3 results about "Linaclotide" patented technology

Linaclotide (marketed under the trade name Linzess in the US and Mexico, and as Constella elsewhere) is a drug used to treat irritable bowel syndrome with constipation and chronic constipation with no known cause. It has a black box warning about the risk of serious dehydration in children in the US; the most common adverse effects in others are gastrointestinal.