Method of treating ileus by pharmacological activation of cholinergic receptors

摘要

A method of treating ileus in a subject by administering to the subject an effective amount of a pharmacological agent that increases the activity of cholinergic receptor in a subject. Examples of pharmacological agents are brain muscarinic agonist, cholinergic agonist or cholinesterase inhibitor. The methods of the present invention can be used to treat ileus caused by abdominal surgery, or administration of narcotics or chemotherapeutic agents such as during cancer chemotherapy.