The review supports the novel delivery system of Peppermint Oil in IBgard, a medical food for irritable bowel syndrome.
Here are four things to know:
1. Lucinda Harris, MD, author of the editorial and associate professor of medicine in gastroenterology at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., said, “Not only were global (IBS symptom) scores significantly improved at 24 hours (19.6 percent vs. 10.3 percent) and at four weeks (40 percent vs. 24.3 percent), but additionally four out of eight secondary endpoints (abdominal pain, bloating/distension, pain at evacuation and urgency) were significantly improved.”
2. Dr. Harris also commented on the possible advantage in efficacy and tolerability of the novel delivery system for peppermint oil in IBgard.
3. The IBSREST supports the body of evidence supporting the use of peppermint oil in the management of IBS.
4. One in six Americans suffers from IBS.
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