The fourth Tutorial for Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialists was conducted by Dr. Mariya Tambawala on 15th December 2022. 22 CTCS attended the same. The agenda was set as follows:
1) Case presentation and Discussion by Dr. Harshita Pandey
2) Discussion on How to Manage Constipation in patients – home-based remedies – Dr. Supriya Wadhwa
3) Pentasure Fiber as a therapeutic agent for Constipation management – by Mr.Arsh Sharma
The importance of tobacco cessation preoperatively was highlighted and managing the patient immediately postop and complete tobacco cessation for all patients with sequential therapy was discussed.
Constipation the commonest withdrawal symptom of patients on quit tobacco programs has to be managed intelligently and with the ready availability of soluble fiber such as Pentasure fiber, it has become easy to manage constipation in these patients.
Tobacco MARSHAL and their role was highlighted in the end.
