Editorial: work and activity impairment are important considerations to optimise treatment plans for irritable bowel syndrome

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LINKED CONTENT This article is linked to Goodoory et al papers. To view these articles, visit https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.17132 and https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.17160

Editorial: work and activity impairment are important considerations to optimise treatment plans for irritable bowel syndrome. Authors' reply

“…We thank Drs. Shah and Wechsler for their insightful commentary, 1 in which they discuss our recent article on the impact of Rome IV irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) on work and activities of daily living 2 . Drug efficacy is modest in IBS, 3–7 and current treatment strategies focus on alleviating predominant symptom(s).…”