Treatment
Irritable bowel syndrome is treated by focusing on alleviating the symptoms of the disorder so that the patient can achieve normal bowel movements. This involves making certain lifestyle changes to suit the treatment and prevent possible future occurrence. Some of these lifestyle changes have to do with what you eat—many doctors advice to avoid gluten and eat more high fiber foods.
There are a number of medications that work for IBS, and your doctor might prescribe additional drugs to help with diarrhea or constipation, as the case may be. Some of the medications are listed below:
- Alosetron (Lotronex)
- Rifaximin (Xifaxan)
- Linaclotide (Linzess)
- Eluxadoline (Viberzi)
- Lubiprostone (Amitiza). [4]