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The GI Drug Map

Past the stomach, two more jobs fall to GI drugs: calming inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease, and fixing how fast the gut moves. IBD therapy climbs a ladder — the least-toxic drug that controls the disease. Tap a class to light up where it acts along the tract and the nursing focus that goes with it.

The GI tract

Acts on — pick a class
small intestine colon context lit region = where it acts
Tip: pick a class at right to see its site light up.
Two jobs beyond acidtap a drug class to begin