Abdominal Pain

Although a restrictive strategy for cholecystectomy reduced the operation rate by 8.3% at 5 years vs. usual care for patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis, the proportion of patients who were pain free did not differ between groups.

Tofacitinib “should be considered as a treatment option” for patients with refractory celiac disease type 2 who previously failed treatment with therapies such as budesonide, according to data in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Reintroduction of fructans and galacto-oligosaccharides was linked to worsened abdominal pain among patients with irritable bowel syndrome who had responded to the low-FODMAP diet, according to research.

WASHINGTON — Mebeverine was not superior to placebo for the treatment of pediatric irritable bowel syndrome and functional abdominal pain, although active drug labeling significantly improved treatment success, researchers reported.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Hydralazine-induced autoimmune conditions may have a varied presentation, including drug-induced lupus or vasculitis, according to a speaker, here.

Long delays in endometriosis diagnosis are the result of factors spanning from lack of patient and provider awareness to insurance issues. Physicians should consider endometriosis when patients present with abdominal pain, an expert said.

Cyclic pain, particularly in the abdomen, that impacts day-to-day life is not normal. Health care providers should always consider endometriosis as a possibility if patients present with such symptoms.

Delays in endometriosis diagnosis and care may be due to the normalization of female pelvic pain, lack of endometriosis awareness among both patients and providers, and health care access issues.

Once-daily Rinvoq 45 mg provided “rapid relief” of stool frequency and abdominal pain score within the first week of induction therapy in patients with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease, according to a data analysis.