Role of pinaverium bromide in south Indian patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-88041
ABSTRACT
The effect of pinaverium bromide in controlling gastrointestinal symptoms in 61 patients with irritable bowel syndrome was studied, as an open trial. Individually, there was significant relief in abdominal discomfort/pain as well as in bowel symptoms in most of the patients. Abdominal pain was reduced in 49%, stool consistency improved in 74%, straining and urgency decreased in 71% and mucus decreased in 64%. Tolerance to the drug administered was good and side-effects reported were few.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Parasympatholytics
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Morpholines
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Probability
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Follow-Up Studies
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Treatment Outcome
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Colonic Diseases, Functional
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
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