Purpose. The efficacy, safety, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, drug–drug interactions, and administration of alvimopan for postoperative ileus are reviewed. Summary. Alvimopan is a selective µ ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66(14):1267-1277. Notably, this pharmacoeconomic analysis did not use the actual length of hospital stay in its calculations but, rather, the time to a discharge order ...

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And no significant differences were observed for any secondary endpoint, including prolonged postoperative ileus (15.8% vs 14%, respectively), length of hospital stay (mean 6 vs 5.8 days), and ...