Effects of erythromycin on human colonic circular muscle in idiopathic chronic constipation

Erythromycin has been shown to have profound prokinetic effects on the gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals, probably through its action on endogenous motilin receptors. The purpose of this study was to determine both the direct and indirect effects (‘off contraction’) of erythromycin and motilin on ex vivo circular muscle strips of the distal colon from patients with or without idiopathic chronic constipation (ICC).

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