Borland-Groover Clinic will conduct clinical trial of new treatment for chronic constipation
By Charlie Patton, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville | |
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Most people who deal with chronic constipation (defined as two or fewer spontaneous bowel movements a week) generally must rely on over-the-counter medications. There are a couple of prescription medications available, but they aren't particularly effective and tend to be very expensive because most insurance companies don't cover them, Misra said.
Now Borland-Groover will conduct a clinical trial of a device called Vibrant, a capsule that can be programmed to vibrate in the large intestine, which helps produce an increase in spontaneous bowel movements in a person who swallows it. The capsule, which is non-chemical, begins vibrating eight hours after being swallowed and eventually leaves the body during a bowel movement.
The device is about the size of a large multi-vitamin. Manufactured by
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