Herbal Therapy is Equivalent to Rifaximin for the Treatment of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth:

Global Advances in Health and Medicine

VictorChedid¹ 

关键词: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS);    rifaximin;    Antibiotics;    Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO);    Dysbiosis;    Complementary;    Alternative Medicine (CAM);    Herbal Therapies;   

DOI  :  10.7453/gahmj.2014.019

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Objective:Patients with small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) have chronic intestinal and extraintestinal symptomatology which adversely affects their quality of life. Present treatment of SIBO is limited to oral antibiotics with variable success. A growing number of patients are interested in using complementary and alternative therapies for their gastrointestinal health. The objective was to determine the remission rate of SIBO using either the antibiotic rifaximin or herbals in a tertiary care referral gastroenterology practice.Design:One hundred and four patients who tested positive for newly diagnosed SIBO by lactulose breath testing (LBT) were offered either rifaximin 1200 mg daily vs herbal therapy for 4 weeks with repeat LBT post-treatment.Results:Three hundred ninety-six patients underwent LBT for suspected SIBO, of which 251 (63.4%) were positive 165 underwent treatment and 104 had a follow-up LBT. Of the 37 patients who received herbal therapy, 17 (46%) had a negative follow-up LBT compar...

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