treating irritable bowel syndrome

January 2001

We're getting questions about treating irritable bowel syndrome...since Lotronex (alosetron) has been taken off the market.

Lotronex was introduced in the U.S. last March...for women with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

Now it has been discontinued due to reports of ischemic colitis and severe constipation...including several deaths.

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Table of Contents

Cardiology Teveten (eprosartan), a new angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB)
Cardiology Diovan for heart failure
Gastroenterology new option for bowel cleansing prior to a colonoscopy called Visicol
Iron new injectable forms of iron
3TC (lamivudine) is now approved for HIV/AIDS in children
getting HIV patients to take at least 95% of their antiretroviral meds on time
Enbrel, a new drug for rheumatoid arthritis
IBS treating irritable bowel syndrome
Infectious Diseases Typherix, a new IM vaccine for typhoid fever
Infectious Diseases the trend to write "if-needed" antibiotic Rxs
Some physicians in the U.S. will start getting samples of GENERICS
Supplements using NADH for jet lag
more physicians treat migraines in teenagers with triptans