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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