{"title":"Alvimopan for post-operative ileus: What we should know?","authors":"Abhijit Nair","doi":"10.1016/j.aat.2016.10.001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Alvimopan is an US-FDA approved, peripherally acting mu opioid receptor antagonist which when started pre-operatively has been shown to hasten intestinal motility and reduce the duration of post-operative ileus. However the logistics involved in procuring, storing and dispensing the drug and the cost of the drug for fifteen doses as approved by FDA prohibits the use of it on a regular basis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":87042,"journal":{"name":"Acta anaesthesiologica Taiwanica : official journal of the Taiwan Society of Anesthesiologists","volume":"54 3","pages":"Pages 97-98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.aat.2016.10.001","citationCount":"11","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta anaesthesiologica Taiwanica : official journal of the Taiwan Society of Anesthesiologists","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875459716300947","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Alvimopan is an US-FDA approved, peripherally acting mu opioid receptor antagonist which when started pre-operatively has been shown to hasten intestinal motility and reduce the duration of post-operative ileus. However the logistics involved in procuring, storing and dispensing the drug and the cost of the drug for fifteen doses as approved by FDA prohibits the use of it on a regular basis.