International Survey of Patients With IBS

2009229 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Douglas A. Drossman · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Carolyn Morris · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Susan E. Schneck · International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

Yuming Hu · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Nancy J. Norton · International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

William F. Norton · International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

Abstract

Patients accessing IBS informational websites report moderate-to-severe impairments in health status, and would take considerable risk to obtain symptom benefit. There is an unmet need to find effective treatments for patients with IBS and regulatory agencies might consider raising risk-benefit ratios when approving new medications for IBS.

Topics & Keywords

Gastrointestinal motility and disorders Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hiccups

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volume 43, Issue 6, pp. 541-550

DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0b013e318189a7f9

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