Kee Huat Chuah, Qing Yuan Loo, Audrey Joe Chii Loh, Jing Yi Leong, Wah Loong Chan, Xin Hui Khoo, Kim Leng Wong, Sarala Panirsheeluam, Vicraman Natarajan, Ai Kah Ng, Hazreen Abdul Majid, Sanjiv Mahadeva
<p>We thank Drs Halmos and Gibson for their interest in our paper [<span>1, 2</span>]. We are truly privileged to receive their recognition—particularly as they are part of the Monash University team that originally developed and introduced the low FODMAP diet globally [<span>3</span>]. Their editorial succinctly captured the essence of our study and highlighted that it provides clinicians and patients with an additional therapeutic option for IBS [<span>1, 2</span>].</p><p>Although both the low FODMAP diet and rifaximin were effective, each therapy has its own advantages and limitations. Rifaximin demonstrated relatively faster symptom improvement and offers the convenience of a finite treatment duration although its long-term efficacy remains uncertain. In contrast, the low FODMAP diet empowers patients and supports long-term self-management, but is more complex to implement and requires guidance from specially trained dietitians.</p><p>In real-world practice, clinicians must balance multiple factors when managing IBS including practicality, accessibility, affordability and patient preference. Dietary therapy, while effective, faces considerable challenges in many low- and middle-income countries. Limited availability of trained dietitians, financial constraints and variations in healthcare infrastructure restrict widespread adoption of structured dietary interventions [<span>4</span>]. Moreover, many adults with IBS struggle with diet adherence because of work commitments, reliance on prepared or outside food, or not cooking for themselves, all of which make long-term compliance difficult.</p><p>Acceptance of dietary therapy also varies across regions. A study from Maastricht showed that younger patients tend to favour diet-based approaches, whereas older patients prefer pharmacological treatment [<span>5</span>]. In contrast, survey data from Asia—including multi-country IBS surveys—indicate that clinicians in the region generally favour pharmacological therapies [<span>6</span>]. These cultural- and practice-based differences may influence therapeutic decision-making and the overall uptake of dietary strategies in IBS management.</p><p>A useful parallel can be drawn from the management of diabetes: dietary modification is fundamental and effective, yet often challenging to sustain in daily life. In practice, the best outcomes occur when dietary measures are complemented by medications [<span>7</span>]. Similarly, in IBS, dietary and pharmacological therapies should be viewed as complementary rather than competing strategies, each contributing to individualised, patient-centred care. Future studies evaluating whether combination therapy yields superior outcomes compared with single-modality treatment would be particularly valuable.</p><p>Our study included patients regardless of IBS subtype to better reflect real-world clinical practice. The efficacy of both rifaximin and the low FODMAP diet was greater in non-constipation IBS subtypes, suppo
我们感谢Halmos和Gibson博士对我们的论文感兴趣[1,2]。我们真的很荣幸得到他们的认可,特别是因为他们是莫纳什大学团队的一员,他们最初开发并在全球范围内引入了低FODMAP饮食。他们的社论简洁地抓住了我们研究的精髓,并强调它为临床医生和患者提供了IBS的额外治疗选择[1,2]。虽然低FODMAP饮食和利福昔明都是有效的,但每种疗法都有自己的优点和局限性。利福昔明表现出相对较快的症状改善,并提供了有限治疗时间的便利性,尽管其长期疗效仍不确定。相比之下,低FODMAP饮食赋予患者权力并支持长期自我管理,但实施起来更复杂,需要经过专门培训的营养师的指导。在现实世界的实践中,临床医生在管理肠易激综合征时必须平衡多种因素,包括实用性、可及性、可负担性和患者偏好。饮食疗法虽然有效,但在许多低收入和中等收入国家面临相当大的挑战。训练有素的营养师数量有限、财政限制和医疗保健基础设施的变化限制了结构性饮食干预措施的广泛采用[10]。此外,许多患有肠易激综合症的成年人很难坚持饮食,因为他们有工作要做,依赖现成的或外面的食物,或者不自己做饭,所有这些都使得长期坚持饮食变得困难。对饮食疗法的接受程度也因地区而异。马斯特里赫特大学的一项研究表明,年轻患者倾向于以饮食为基础的治疗方法,而老年患者更喜欢药物治疗。相比之下,来自亚洲的调查数据(包括多国IBS调查)表明,该地区的临床医生普遍倾向于药物治疗。这些基于文化和实践的差异可能会影响治疗决策和肠易激综合征管理中饮食策略的整体吸收。从糖尿病的管理中可以得出一个有用的类比:饮食调整是基本和有效的,但在日常生活中往往难以维持。在实践中,当饮食措施辅以药物治疗时,效果最好。同样,在肠易激综合征中,饮食和药物治疗应被视为互补而非相互竞争的策略,每一种都有助于个性化、以患者为中心的护理。未来评估联合治疗是否优于单模治疗的研究将特别有价值。我们的研究纳入了不考虑IBS亚型的患者,以更好地反映现实世界的临床实践。利福昔明和低FODMAP饮食对非便秘型IBS的疗效更大,支持目前的指南[8,9]。葡萄糖氢呼气试验(HBT)不能预测治疗结果。这可能是由于电力不足造成的。与接受低FODMAP饮食的患者相比,HBT阳性患者的利福昔明显示出更大的症状改善趋势。IBS- d患者和更严重的IBS患者更容易出现小肠细菌过度生长,这表明HBT在这些亚组中可能有更大的效用。蔡基华:构思,写作-原稿。清元娄:写作-审稿和编辑。赵智洛:写作-评论和编辑。梁静怡:写作-评论和编辑。陈华龙:写作-评论和编辑。邱新慧:写作-评论和编辑。金冷王:写作-评论和编辑。Sarala Panirsheeluam:写作-评论和编辑。维克拉曼·纳塔拉扬:写作——评论和编辑。吴艾嘉:写作-评论和编辑。Hazreen Abdul Majid:写作-评论和编辑。Sanjiv Mahadeva:写作——评论和编辑,概念化。作者没有什么可报告的。作者的个人和经济利益声明与原文b[2]没有变化。本文链接到Chuah等人的论文。要查看这些文章,请访问https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.70420和https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.70452.Data分享不适用于本文,因为在当前研究中没有生成或分析数据集。
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