1.1. Analysis.

Comparison 1 DRUG VERSUS PLACEBO, Outcome 1 Number of people failing to achieve full continence.

Number of people failing to achieve full continence
Study	Drug	Placebo	Significance
Loperamide versus placebo
Hallgren 1994 #	3/28 during the day 1/28 during the night	7/28 during the day 11/28 during the night
Sun 1997 #	4/11 in 24 hours (loperamide oxide)	8/11 in 24 hours	P < 0.05
Diphenoxylate + atropine versus placebo
Harford 1980 #	0/15 in 24 hours	3/15 in 24 hours
Phenylephrine gel versus placebo
Carapeti 2000b #	8/12	12/12
Sodium valproate versus placebo
Kusunoki 1990 #	3/17	10/17