Salix Pharmaceuticals kicked off its Let's Talk 2 campaign, for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month.
Here's what you should know.
1. The campaign encourages patients to talk openly with their providers about their IBS and its associated symptoms.
2. Salix created a new website for patients to gain more information on IBS, including common triggers, possible causes and different treatments.
http://www.letstalk-2.com/
3. International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders Executive Director Ceciel Rooker said, "We are so pleased to endorse the Let's Talk 2 campaign, created and led by such a leader in gastroenterology as Salix, on this important initiative to educate Americans about IBS. The campaign and resources will support our shared goal of helping people go from symptom onset to diagnosis much faster by educating around the potential causes and symptoms of IBS-D and encouraging more direct conversations with physicians."