Irritable bowel syndrome, a prevalent functional bowel disorder, significantly affects patients' everyday
lives and imposes a substantial economic burden on society. However, treatments options for managing
diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome are limited. Rifaximin along with metronidazole is
proposed as a treatment option for irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea. The aim of this study was to
evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of a fixed dose combination of rifaximin and metronidazole in the
management of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea. An open-label, non-comparative, non-
randomized, multicentre trial was conducted in 25 subjects presenting with acute diarrheal episodes
associated with irritable bowel syndrome. The study was approved by institutional research ethics
committee and participants provided signed informed consent. Patients were given fixed dose
combination tablet containing rifaximin 200mg and metronidazole 400mg twice daily for 5 days.