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Diarrhea Prescription Medications

There is only a single medication that has been approved for diarrhea predominant IBS. LOTRONEX® is a medicine only for some women with severe chronic IBS whose main problem is diarrhea and IBS symptoms have not been helped enough by other treatments. Some patients have developed serious bowel side effects while taking LOTRONEX.

• Yesterday, 09:40 PM
• In: Taking ramosetron - Anyone ...
• By: ramosetron_user 

Constipation Prescription Medications

AMITIZA® is the only prescription medicine approved by the FDA to treat adults with IBS-C and Chronic Idiopathic Constipation in women 18 years of age and older. “Idiopathic” simply means the cause of the constipation is not known and not due to an underlying illness or medication.

• 19 May 2012 - 10:25 PM
• In: update on prucalopride/resolor
• By: dandycandy