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Self-Medication for the Treatment of Abdominal Cramps and Pain—A Real-Life Comparison of Three Frequently Used Preparations
Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), are frequently handled by self-management with over-the-counter (OTC) products such as hyoscine butylbromide (HBB), alone or in combination with paracetamol, and natural products such as peppermint oil. To obtai...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9657472/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36362589 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11216361 |
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author | Storr, Martin Weigmann, Harald Landes, Sabine Michel, Martin C. |
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description | Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), are frequently handled by self-management with over-the-counter (OTC) products such as hyoscine butylbromide (HBB), alone or in combination with paracetamol, and natural products such as peppermint oil. To obtain real-world information, we have performed an anonymous pharmacy-based patient survey among 1686 users of HBB, HBB + paracetamol, and peppermint oil. Based on the distinct but overlapping indications for the three OTC products, multiple logistic regression was applied to compare them in users reporting gastrointestinal cramps and pain, bloating, flatulence, or IBS as cardinal symptoms. All three treatments reduced symptoms and associated impairments of work/daily chores, leisure activities, and sleep by approximately 50%. Based on the four cardinal symptoms and the four dependent continuous variables of interest (change in intensity of symptoms and of the three impairment domains) a total of 16 logistic regression models were applied. HBB, HBB + paracetamol, and peppermint oil had similar reported overall effectiveness in those models. Gender, age, baseline symptom severity, and impairment in one of three domains had small and inconsistent effects on perceived treatment success. We provide evidence that HBB, HBB + paracetamol, and peppermint oil have comparable effectiveness in their approved indications under real-world conditions in an OTC setting. |
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spelling | pubmed-96574722022-11-15 Self-Medication for the Treatment of Abdominal Cramps and Pain—A Real-Life Comparison of Three Frequently Used Preparations Storr, Martin Weigmann, Harald Landes, Sabine Michel, Martin C. J Clin Med Article Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), are frequently handled by self-management with over-the-counter (OTC) products such as hyoscine butylbromide (HBB), alone or in combination with paracetamol, and natural products such as peppermint oil. To obtain real-world information, we have performed an anonymous pharmacy-based patient survey among 1686 users of HBB, HBB + paracetamol, and peppermint oil. Based on the distinct but overlapping indications for the three OTC products, multiple logistic regression was applied to compare them in users reporting gastrointestinal cramps and pain, bloating, flatulence, or IBS as cardinal symptoms. All three treatments reduced symptoms and associated impairments of work/daily chores, leisure activities, and sleep by approximately 50%. Based on the four cardinal symptoms and the four dependent continuous variables of interest (change in intensity of symptoms and of the three impairment domains) a total of 16 logistic regression models were applied. HBB, HBB + paracetamol, and peppermint oil had similar reported overall effectiveness in those models. Gender, age, baseline symptom severity, and impairment in one of three domains had small and inconsistent effects on perceived treatment success. We provide evidence that HBB, HBB + paracetamol, and peppermint oil have comparable effectiveness in their approved indications under real-world conditions in an OTC setting. MDPI 2022-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9657472/ /pubmed/36362589 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11216361 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Storr, Martin Weigmann, Harald Landes, Sabine Michel, Martin C. Self-Medication for the Treatment of Abdominal Cramps and Pain—A Real-Life Comparison of Three Frequently Used Preparations |
title | Self-Medication for the Treatment of Abdominal Cramps and Pain—A Real-Life Comparison of Three Frequently Used Preparations |
title_full | Self-Medication for the Treatment of Abdominal Cramps and Pain—A Real-Life Comparison of Three Frequently Used Preparations |
title_fullStr | Self-Medication for the Treatment of Abdominal Cramps and Pain—A Real-Life Comparison of Three Frequently Used Preparations |
title_full_unstemmed | Self-Medication for the Treatment of Abdominal Cramps and Pain—A Real-Life Comparison of Three Frequently Used Preparations |
title_short | Self-Medication for the Treatment of Abdominal Cramps and Pain—A Real-Life Comparison of Three Frequently Used Preparations |
title_sort | self-medication for the treatment of abdominal cramps and pain—a real-life comparison of three frequently used preparations |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9657472/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36362589 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11216361 |
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