Researchers discovered that rifaximin, an antibiotic used to treat diarrhea, is also effective in treating abdominal bloating and flatulence, including in irritable bowel syndrome patients.
Researchers at American University of Beirut in Lebanon treated 124 patients with rifaximin therapy and found that it was effective at relieving the symptoms of bloating and excess gaseousness by way of reducing the amount of hydrogen gas produced in the large intestine
