How do SSRIs help patients with irritable bowel syndrome?
review · Level V
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Abstract
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants seem to promote global well being in some patients with irritable bowel syndrome and, possibly, some improvement in abdominal pain and bowel symptoms, but this effect appears to be independent of improved depression
Medical subject headings
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors