Letters
Irritable bowel syndrome
Why pills more than skills?
BMJ 2009; 338 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a3148 (Published 06 January 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:a3148
- Gregory A Plotnikoff, medical director1,
- Mark B Weisberg, clinical health psychologist2
- 1Penny George Institute for Health and Healing, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN 55407, USA
- 2Minnesota Head and Neck Pain Clinic, St Paul, MN 55114, USA
- gregory.plotnikoff{at}allina.com
The effectiveness of fibre, antispasmodic drugs, and peppermint oil in irritable bowel syndrome should further increase interest in other low cost, low toxicity interventions.1 2
The heavy emphasis on pharmacotherapy found in so many British and US guidelines on irritable bowel syndrome results in continuing monthly expenditures for …
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