(June 2, 2022 at 8:02 pm)brewer Wrote: Old people news.You are truly twisted.
A swallowable, vibrating capsule improved symptoms among patients with chronic idiopathic constipation in a phase 3 multicenter, randomized, controlled trial. The method represents a mechanical approach to the treatment of constipation.
The swallowable pill acts by vibrating during passage through the gut, where it is thought to augment colonic biorhythm and peristalsis. Traditional treatments for constipation generally increase motility or secretion.
"That's how we have been managing constipation since time immemorial. Now we have come up with this novel approach, where there's a pill that is designed to increase local oscillations, and probably induce local contractions of the colon to mimic what happens normally," said Satish Rao, MD, PhD, who presented the results of the trial at the annual Digestive Disease Week (DDW).
No longer a need for gerbils.
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