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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

55 questions · 55 findings · 12 reviews

No studies found 7 · 12.7%GRADE not reported 3 · 5.5%Very low 9 · 16.4%Low 21 · 38.2%Moderate 15 · 27.3%High 0 · 0%

Methylnaltrexone vs placebo

Laxation response: risk of spontaneous rescue‐free bowel movements in the short terma · people receiving palliative care irrespective of whether they had cancer with opioid‐induced bowel dysfunction

Methylnaltrexone may leads to higher laxation response: risk of spontaneous rescue‐free bowel… compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Methylnaltrexone vs placebo

Laxation response: risk of spontaneous rescue‐free bowel movements in the medium termb · people receiving palliative care irrespective of whether they had cancer with opioid‐induced bowel dysfunction

Methylnaltrexone probably leads to higher laxation response: risk of spontaneous rescue‐free bowel… compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Methylnaltrexone vs placebo

Laxation response: patient assessment of change in bowel status at the end of trial · people receiving palliative care irrespective of whether they had cancer with opioid‐induced bowel dysfunction

Methylnaltrexone may leads to higher laxation response: patient assessment of change in bowel statusgat… compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Methylnaltrexone vs placebo

Symptoms of opioid withdrawal in the medium term · people receiving palliative care irrespective of whether they had cancer with opioid‐induced bowel dysfunction

Methylnaltrexone showed no clear difference in symptoms of opioid withdrawalhin the medium term compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review