TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of an osmotically active agent on colonic transit
AU - Skoog, S. M.
AU - Bharucha, A. E.
AU - Camilleri, M.
AU - Burton, D. D.
AU - Zinsmeister, A. R.
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - It is unknown if sorbitol, a widely used laxative agent, accelerates colonic transit, and if these effects are modified by concomitant meal ingestion. Colonic transit was assessed by 111In scintigraphy in 40 healthy subjects. After a 24-h scan, subjects received sorbitol (30 mL of 70% solution) or dextrose (30 mL of 70% solution), administered with or without a meal. Colonic transit, breath hydrogen excretion, and symptom scores were recorded for 4 h thereafter. VAS scores for flatulence, but not other symptoms increased (P = 0.004) by 13.1 ± 6.3 mm (mean ± SEM) on a 100 mm scale after sorbitol alone or sorbitol with a meal (by 18.9 ± 7.2 mm), but not after dextrose. After adjusting for GC24, sorbitol accelerated (P < 0.001) colonic transit (GC28 = 3.0 ± 0.3) compared with dextrose (GC28 = 2.2 ± 0.2), regardless of meal ingestion. Breath hydrogen excretion was correlated with the change in colonic transit (r = 0.52, P < 0.01) and with flatulence (r = 0.45, P = 0.003) after sugar ingestion. In healthy subjects, sorbitol accelerated colonic transit and increased flatulence but not other symptoms within 4 h, regardless of meal intake.
AB - It is unknown if sorbitol, a widely used laxative agent, accelerates colonic transit, and if these effects are modified by concomitant meal ingestion. Colonic transit was assessed by 111In scintigraphy in 40 healthy subjects. After a 24-h scan, subjects received sorbitol (30 mL of 70% solution) or dextrose (30 mL of 70% solution), administered with or without a meal. Colonic transit, breath hydrogen excretion, and symptom scores were recorded for 4 h thereafter. VAS scores for flatulence, but not other symptoms increased (P = 0.004) by 13.1 ± 6.3 mm (mean ± SEM) on a 100 mm scale after sorbitol alone or sorbitol with a meal (by 18.9 ± 7.2 mm), but not after dextrose. After adjusting for GC24, sorbitol accelerated (P < 0.001) colonic transit (GC28 = 3.0 ± 0.3) compared with dextrose (GC28 = 2.2 ± 0.2), regardless of meal ingestion. Breath hydrogen excretion was correlated with the change in colonic transit (r = 0.52, P < 0.01) and with flatulence (r = 0.45, P = 0.003) after sugar ingestion. In healthy subjects, sorbitol accelerated colonic transit and increased flatulence but not other symptoms within 4 h, regardless of meal intake.
KW - Breath hydrogen
KW - Colon transit
KW - Laxatives
KW - Osmotic
KW - Symptoms
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2006.00757.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2006.00757.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 16553585
AN - SCOPUS:33645035079
SN - 1350-1925
VL - 18
SP - 300
EP - 306
JO - Neurogastroenterology and Motility
JF - Neurogastroenterology and Motility
IS - 4
ER -