A 62-year-old woman with a recent hysterectomy (6 months ago) was diagnosed with spastic colon after colonoscopy for abdominal pain radiating to the rectum. She was then treated with Tofranil 10 mg, ...

Answer From Michael F. Picco, M.D. Spastic colon is another term for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a common disorder characterized by abdominal cramping, abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, and ...

Medically, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is known by a variety of other terms: spastic colon, spastic colitis, mucous colitis, and nervous or functional bowel. Usually, it is a disorder of the large ...