A Pill Made From Human Feces Has Been Approved For The First Time!

Last Wednesday, there was a first in the history of medicine. US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), from human feces approved for the first time a manufactured pill. Developed by Seres Therapeutics and wowst The drug can be used in people aged 18 and over. The drug is expected to debut in the US in June 2023.

In fact, this is not the first drug produced from human feces to be approved. Used via rectum based on enema in December 2022 a treatment was approved and first registered. Vowst is produced in this way and to be the first oral drug succeeded.

The Vowst drug will be used to prevent the recurrence of an infection called “Clostridoides difficile”

Just like the previously approved treatment, the Vowst pill, which contains live bacteria, Clostridioides difficile It will be used as a preventive method against recurrent infections with bacteria. This product, which broke new ground with its oral intake, healthy human gut bacteria from donated feces contains and offers a new way to prevent infection. Clinical trials have revealed that those who use the drug are more than three times less likely to re-infection.

The infection, called C.diff for short, occurs after patients take antibiotics for a different infection. Antibiotics can upset the balance of bacteria that normally fill the gut and cause C.diff to multiply. When they multiply rapidly, they can cause diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, colitis (inflammation of the large intestine), and in some cases, they can secrete toxins that can cause organ failure and even death. every year in the USA 15 thousand to 30 thousand It should be noted that people died from causes related to C.diff infections.

According to the data, those who recover from C.diff have a one-in-six risk of re-infecting two to eight weeks later. The risks increase with each repetition. Here, too, it is aimed that treatments produced from human feces, such as Vowst, come into play and prevent the infection from recurring.

A major step forward against life-threatening infections, Vowst will be a treatment for adults to be taken orally as four capsules once a day for three consecutive days. According to the FDA, the first dose of C.diff will be taken four days after antibiotic treatment ends. In clinical trials, such as abdominal bloating, tremor, weakness, diarrhea your side effects It was added by the FDA that it was seen that it could occur.