Pharmaceutical composition for treating fecal incontinence and pruritus ani

摘要

Fecal incontinence and anal itch can be treated by administration, more particularly by local application to the anus, of an a adrenergic blocker, nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, prostaglandin F2alpha, dopamine, morphine, beta-blockers, and 5-Hydroxytryptamine. The patients who benefit most from the invention are those who have a normal or low maximum anal resting pressure and a structurally intact internal anal sphincter muscle, and patients who have had major bowel resection and reanastomisis.