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Review
. 2006 Aug;55(8):1065-7.
doi: 10.1136/gut.2005.086348.

How do SSRIs help patients with irritable bowel syndrome?

F Creed  1
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How do SSRIs help patients with irritable bowel syndrome?

F Creed. Gut. 2006 Aug.

Abstract

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants seem to promote global well being in some patients with irritable bowel syndrome and, possibly, some improvement in abdominal pain and bowel symptoms, but this effect appears to be independent of improved depression

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