Research highlights IBS drugs offering best risk-benefit odds - ProHealth
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Based on analysis of more than two dozen major clinical trials, two well-studied drug therapies – rifaximin and lubiprostone – offer irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients the best odds of benefit without harmful side effects, according to research led by the GI Motility Lab at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in New York. ... Besides Cedars-Sinai, other centers participating in the research included the School of Medicine at Texas Tech University’s Health Sciences Center; the UCLA Department of Medicine; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; and Harvard Medical School. Funding for the study was provided by the Beatrice and Samuel A. Seaver Foundation. Read the full story >> |
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