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Functional constipation (6-17 years of age) patient profile

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Meet a patient with functional constipation

Functional Constipation (FC) 6 to 17 years of age

Not an 
actual patient.

Meet Zoey,

A 12-year-old middle schooler

  • Experienced constipation symptoms since second grade1
  • Recommended OTC laxatives and fiber supplements by her pediatrician1
  • Parents feel Zoey’s symptoms are extremely bothersome to her daily life2

Signs and symptoms

Abnormal stool frequency1,3

  • 1 to 3 bowel movements per week

Excessive purposeful stool retention1

  • Zoey voluntarily withholds her bowel movements

Symptom recurrence

  • OTCs and laxatives were helping, but symptoms persisted

Treatment goal

Find Zoey a treatment that may improve her abnormal stool frequency due to functional constipation.

Not an actual patient.

Infrequent bowel movements can be distressing to pediatric patients with functional constipation and their caregivers2

In an online survey of 147 caregivers2:

58%

feel that constipation symptoms are extremely or mostly bothersome to the lives of their children*

72%

have children who currently use or have previously used OTC laxatives to treat their functional constipation

13%

are extremely or mostly satisfied with current treatment options†

OTC, over the counter.

*Based on a 2022 survey of 147 caregivers of children and adolescents with constipation; 58% felt constipation symptoms were extremely or mostly bothersome, 35% somewhat bothersome, 7% less bothersome, and 1% were not at all bothersome.2

†Based on a 2022 survey of 147 caregivers of children and adolescents with constipation; 13% were extremely or mostly satisfied, 53% somewhat satisfied, 27% less satisfied, and 7% were not all satisfied with current treatment options.2

Functional constipation mechanism of action