Chapter 18- Constipation, Diarrhea, and Irritable Bowel

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IMPORTANT NOTE – PLEASE READ FIRST: This continuing education assessment requires that you first purchase the text book: Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice. Please go to our home page: http://www.rxugace.com/ and click on “Books” for more information Prior To Registering for this assessment.

Upon completion of the corresponding textbook chapter in Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice and this on-line assessment, the reader should be able to:

1. Identify the causes of constipation.
2. Compare the features of chronic constipation with those of constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
3. Recommend lifestyle modifications and therapeutic interventions for the treatment of constipation.
4. Distinguish between acute and chronic diarrhea.
5. Compare and contrast diarrhea caused by different infectious agents.
6. Explain how medication use can lead to diarrhea.
7. Discuss nonpharmacologic strategies for treating diarrhea.
8. Identify the signs and symptoms of IBS.
9. Contrast diarrhea-predominant IBS and constipation-predominant IBS.
10. Discuss the goals of IBS treatment.
11. Evaluate the effectiveness of principal pharmaceutical therapies for IBS.

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