Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome

American Family Physician

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2501-2506

  Hadley, Susan K ^a,c   Gaarder, Stephen M ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Applied Research Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ALOSETRON; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; CISAPRIDE; CLOMIPRAMINE; CLONIDINE; DESIPRAMINE; DICYCLOVERINE; DOXEPIN; GINGER EXTRACT; GUAR GUM; HYOSCYAMINE; LOPERAMIDE; PAROXETINE; PEPPERMINT OIL; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 4 AGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TEGASEROD; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIMIPRAMINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; IRRITABLE COLON; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH EMPTYING; SYNCOPE; WHEAT;

ADULT; ANTIDIARRHEALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LOPERAMIDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT3;

EID: 30344445641     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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