Pharmacotherapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Camilleri M1, Ford AC2. J Clin Med. 2017 Oct 27;6(11). pii: E101. doi: 10.3390/jcm6110101. |
Author information 1 Clinical Enteric Neuroscience Translational and Epidemiological Research (C.E.N.T.E.R.) and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street S.W., Rochester, MN 55905, USA. camilleri.michael@mayo.edu. 2 Leeds Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Leeds and Leeds Gastroenterology Institute, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK. alexf12399@yahoo.com. Abstract Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a disorder of the brain-gut axis; the pathophysiological mechanisms include altered colonic motility, bile acid metabolism, neurohormonal regulation, immune dysfunction, alterations in the epithelial barrier and secretory properties of the gut. This article reviews the mechanisms, efficacy, and safety of current pharmacotherapy, and medications that are in phase III trials for the treatment of IBS. There remains a significant unmet need for effective treatments-particularly for the pain component of IBS-although the introduction of drugs directed at secretion, motility and a non-absorbable antibiotic provide options for the boweldysfunction in IBS. |
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