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Do you prescribe a low-dose tricyclic antidepressant as a gut-brain neuromodulator for a patient with IBS that has not responded to dietary modification and first-line pharmacotherapy?

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Gastroenterology · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Yes, I do. In fact, I consider a tricyclic like imipramine (highest GI effects) to be first-line pharmacotherapy.

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