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Erythromycin as a gastrointestinal prokinetic agent
Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 2001Erythromycin is a potent stimulator of gastrointestinal (GI) motility and can be a useful agent to treat GI stasis in patients who are critically ill. However, it is not licensed for this indication and has serious drug interactions which may limit its utility.
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Gastroesophageal Reflux and Prokinetic Agents
Neonatal Network, 2005GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX (GER), a common problem in preterm and term infants, occurs when there is retrograde movement of gastric contents into the esophagus. The severity of the reflux is related to the height of the gastric contents up into the esophagus or the oral pharynx. Transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxation is the main mechanism thought
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PROKINETIC AGENTS IN POSTGASTRECTOMY PATIENTS
Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 1994Postgastrectomy syndromes are uncommon but, unfortunately, frustrating for both patient and physician, because treatment with prokinetic agents is often of limited benefit. This article examines the evidence for efficacy of available prokinetic drugs in the management of these difficult disorders.
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Use of prokinetic agents in special populations
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 1996The use of prokinetic agents by pediatric patients, geriatric patients, and patients taking other drugs that may affect or be affected by the prokinetic agent is reviewed. The use of such agents to treat motility disorders has expanded over the past few years.
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Erythromycin stearate as prokinetic agent in postvagotomy gastroparesis
Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 1990We describe a patient with severe postvagotomy gastroparesis who failed standard medical therapy but had an excellent clinical and radiological response to 250 mg of erythromycin administered 30 min before each meal. Improvement was further documented by a marked improvement in this patient's 99m Tc-sulfur colloid radionuclide gastric emptying ...
H, Mozwecz +5 more
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Is Rectally Administered Cisapride an Effective Prokinetic Agent?
Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 1999OBJECTIVE: To summarize the published data on the efficacy of rectally administered cisapride. DATA SOURCES: Published double-blind, placebo-controlled trials on rectally administered cisapride identified by MEDLINE (January 1966 ...
M A, Gales, D W, Harms
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Prokinetic agents for lower gastrointestinal motility disorders
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 1993Prokinetic agents are currently being investigated as potential therapies for motility disorders of the lower gastrointestinal tract. Cholinergic agonists such as bethanechol are known to improve postoperative ileus but are limited because of side effects. Dopamine antagonists such as domperidone appear to have maximal prokinetic effect in the proximal
W E, Longo, A M, Vernava
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Prokinetic Agents: A Key in the Future of Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 1989Prokinetic drugs enhance the motility of the luminal organs of the gastrointestinal tract. Few drugs developed in this decade are likely to have a greater impact on the treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. Bethanechol and metaclopramide have proven the potential utility of this class of drugs, whereas newer agents promise to have both ...
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Can naloxone be a prokinetic agent in sepsis?
Clinical Intensive Care, 2001Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate whether the use of Naloxone (Nx) may prove effective as a prokinetic agent in a septic model in rats. Design: 100 male Swiss-Albino rats were divided in five groups. All rats were housed under standard environmental conditions and fasted for 18 hours.
M Sakaryaa +5 more
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Prokinetic agents in childen with poor appetite.
Acta gastro-enterologica Belgica, 2005Of the feeding disorders in children, poor appetite is probably one of the most common complaints notified by parents. Since gastric motility disorders may be the cause of this symptom, the aim of our study was to investigate the effect of prokinetics on children with poor appetite and delayed gastric emptying.Poor appetite was graded by VAS at start ...
Durak, H +6 more
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