Article: Japanese Inventors Develop Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment Method

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 27 -- Akito Nishida, Akira Niwa and Yutaka Atsuta, all from Tokyo, have developed an irritable bowel syndrome treating agent.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "therapeutic method and pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome including non-constipated irritable bowel syndrome such as diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome and alternating constipation/diarrhea irritable bowel syndrome in male and female patients, which may comprise administering a patient with from 0.001 to 0.05 milligram of ramosetron hydrochloride as a daily dose or an equivalent molar amount of ramosetron or its ...

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