Su1591 – Communication Between Clinicians and Patients with Chronic Idiopathic Constipation Or Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Constipation: An Ethnographic Study of Office Visits

Lower and Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms Differ Between Individuals With Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Constipation or Chronic Idiopathic Constipation

Background/Aims We evaluated the distribution of lower and upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms among individuals with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) and chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) in a nationwide survey. Methods Individuals (≥ 18 years of age) were identified from a nationwide sample of ＞ 70 000 United States adults. Participants completed the National Institut...

Linaclotide (Linzess) for Irritable Bowel syndrome With Constipation and For Chronic Idiopathic Constipation.

Linaclotide (Linzess) for irritable bowel syndrome with constipation and for chronic idiopathic constipation.

Comparison of colonic transit time between patients with constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome and functional constipation.

BACKGROUND/AIM Functional constipation (FC) and constipation-predominant IBS (C-IBS) are two main subtypes of constipation. Using radio-opaque markers is an easy and cost effective method to measure colonic transit time (CTT). We designed this study to compare the CTT between these two groups of constipated patients. METHODS Patients with chronic constipation of no organic etiology were class...

IBS-C irritable bowel syndrome with constipation

Safety and efficacy of tegaserod therapy in patients with irritable bowel syndrome or chronic constipation.

BACKGROUND Tegaserod, a 5-HT4 agonist, is effective for treating irritable bowel syndrome and chronic constipation. However, sales of this drug were recently suspended due to concerns about a higher rate of cardiovascular events in patients receiving tegaserod over placebo in clinical trials. Our aim was to review patients in our practice prescribed tegaserod to determine if any of them had suf...