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Old July 4th, 2004, 09:35
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Health and Drug Alert: Tegaserod (Zelnorm) for irritable bowel syndrome
this alert from the Canadian Medical Association Journal, states that about 1 out of 10 people on tegaserod (tradename=Zelnorm) will experience mild diarrhea, about 1 out of 250 will experience severe diarrhea (sometimes requiring hospital admission for dehydration), and intestinal ischemia in less than 1 in 11,000. The recommendation is to use this medication cautiously, and only in patients with moderate to severe irritable bowel syndrome.

CMAJ • June 22, 2004; 170 (13). doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040882

http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/170/13/1908
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