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New Drug Treatment for IBS in Women. NOTE: On March 30, 2007 the FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients that Novartis has agreed to discontinue marketing Zelnorm, a drug used for the short-term treatment of women with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation and for patients younger than 65 years of age with chronic constipation.
Patients with IBS-D showed a statistically significant improvement in abdominal pain and diarrhea after a 12-week course of mesalamine granules (1500 mg), a form of mesalamine or 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) which is an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat inflammatory disorders of the digestive tract such as ulcerative colitis and mild-to-moderate Crohn's disease.