Digestine

by Continental

Active ingredient: Metoclopramide resinate

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About Metoclopramide Resinate

Antiemetic & Gastroprokinetic

Uses

Dyspepsia, flatulence, heartburn, peptic ulcer gastritis, duodenitis. Nausea and vomiting.

How to take it

Adults: 20 yr and over: 1 cap daily. Children: Not recommended.

Side effects

Extrapyramidal reactions, neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Raised serum prolactin leading to galactorrhoea, irregular periods and gynaecomastia. Drowsiness, diarrhoea, rash, dizziness, tremor, agitation.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Pregnancy: Risk cannot be ruled out. Lactation: Caution advised or effect undetermined. Contraindications: Recent GI surgery, GI obstruction, perforation or haemorrhage, prolactin-dependent breast carcinoma, pheochromocytoma. Epilepsy, neonatal use. Precautions: Renal or hepatic impairment, porphyria, parkinson's disease, atopy, sick sinus syndrome, other cardiac conduction disturbances.

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Interactions with Metoclopramide Resinate

Anticholinergics, phenothiazines, butyrophenones, tetrabenazine, levodopa, bromocriptine, pergolide, narcotic analgesic, aspirin, paracetamol, opioids, dopaminergics, atovaquone, CNS depressants, alcohol, SSRIs, other serotonergics, MAOIs, sympathomimetics, drugs affecting cardiac conduction, ciclosporin, suxamethonium.

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