IB Care™

- Provides clinically effective amounts of peppermint, caraway and oregano oils in proven dosages.
- Potent amounts of active components: 50% menthol (peppermint), 60% phenol (oregano) and 50% carvone (caraway).
- Enteric coating improves effectiveness, allowing an antispasmodic effect in gastric and upper intestinal tissues.
- Research confirms that peppermint oil is more effective and better tolerated when protected from stomach acid.
- Enteric coating also reduces side effects and peppermint taste.
IB Care contains enteric-coated peppermint, oregano, and caraway oils, which have been shown to have beneficial effects on various gastrointestinal disorders. Peppermint oil is known to influence gastric motility, accelerating early gastric emptying through an antispasmodic effect on the stomach. It also increases pyloric valve relaxation time, decreases lower esophageal sphincter resting pressure, and has benefits when combined with caraway oil, producing smooth muscle relaxation in the stomach and duodenum. Oregano oil has demonstrated antimicrobial effects against H. pylori, the primary cause of peptic ulcer disease and dyspepsia, as well as other gastrointestinal pathogens.
Clinically, enterally coated preparations of these oils have demonstrated their benefits in a number of clinical trials. A meta-analysis of twelve randomized trials involving a total of 835 patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) compared the effects of peppermint oil to those of a placebo. Compared to the placebo group, patients taking peppermint oil had significant improvements in overall symptoms and abdominal pain. Controlled trials have shown improvement in dyspepsia and symptoms such as abdominal pain, heaviness, and pressure, regardless of H. pylori status, and even in patients with significant epigastric pain. Additionally, enteric-coated peppermint oil has demonstrated clinical effectiveness in a number of IBS trials, showing improvement in the majority of participants in both children and adults.