David April 7th, 2007

As you probably already know, Zelnorm is a medicine used for the short-term treatment of women who have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with constipation (hard stools or difficulty passing stools) as their main bowel problem.

In 2002, the Novartis drug Zelnorm became the first and only prescription medication approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the short-term treatment of women with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) whose primary bowel symptom is constipation.

On March 30 2007, Novartis announced that it is complying with an FDA request to suspend marketing of Zelnorm. It’s

According to their web site, “A recent analysis of clinical trial data identified a small imbalance that was statistically significant in the number of cardiovascular ischemic events in patients taking Zelnorm. These events included heart attack, stroke and unstable angina. They occurred primarily in patients who had pre-existing cardiovascular disease and/or cardiovascular risk factors. There is no demonstrated causal relationship between Zelnorm and these events.”

Bottom line: Stop taking Zelnorm immediately and contact your doctor for further instructions. When the FDA pulls something off the shelves, it’s obviously very dangerous to take.

For more information visit medicinenet.com

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