Trauma and the Specters of Enslavement in Morrison's Beloved

For many years the irritable bowel syndrome therapy was based only on an empirical approach. A lot of information has appeared for this period, which allows making a judgment about the efficacy of either of the ways of the functional bowel disorders treatment. A part of them was not approved in the course of clinical testing. At the same time, new high-performance ways of treatment appeared. This article presents an analytical survey of the irritable bowel syndrome pharmacotherapy. It also shows the role of diet, spasmolysants, psychotherapy, tricyclic antidepressants, serotonin reuptake inhibitors, HT3 antagonists and HT4 agonists.