Reuters (9/25, Rapaport) reports a study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology suggests that patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may feel relief from antidepressants or psychotherapy. Researchers looked at data from 53 trials which “compared the effects of antidepressants or psychotherapy, either alone or in combination, versus placebo treatments or ‘usual management’ in people with IBS” and concluded that “rates of ‘no relief’ were highest with placebo treatments.” Patients were 34 percent “less likely to have no relief from antidepressants and 31 percent less likely to get no relief from psychotherapy.”
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— “Antidepressants, psychotherapy may help ease irritable bowel syndrome, “Lisa Rapaport, Reuters, September 25, 2018.