Reglan (Metoclopramide)

What is Reglan?

Reglan or how this medication is sometimes called by the name of its active ingredient Metoclopramide is an antiemetic. It improves peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract, accelerates the emptying of the stomach. Medical professionals suggest using Reglan pills for nausea, vomiting, and hiccups.

Doctors say that the active component of Raglan slows down the relaxation of smooth muscles of the stomach, increase the activity of the small intestine. Due to increased pressure on the sphincter, the gastric mucus is lowered into the gullet of the esophagus.

The drug accelerates the formation of prolactin, increases the amount of aldosterone, which leads to fluid retention.

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In what kind of disease treatment, Reglan is helpful?

Reglan indications for use include:

• Nausea of different origin, hiccups, vomiting
• Atony of the gastrointestinal tract
• Ulcers of the stomach and intestines (in the stage of exacerbation, in combination with other medications)
• Flatulence
• Dyskinesia of bile ducts
• Hypotonia of the gastrointestinal tract
• Stenosis of the gatekeeper of the stomach
• Ejection of stomach contents into the esophagus

Also this medication is prescribed when the doctor plans to perform X-ray on a patient or when the patient needs to swallow the probe. This medicine effectively helps with vomiting, triggered by the use of cytostatic agents or irradiation.

What should I tell my health care provider before I take Reglan?

The drug is not prescribed with:

• Epilepsy
• Bowel obstruction
• Pheochromocytoma
• Perforation of the intestinal and gastric walls
• Glaucoma
• Stenosis of the gatekeeper of the stomach
• Parkinson's disease
• Individual hypersensitivity to the active substance of Reglan, which may lead to allergies
• Extrapyramidal pathology
• Internal bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract;
• Bleeding in the digestive system;
• Bronchial asthma;
• Prolactin-dependent tumors
• Vomiting in patients with breast cancer that take neuroleptics

The medication is not prescribed after the surgical procedures performed in patients with anastomosis with pyloroplasty of the intestine.

Caution should be exercised when treating people with high blood pressure, kidney or liver problems, elderly patients and children.

How should I take Reglan?

Raglan Oral is taken orally half an hour before eating, along with a sufficient amount of fluid.

Reglan dosage information

Reglan dose depends on age. The single dose of the drug for adults is 10 mg (daily no more than 30 mg). For teens older than 14 years, the dose is calculated based on the body weight — 0.1-01.5 mg per 1 kg of weight. The duration of the appointment takes 5 days.

What may interact with?

Due to the simultaneous use of neuroleptics, the risk of extrapyramidal disorder increases. The medicine enhances the action of ethanol, hypnotics, tetaricillin, Paracetamol, Levodopa, aspirin, diazepam. Reglan slows down digestion of Digoxin and Cimetidine.

What should I watch for while taking Reglan?

Raglan does not give any result in the treatment of motion sickness. You should not drink alcohol if you take Reglan (Metoclopramide).

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Reglan side effects

The drug can cause such negative reactions of the body, which manifest, as a rule, in the initial stages of therapy:

• Drowsiness
• Diarrhea
• Agranulocytosis
• Constipation
• Dizziness
• Akathisia
• Headache
• Depressive states
• Fatigue
• Rash on the body and dry mouth are rare

Prolonged use of the given medication may cause menstrual irregularities, galactorrhea, gynecomastia. The drug Raglan in children sometimes causes spasm of the facial muscles, hyperkinesis. Side effects of Reglan after the cessation of taking the medication go away.

Where can I keep Reglan?

The ideal storage temperature for Raglan should be the one indicated in the package to the drug. This temperature is 20-25 degrees Celsius (68-77 degrees Fahrenheit). Keep antiemetic Raglan away from direct sunlight, because it's disastrous for many medicines and for this one too. UV-rays can unrecognizably change properties of this medicinal product. The place to store the given pills should be dry, clean and cool (but don’t keep it in the fridge).

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