While there is no cure for IBS, various treatments are available to help manage the condition. Antispasmodics are one of the medications that doctors prescribe to alleviate some of these ...

Dr. Ajay Bakhshi, MD, a gastrointestinologist based in Maryland, points out that an IBS diagnosis is typically given when a ...

IBS has classically been regarded as a “diagnosis of exclusion,” but new research suggested that might be changing with better diagnostic and treatment approaches.

The study, involving 250 IBS patients, compared two treatments: a diet low in fermentable carbohydrates (FODMAPs) and the antispasmodic medication otilonium bromide. Strikingly, of the 196 ...

However, these drugs are limited by their usefulness in only subgroups of IBS patients. The value of antispasmodic agents is probably limited, albeit based on insufficient data. Bulking agents may ...

This medication is an anticholinergic and barbiturate combination, prescribed for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and intestinal inflammation. This medication is a gastrointestinal stimulant and ...

If you are reading this, we assume you are one of "us" – the 1 in 5 people who have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Some of us have diarrhea, some of us have constipation – and some of us get to ...

or an antispasmodic medication used to relieve gut spasms caused by IBS, for eight weeks. Participants were categorized as ‘carriers’ or ‘non-carriers’. Carriers had at least one ...

The study, involving 250 IBS patients, compared two treatments: a diet low in fermentable carbohydrates (FODMAPs) and the antispasmodic medication otilonium bromide. Strikingly, of the 196 patients on ...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a digestive disorder affecting up to 10% of the global population. It is characterised by abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhoea, or constipation. Despite its prevalence ...