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Prepared for Onikepe | Delivered May 31, 2020
IBS Medications
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Goals
To inform product research by compiling a comprehensive list of all medications for IBS, including what the medications are and a brief description of how each medication is used.
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Early Findings
Initial Findings
In order to develop a comprehensive listing of all medication used to treat IBS, the research team identified pre-compiled listings of IBS medications from medical media, hospitals, medical research and other credible sources.
The Mayo Clinic currently reports
twelve categories
of medications used to treat IBS: fiber supplements (e.g., Metamucil), laxatives (e.g., Miralax), anti-diarrheal medications (e.g., Imodium), anticholinergic medications (e.g., Bentyl), tricyclic antidepressants (e.g., Tofranil), SSRI antidepressants (e.g., Prozac), pain medications (e.g., Lyrica), alosetron (lotronex), eluxadoline (viberzi), refaximini (xifaxan), bubiprostone (amitiza) and linaclotiede (linzess).
WebMD highlights several
other medications
that have been shown to be effective in addressing IBS and its associated symptoms (e.g., bloating and abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea): probiotics, antispasmodics, bile acid sequestrants, Tenapanor (IBSRELA), Tegaserod, Plecanatide (Trulance) and Polyethylene glycol (PEG).
Separately, WebMD recommends additional
medications to treat IBS with diarrhea
, including simethicone (Gas-X, Mylicon).
Pharmacy Times published a listing of the newest IBS agents approved by the FDA, which adds
lubisprostone
to the inventories highlighted by the preceeding resources.
Additionally, NIH recommends the use of
coated peppermint oil capsules
as an alternative medication to be used in conjunction with those discussed by other outlets.
Separately, IBS Diets suggests several other medication options for both IBS-D and IBS-C, such as
calcium supplements and ispaghula husk
.
Drugs.com provides perhaps the most comprehensive, single listing of specific medications used to treat IBS, with an
inventory of 76
prescription, over the counter and off label drug suggestions.
Meanwhile, the IBS medication inventories by other credible resources (e.g.,
Verywell Health
,
Medical News Today
,
Harvard Health Publishing
) reiterate those stated by the previously listed resources, suggesting that combined reporting of the preceding outlets is comprehensive.
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