concern about serious GI side effects with Lotronex

August 2000

Lotronex (alosetron) hit the market recently with a lot of enthusiasm as the first drug for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)...but now there's concern about serious GI side effects with Lotronex.

There are reports of complications from severe constipation and ischemic colitis in patients taking Lotronex.

Lotronex is approved only for WOMEN who have DIARRHEA as their predominant symptom of IBS.

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