Search results for "Irritable bowel syndrome"
Spotlight on irritable bowel syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) was the focus of two recent studies this month, which analyzed patients with symptoms of diarrhea-predominant IBS and IBS after infectious enteritis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/27/6.htm
27 Jan 2017
In chronic severe functional constipation, electroacupuncture increased complete spontaneous bowel movements
Patients undergoing electroacupuncture experienced a change from baseline in mean complete spontaneous bowel movements per week during the treatment period, and treatment effects were even greater after patients stopped attending the sessions.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/27/9.htm
27 Jan 2017
IBS-D drug should not be prescribed to patients without gallbladders
The FDA suggests that clinicians should consider alternatives to eluxadoline in this population.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/03/24/8.htm
24 Mar 2017
IBS-D drug worked better than placebo in patients already using loperamide
The industry-funded analysis looked at two phase 3 randomized, controlled trials of patients who were randomized to placebo or eluxadoline (75 or 100 mg) twice daily for 26 or 52 weeks.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/04/28/3.htm
28 Apr 2017
Spotlight on FODMAPs
Two studies published this month, a review and a randomized, placebo-controlled trial, looked at the impact of a diet low in fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols (FODMAPs) in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/23/5.htm
23 Jun 2017
ACG updates guideline on diagnosis, management of Crohn's disease
The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) guideline includes a strong recommendation on diagnosis stating that fecal calprotectin is a helpful test that should be considered to help differentiate inflammatory bowel disease from irritable bowel syndrome.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/27/1.htm
27 Apr 2018
Home-based cognitive behavioral therapy improved IBS symptoms
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) who received four sessions of primarily home-based cognitive behavioral therapy had similar symptom improvement to those who went to 10 standard therapy sessions.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/25/2.htm
25 May 2018
In IBS with constipation, plecanatide reduced abdominal pain and increased bowel movements at 12 wk
Clinical judgment will be needed to determine whether the relatively modest improvement in outcomes will be important to patients for whom the drug is considered, according to an accompanying ACP Journal Club commentary.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/27/9.htm
27 Jul 2018
Insufficient evidence to support gluten-free diet for IBS, meta-analysis finds
Included trials evaluated an exclusion diet versus an alternative or usual diet and assessed improvement in either global symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or abdominal pain.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/24/1.htm
24 Aug 2018
New Annals Virtual Patients series features case on irritable bowel syndrome
Annals Virtual Patients is an interactive medical education program that uses virtual patient simulation to test physicians' decision-making skills.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/28/8.htm
28 Sep 2018