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Please describe the medication: dicyclomine?
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Dicyclomine: Treats irritable bowel syndrome, or spastic colon and colitis. It is an anticholinergic that blocks muscarinic receptors.
Answered 8/7/2014
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Bentyl (dicyclomine): Dicyclomine is used to treat the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. Dicyclomine is in a class of medications called anticholinergics. It relieves muscle spasms in the gastrointestinal tract by blocking the activity of a certain natural substance in the body.
Answered 12/8/2015
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Dicyclomine(Bentyl): Dicyclomine(Bentyl) Is an anticholinergic antispasmodic medication. It reduces smooth muscle spasm in treatment of irritable bowel syndrome. It can used as an adjunctive treatment for conditions like peptic ulcer, diverticulitis, colitis, regional enteritis, etc.
Answered 4/10/2018
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