For 25 years I suffered from constipation almost daily. I tried everything that came down the road without success. Some days it was bad and on other days it was terrible. Most of you know. In 2006, in a conversation with a next door neighbor, I learned that there existed a prescription drug...

The basics: Food opioids are indigestible peptides that can cause constipation and may be the main cause of constipation for IBS-C (opioid-induced bowel dysfunction). The two most troublesome food opioids are from wheat and milk. Opioids bind to receptors and have sedative, satiating and...