Lower GI drugs
Therapeutic uses for lower GI drugs
- drugs that target the lower GI tract are divided into 4 general categories:
- PROKINETIC AGENTS: powerful stimulators of motility (act throughout the entire GI tract)
- ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENTS: some have very specific uses
- LAXATIVES and CATHARTICS: affect the lower GI tract only
- IBS TREATMENTS: can include agents from the other 3 classes