Nov. 2, 2005 (Honolulu) — Several gastrointestinal disorders beyond traveler's diarrhea respond to rifaximin (Xifaxan), according to investigators who presented their findings here at the 70th annual ...

Because patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can have alterations in bacterial bowel flora, antibiotic therapies have been proposed. To investigate whether antibiotic therapy is effective, ...

An antibiotic therapy is the first potential drug treatment to offer symptom relief in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) even after the medication is discontinued, according to investigators.

On the whole, treatment is more efficacious for individual symptoms of IBS than for global symptoms. There are no randomized controlled trial (RCT) data on laxatives in IBS, but a single small study ...

Most Medicare Part D prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage plans with drug coverage include rifaximin (Xifaxan) for irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D) and overt hepatic ...

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Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Key Takeaways IBS can be categorized by symptoms into IBS-C, IBS-D, and IBS-M.Effective treatments for IBS include diet changes, fiber supplements, and stress ...

Picture this: you’re at your local chai stall in Mumbai, finally sinking your teeth into that vada pav you’ve been daydreaming about since morning, the spicy chutney hitting all the right spots while ...