Harvard Health Tips
Constipation and medications
Constipation is a side effect of many prescription and over-the-counter drugs. These include pain medications (especially narcotics), antacids that contain aluminum, antispasmodics, antidepressants, tranquilizers and sedatives, bismuth salts, iron supplements, diuretics, anticholinergics, calcium-channel blockers, and anticonvulsants.…