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In Brief: Tegaserod (Zelnorm) Returns
Date: May 6, 2019 Issue #:  1571Summary:  Tegaserod maleate(Zelnorm), a 5-HT4 receptor partial agonist that increases gastrointestinal (GI) motility, was approved by the FDA in 2002 for short-term treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) in women and in 2004 for treatment of chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) in adults<65 years old.In 2007, the manufacturer (Novartis) complied with an FDA request to stop marketing the drug based on an unpublished retrospective analysis of clinical trials in IBS-C and other GI motility disorders that showed a higher rate of ischemic ...
Source: The Medical Letter - April 26, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: admin Tags: Constipation irritable bowel syndrome Motegrity prucalopride Resotran Tegaserod Zelnorm Source Type: research