2 Weeks of Antibiotic Therapy Relieves IBS
2 Weeks of Antibiotic Therapy Relieves IBS
Study Shows Rifaximin Helps Ease Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Another doctor, Christine Frissora, MD, an associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, says the results ''show promise."
She was not involved in the studies but has been prescribing rifaximin for IBS patients with the non-constipation form “off-label.” Off-label refers to uses that have not been approved by the FDA.
As for the new study findings, she says, "they won't change my practice but they will probably encourage other doctors to try it, especially primary care doctors who may not [yet] know about this data."
"The patients who have diarrhea, cramping, urgency and frequency, gas and bloating will be most likely to respond," she says.
It could also work, she says, in those with constipation. "We just don't know yet."
Pimentel says he is studying those patients now.
Frissora reports research funding from Tioga Pharmaceuticals for a study of an IBS drug and serving on the speakers bureaus for Prometheus Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Salix Pharmaceuticals, and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America.
2 Weeks of Antibiotic Therapy Relieves IBS
Study Shows Rifaximin Helps Ease Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Rifaximin for IBS: Second Opinion continued...
Another doctor, Christine Frissora, MD, an associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, says the results ''show promise."
She was not involved in the studies but has been prescribing rifaximin for IBS patients with the non-constipation form “off-label.” Off-label refers to uses that have not been approved by the FDA.
As for the new study findings, she says, "they won't change my practice but they will probably encourage other doctors to try it, especially primary care doctors who may not [yet] know about this data."
"The patients who have diarrhea, cramping, urgency and frequency, gas and bloating will be most likely to respond," she says.
It could also work, she says, in those with constipation. "We just don't know yet."
Pimentel says he is studying those patients now.
Frissora reports research funding from Tioga Pharmaceuticals for a study of an IBS drug and serving on the speakers bureaus for Prometheus Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Salix Pharmaceuticals, and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America.
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