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Constipação intestinal e uso de opioide Rev Bras Promoç Saúde, Fortaleza, 30(2): 275-282, abr./jun., 2017 275Constipação intestinal e uso de opioide "analgesic opioids", "constipation" and "pain" in English, Portuguese and Spanish, correlated ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the impact of Opioid-Induced Constipation (OIC) in the literature through the identifi cation of the risk factors, symptoms and treatments. Methods: We carried out a review of scientifi c publications available in the Virtual Health Library (VHL), the Scientifi c Electronic Library Online (SciELO), the Latin-American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (LILACS) and the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE) databases. The search was carried out using the descriptors