[8] Nondigestible sugars (lactulose and sorbitol) are also osmotic laxatives. However, the former (lactulose) may be broken down by colonic flora and produce an uncomfortable amount of gas.

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2 Department of Gastroenterology, St Mark’s Hospital, Harrow, UK 3 Department of Gastroenterology, Llandough Hospital, Penarth, UK 4 Department of Gastroenterology, St James’s University Hospital, ...

8/20 postinfection IBS (PI-IBS) and 3/19 constipation- predominant IBS had high PA (>95th percentile ... A sample size of 10/group is sufficient to detect 26% difference (effect size) in cumulative ...