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EasyGastrointestinalIrritable bowel syndromeuk-plab-1

A 34-year-old woman presents with episodic crampy abdominal pain relieved by defaecation, bloating and alternating constipation and diarrhoea over 6 months. Colonoscopy is normal. What is the most appropriate first-line pharmacological treatment for symptom control?

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