If these approaches turn out to be successful, TRPV1 blockers may enjoy a wide spectrum of usefulness in GI disease which includes, pain, hyperalgesia and inflammation associated with gastro-esophageal reflux disease, inflammatory bowel disease, functional Gi disorders including functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome, disturbances of GI motor activity, and nausea and emesis. Here, TRPV1 is linked to inflammatory bowel disease.