Some patients with diverticular disease experience abdominal pain due to muscular spasm.

What is the medical treatment for mild abdominal pain due to diverticular disease?

Patients with mild symptoms (for example, abdominal pain due to muscular spasm in the area of the diverticula) may benefit from anti-spasmodic drugs such as:

• chlordiazepoxide (Librax),
• dicyclomine (Bentyl),
• hyoscyamine (Levsin),
• atropine, scopolamine, phenobarbital, hyoscyamine (Donnatal), and
• diphenoxylate and atropine (Lomotil)

Some doctors recommend the avoidance of nuts, corn, and seeds to prevent complications of diverticulosis, but it is uncertain if these dietary restrictions are beneficial.