Lubiprostone - how long do you have to be on the medicine to have a bowel movement?

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19 Oct 2009

Clinical studies have shown that spontaneous bowel movements are normally experienced by the end of 1 week of treatment with Lubiprostone (Amitiza)
See: http://www.drugs.com/pro/amitiza.html#section-4.1 for details.

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