Drug class

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Agents

Irritable bowel syndrome agents constitute a therapeutic class of gastrointestinal medications designed to manage the abdominal pain, discomfort, and altered bowel motility characteristic of irritable bowel syndrome. Read more about Irritable Bowel Syndrome Agents

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Drugs in Irritable Bowel Syndrome Agents

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TRULANCE (plecanatide)

IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME AGENTS · CONSTIPATION PREDOMINANT IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME ·+1
SALIX/BAUSCH HE

XIFAXAN (rifaximin)

RIFAMYCINS · DIARRHEA PREDOMINANT IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME ·+2
SALIX/BAUSCH HE

AMITIZA (lubiprostone)

IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME AGENTS · CONSTIPATION PREDOMINANT IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME ·+2
Takeda Pharmaceuticals America

XIFAXAN (rifaximin)

RIFAMYCINS · DIARRHEA PREDOMINANT IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME ·+2
SALIX PHARMACEU

ALOSETRON HCL

IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME AGENTS · DIARRHEA PREDOMINANT IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
ROXANE/WEST-WAR

ALOSETRON HCL

IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME AGENTS · DIARRHEA PREDOMINANT IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
Amneal Pharmaceuticals

LINZESS (linaclotide)

IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME AGENTS · CONSTIPATION PREDOMINANT IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME ·+2
Allergan
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About Irritable Bowel Syndrome Agents.

Irritable bowel syndrome agents constitute a therapeutic class of gastrointestinal medications designed to manage the abdominal pain, discomfort, and altered bowel motility characteristic of irritable bowel syndrome.

Rather than sharing a single mechanism of action, the class encompasses diverse pharmacologic subclasses tailored to specific disease subtypes, including chloride channel activators, guanylate cyclase-C agonists, and sodium-hydrogen exchanger inhibitors that stimulate intestinal fluid secretion to relieve constipation, as well as serotonin 5-HT3 receptor antagonists and mixed opioid receptor modulators that slow transit and reduce visceral hypersensitivity to control diarrhea.

Consequently, these agents are indicated for the management of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) and irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D) in adult patients.