leading cancer death cause worldwide. But there’s good news: It’s also one of the most ...
Methods to prepare the colon before colonoscopy are often poorly tolerated by patients because of diet restriction and the requirement to ingest a large volume of solution. The best approach for ...
A study from researchers in Italy found that a split-dosage schedule of bowel preparation is the most effective method for bowel cleansing before colonoscopy. Colonoscopies performed within six to ...
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Among the discomforts of having a colonoscopy, the worst for me is drinking the large amount of laxative solution in preparation. Are there ways to avoid this? ANSWER: Colonoscopy ...
As indicated by a recently completed Finnish study, antibiotics administration and bowel cleansing before colon surgery do not improve patients’ treatment outcomes. According to the researchers, bowel ...
Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013;7(1):77-87. Similar findings were reported by another group of Korean investigators who prospectively studied the quality of bowel preparation in 300 subjects ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bowel cleansing for colonoscopy with a 1 L polyethylene glycol and ascorbic acid preparation proved highly effective and tolerable, according to a real-world study presented at ACG ...
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