Pharmacy & Therapeutics - December 2008 - (Page 678) How can you accelerate upper and lower GI recovery? Important Safety Information WARNING: FOR SHORT-TERM HOSPITAL USE ONLY ENTEREG is available only for short-term (15 doses) use in hospitalized patients. Only hospitals that have registered in and met all of the requirements for the ENTEREG Access Support & Education (E.A.S.E.TM) Program may use ENTEREG. • ENTEREG is contraindicated in patients who have taken therapeutic doses of opioids for more than 7 consecutive days immediately prior to taking ENTEREG • There were more reports of myocardial infarctions in patients treated with alvimopan 0.5 mg twice daily compared with placebo-treated patients in a 12-month study of patients treated with opioids for chronic pain. In this study, the majority of myocardial infarctions occurred between 1 and 4 months after initiation of treatment. This imbalance has not been observed in other studies of alvimopan, including studies of patients undergoing bowel resection surgery who received alvimopan 12 mg twice daily for up to 7 days. A causal relationship with alvimopan has not been established Reference: 1. ENTEREG Prescribing Information. Exton, PA: Adolor Corporation; 2008.
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