Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatments for irritable bowel syndrome.

Reviewed February 2009

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Title:   Psychological treatments for the management of irritable bowel syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In this review, the effectiveness of psychological therapies for adult patients with irritable bowel syndrome was evaluated. Studies involving cognitive behavioural therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy and relaxation therapy or stress management were re...
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Tegaserod for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome and chronic constipation
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic, relapsing condition characterized by the presence of abdominal pain and disturbed bowel habit. Symptoms of chronic constipation frequently resemble those of constipation-predominant IBS. Tegaserod (4 or 12 mg...
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Hypnotherapy for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Studies of hypnotherapy for treatment of IBS.Only a small number of studies of hypnotherapy have been performed and the way these studies were carried out was not up to a high standard. Hypnotherapy was either compared with standard treatment of IBS, wi...
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Psychosocial interventions for recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in childhood
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Between 4% and 25% of school age children complain of stomach aches / recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) which is severe enough to interfere with their daily activities. For most such children, no organic cause for their pain can be found on physical examin...
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   Herbal medicines for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The use of herbal medicines for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome is popular. Traditional Chinese herbal medicine is a common practice in the East, and some clinical trials show a benefit of herbal medicines for symptomatic treatment of this con...
Date:   Nov 2005
Title:   Bulking agents, antispasmodic and antidepressant medication for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The results of this review suggest that antispasmodic agents may be effective for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Antispasmodic drugs may improve abdominal pain and patients' overall assessment of their IBS symptoms. This review found no ev...
Date:   Feb 2005
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