KITS AND METHODS FOR ALLEVIATION OF LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS IN A HUMAN PATIENT

摘要

A method of alleviating a lower GI symptom in a human patient afflicted with a lower GI disorder and a method of treating a human patient afflicted with a lower GI disorder, including, for example, a patient afflicted with irritable bowel syndrome or a patient afflicted with functional diarrhea, are provided. Each of these methods comprises inhibiting gastric secretion by the patient, such as by administering to the patient a pharmaceutical preparation comprising an effective amount of an inhibitor of gastric secretion.