Disease index

chronic constipation

Gastroenterology · 2007–2011

3decisions
2medicines
0carried consumer input
0individual submissions

Every decision here pre-dates the consumer comments facility, so no input would be recorded either way.

Every decision

MedicineMeetingOutcomeConsumer input
prucalopride Treatment of moderate to severe chronic functional constipation in adults who are intolerant to or not adequately controlled with both bulk forming agents and… Nov 2011 Not recommended no section in document
macrogol 3350 plus electrolytes Chronic constipation or faecal impaction not adequately controlled with first-line interventions such as bulk-forming agents; also for constipation in patients… Nov 2007 Recommended with restriction no section in document
macrogol 3350 plus electrolytes Chronic constipation or faecal impaction not adequately controlled with first-line interventions such as bulk-forming agents; also for constipation in patients… Nov 2007 Recommended with restriction no section in document

What the PBS pays

$50M in government benefit over 2024–25, across 2,879,974 services.

This is spend on the medicines considered for this condition, not spend on the disease. A medicine used for several conditions is counted in full under each, so figures across conditions add to more than national PBS expenditure.

MedicineGovernment benefit
macrogol 3350 $24.9M
macrogol 3350 plus electrolytes $24.9M

Appraised elsewhere

NICE, in England and Wales, has appraised 1 technology for this condition, recommending 1 . A different committee, a different population and a different price: this is what has been looked at there, not a verdict on what happened here.

TechnologyAppraisalOutcomeDate
prucalopridePrucalopride for the treatment of chronic constipation in women TA211 recommended restricted 2010-12

Conditions are classified by a language model from the indication text of each submission, so an individual label here can be wrong. Consumer input is read from the document's own consumer comments section: 0 of 0 decisions since 2014 carried some. Silence means no comment reached the committee through that facility, not that nobody was affected. More on how this was built.