prokinetic drug

agent that promotes intestinal peristalsis.

[pro- + kinetic]

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Erythromycin is not only an antibiotic, but also a gastric prokinetic drug. It is a motilin receptor agonist which can promote motilin secretion and thereby enhance the gastric emptying [7].

Erythromycin for Promoting the Postpyloric Placement of Feeding Tubes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Famotidine is widely used as competitive [H.sub.2] receptor antagonist ([H.sub.2]RA) and prokinetic drug [10].

Fabrication, Characterization, and In Vivo Evaluation of Famotidine Loaded Solid Lipid Nanoparticles for Boosting Oral Bioavailability

Metoclopramide is a commonly used prokinetic drug in the ICU.

Electroacupuncture Improves Gastric Emptying in Critically Ill Neurosurgical Patients: A Pilot Study

In a recent study from Japan, it was reported that itopride, a prokinetic drug with antidopamine effect, might be useful in alleviating nausea [10].

Possible Effect of Concomitant Prokinetics and Herbal Medicines against Nausea in Patients Taking Lubiprostone

Antonelli, "Effect of a novel prokinetic drug, R093877, on gastrointestinal transit in healthy volunteers," Gut, vol.

The Effect of Prucalopride on Small Bowel Transit Time in Hospitalized Patients Undergoing Capsule Endoscopy

Levosulpiride is a new prokinetic drug. Levosulpiride is the levorotatory enantiomer of sulpiride and it is a substituted benzamide, has very recently been launched in India.

Randomized double blind placebo controlled trial to assess the efficacy and tolerability of levosulpiride in dysmotility type of functional dyspepsia

The herbal formula performed as well as the prokinetic drug for functional dyspepsia and was superior to metoclopramide in a retrospective cohort study of 961 patients.

SIBO: dysbiosis has a new name

The prokinetic drug class includes substituted benzamides, such as metoclopramide (methoxy-2-chloro-5-procainamide) and bromopride (4-amino-5bromo-N-[2-(diethylamino)ethyl]-2-methoxybenzamide), which act as dopamine antagonists.

Effects of bromopride on expression of metalloproteinases and interleukins in left colonic anastomoses: an experimental study

The search terms used included nonulcer, dyspepsia, functional dyspepsia, NUD, indigestion, acotiamide, Z-338, YM443, prokinetic drug, and randomized controlled trials.

Efficacy and safety of acotiamide for the treatment of functional dyspepsia: systematic review and meta-analysis

Metoclopramide, a prokinetic drug used for more than 40 years to treat nausea and vomiting due to various causes, is one alternative to the doxylamine-pyridoxine combination.

Treating morning sickness

A randomised clinical trial comparing the efficacy of a herbal preparation STW5 with the prokinetic drug cisaprid in patients with dysmo-tility type of functional dyspepsia.

Synergy research: approaching a new generation of phytopharmaceuticals

Metoclopramide is another popular prokinetic drug that hastens stomach emptying of solid and liquid meals into the small intestines.

Non-acid gastroesophageal reflux and respiratory disorders: a literature review (1)