They create a vibrating pill to end constipation: this is how it works

by time news

A new vibrating pill against constipation, which does not release any chemicals into the body, is currently available in the United States. According to the results of the clinical trial that has led to its approval by the FDA (the regulatory entity for health products in the US), the method managed to produce at least one additional bowel movement each week with daily use by 41%. of the participants.

A novel mechanism of action

As described by the medical news portal Medscape, the device is eat at bedtime. After being swallowed, it vibrates for two hours, ceases its activity, and then vibrates for two more hours.

The vibrations, details the company in a press release cited by the newspaper, they are of low intensity and they are distributed in an alternation of three seconds vibrating and three seconds without vibrating.

The idea is that these vibrations help trigger peristalsis, the wave-like muscle contractions that occur throughout the gastrointestinal tract and propel food through it. A decrease in peristalsis is a common cause of constipation, which is defined in medical terms as fewer than three bowel movements (or bowel movements) each week.

A few participants could feel the vibration

The device, as it does not have a mechanism of action of a chemical nature, is considered a class 2 medical device, which equates it to, for example, prescription glasses. It is made with medical grade materials. Does not dissolve in the bodybut the body expels it with the feces and (logically) it is discarded.

An interesting aspect is that most of the participants in the clinical trial I didn’t feel the pickup vibrating inside your intestine. A small part did report this, although at no time did they report an unpleasant sensation and none of the subjects stopped using it for this reason.

References

Lisa O’Mary. Vibrating Pill for Constipation Now Avaliable. Medscape (2023). Viewed online at https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/988085 on 02/16/2023.

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