IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 46 / Issue 3 / DOI: 10.12891/ceog4705.2019

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Open Access Case Report
Sympathomimetic amine therapy abrogates severe long-term unexpalined abdominal pain and diarrhea (microscopic colitis) - possible infertility implications
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1 Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Camden, NJ, USA
2 Cooper Institute for Reproductive and Hormonal Disorders, P.C., Mt. Laurel, NJ, USA
*Correspondence: laurie@ccivf.com (J.H. CHECK)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2019, 46(3), 489–491; https://doi.org/10.12891/ceog4705.2019
Published: 10 June 2019
Abstract

Purpose: To attempt a new treatment for severe long-standing diarrhea and abdominal pain from microscopic colitis. Materials and Methods: Dextroamphetamine sulfate was prescribed to a 42-year-old woman with progressively worsening microscopic colitis. Results: Within one month she showed a 90% improvement. Conclusion: Dextroamphetamine sulfate immediately caused marked improvement in her diarrhea and pain in one month despite 35 years of suffering.

Keywords
Microscopic colitis
Increased cellular permeability syndrome
Dextroamphetamine sulfate
Abdominal pain
Diarrhea
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