Treatment of non-inflammatory and non-infectious bowel disorders
OwnerThomas J. Borodyinventor
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Abstract
A medicine for treating non-inflammatory and non-infectious bowel disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, non-ulcer dyspepsia, gastro-oesophageal reflux with or without oesophagitis, and diverticular disease, comprising a salicylic acid derivative, such as any one of sulfasalazine, 5-aminosalicylic acid, 4-aminosalicylic acid, and benzalazine, or a combination of any two or more thereof. The treatment of those disorders comprises taking the medicine by mouth to provide a dosage rate of the salicylic acid derivative of from 200 mg to 18 g per day.
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A method of treating non-inflammatory bowel disorders, said method consisting essentially of the step of administering to a patient suffering form said non-inflammatory bowel disorder with from 200 mg to 18 g per day of an anti-inflammatory agent selected from a salicylic acid derivative.
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