Dig Dis 2001;19(3):244-50
"Update In The Therapeutic Management Of
Irritable Bowel Syndrome."
Conclusions:
It is not likely that one single treatment will help every IBS patient and many of them will need a more complex approach with multidisciplinary therapy: |
| 1. | Diet [to identify and eliminate food intolerances and other dietary factors] | | 2. | Psychotherapeutics [to reduce the stress/anxiety component] | | 3. | Medications [as needed to relieve symptoms] |
|
| 
IBS Treatment that involves only medications will never be as effective as an approach directed towards isolating and solving the patient's dietary and stress/anxiety factors in an integrated Disease Manag-ment approach. |
|
