Medicine for treating gastrointestinal disorder including irritable bowel syndrome
OwnerJames Lundeeninventor
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Abstract
A method of treating a spinal injury in a patient presenting symptoms comprising irritable bowel syndrome, the method including administering a dose of a medicine to the patient presenting the irritable bowel syndrome, the medicine including a tricyclic antidepressant and a stool softener, in which the dose contains a quantity of the tricyclic antidepressant determined to be effective to treat the irritable bowel syndrome in combination with the stool softener but to be not effective to treat any psychiatric disorder in the patient.
Claims20
A method of treating a spinal injury in a patient presenting symptoms comprising irritable bowel syndrome, the method comprising:
- administering a dose of a medicine to the patient presenting the irritable bowel syndrome, the medicine comprising
- a tricyclic antidepressant in an amount from about 10 milligrams per day to about 100 milligrams per day, and
- a stool softener,
- wherein the dose contains a quantity of the tricyclic antidepressant determined to be effective to treat the irritable bowel syndrome in combination with the stool softener but to be not effective to treat any psychiatric disorder in the patient.
A method of treating a spinal injury in a patient presenting symptoms comprising irritable bowel syndrome, the method comprising:
- determining effective dosages of ingredients of a medicine, the ingredients comprising
- a tricyclic antidepressant in an amount from about 10 milligrams per day to about 100 milligrams per day, and
- a stool softener,
- wherein the effective dosages comprise a quantity of the tricyclic antidepressant effective to treat the irritable bowel syndrome but not effective to treat any psychiatric disorder in the patient;
- and
- administering the medicine to the patient.
A method of treating a spinal injury in a patient presenting symptoms comprising irritable bowel syndrome and clinical depression, the method comprising:
- determining effective dosages of ingredients for a medicine, the ingredients comprising
- a tricyclic antidepressant in an amount from about 10 milligrams per day to about 100 milligrams per day, and
- a stool softener,
- wherein the effective dosages comprise a quantity of the tricyclic antidepressant effective to treat the irritable bowel syndrome in combination with the stool softener but not effective to treat the clinical depression in the patient;
- administering the medicine to the patient;
- and
- treating the patient's psychiatric condition with an agent other than the tricyclic antidepressant.
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