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Influence of antidepressants on whole gut and orocaecal transit times in health and irritable bowel syndrome

Background: Antidepressants are used in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome but it is unclear whether any symptomatic improvement is due solely to correction of an associated affective disorder, or whether these drugs have effects on bowel function which may be of therapeutic benefit. Intestinal transit is known to be abnormal in some irritable bowel syndrome patients.