Diarrhea Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS-D): fact or fiction.

Diarrhea Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome IBS (IBS-D) and functional diarrhea constitute 50% of cases treated by gastroenterology specialists and a significant proportion of those treated in a primary physicians practice. The size of the problem and the difficulty in successfully addressing these entities has frustrated patients and physicians alike. The presented data delineates work-up, final diagnoses and clinical outcomes in the largest single clinical retrospective study of 303 patients with an initial presentation of IBS-D and functional diarrhea.