Chronic constipation ruins the lives of one in five adults — disproportionately women and people of color — as existing treatments cause unpredictable diarrhea. Imagine carrying a spare pair of underwear … everywhere. Imagine mapping out bathrooms in advance of the rare times you do leave your house because you might have a sudden bowel movement or diarrhea at a moment's notice due to current laxative treatments. It's real life — and a horrible quality of life — for those with chronic constipation.

Defined as having less than three bowel movements weekly, chronic constipation patients suffer in silence, embarrassed by a widespread problem that has seen relatively little study and innovation. The condition is most prevalent in women ages 40 and older, as well as 30% higher among people of color. Three out of every four patients say they never feel well, and more than 60% say existing treatments are worse than the constipation itself.

Enter Vibrant Gastro. The company's FDA-cleared drug-free Vibrant vibrating capsule restores the colon's natural rhythm, putting you back in control.

A completely different kind of treatment, Vibrant is drug- and chemical-free and uses a unique mechanism of action. Patients take a vibrating capsule — shaped just like a typical vitamin capsule — that sends out timed, pulsed micro-vibrations once inside the body to stimulate the colon locally and help it retract reflexively, synchronizing with its biological clock. Those stimulations restore the colon's natural rhythm, giving you more bowel movements and, most importantly, predictable ones at regular times of day so you can once again live your life. You're back to being in control.

Since Vibrant's not a drug, there are no interactions with other drugs, unlike traditional constipation treatments. Studies show Vibrant has a low rate of side effects with just 1.2% of patients reporting diarrhea. The drug-free capsule is taken five times weekly and passes through your digestive system as part of your one, two or three more additional weekly bowel movements.

Vibrant is now available for patients nationwide, and surveys show 84% of doctors plan to prescribe the drug-free treatment because it provides the answers they've been seeking for so long for their patients — consistent and predictable bowel movements, no straining and, most importantly, improved quality of life. Put the spare pair of underwear back in the dresser. Forever.

Remember how three out of every four people with chronic constipation say they never feel well? With Vibrant, 80% reported feeling better.