Ariba Khan, M.B.B.S., and John E. Morley, M.D.
Dr. Khan received her medical degree from University of Punjab and is currently a visiting scientist in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center. Dr. Khan reports no commercial conflict of interest. During the last three years, Dr. Morley has received grant/research support from Vivus, Merck & Co., Upjohn, B. Braun McGaw, Bayer Corp and Nestec, Ltd. He has also served on the Speakers' Bureau for LXN, Organon, Ross, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Glaxo Wellcome, Hoechst Marion Roussel, Searle, Merck & Co., Roche, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Novartis, Pratt, B. Braun McGaw, Pfizer and Parke-Davis.
This activity is made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from the Novartis Foundation for Gerontology.
Release Date: 05/07/2002
Termination Date: 05/07/2005
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).
Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education to provide continuing medical
education for physicians.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this Cyberounds
®, the participant should be able to:
- Recognize that for constipation the patient may have a different definition than the physician
- Recognize the causes of constipation
- Recognize the dangers of laxative abuse
- Understand the prudent treatment of constipation.
