Current and emerging pharmacotherapeutic options for irritable bowel syndrome

Drugs

Volumn 74, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1849-1870

  Barboza, Jose L ^a   Talley, Nicholas J ^b,c   Moshiree, Baharak ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BILE ACID SEQUESTRANT; CIMETROPIUM; CITALOPRAM; DESIPRAMINE; DEXTRIN; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; ISPAGULA; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; LUBIPROSTONE; MEBEVERINE; MELATONIN; METHYLCELLULOSE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; OTILONIUM BROMIDE; PAROXETINE; PEPPERMINT OIL; POLYCARBOPHIL; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SCOPOLAMINE; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIMEBUTINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; YOGHURT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BLOATING; BRAN; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEDATION; STUDY DESIGN; TREATMENT DURATION; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84921935845     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: 11791950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40265-014-0292-7     Document Type: Review

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