Description
According to the Canadian Digestive Foundation, about one-quarter of the Canadian population is affected by constipation, with considerable impact on the person’s quality of life. Pharmacists are ideally placed to help in management, especially because it tends to be easily treatable, seldom caused by sinister disease, and seldom needs extensive investigation. Characteristically, the same treatment is required for both symptom alleviation and treatment of the underlying problem, which is most commonly functional bowel disease.