Drug name
Motilium (Domperidone)
Drug Instruction
Motilium is a medicine which is tailored at increasing the movements or an instance of contracting of the stomach and bowel. Motilium is prescribed also for the treatment of nausea and emesis being caused by other medicines used to treat Parkinson's disease.
Intake Instructions
Please use the medicine under you health care provider’s strict control. Necessarily perform a check up of the label on the medicine for learning exact dosing instructions. The common dose in adults is one tablet which is prescribed to be intaken three to four times a day, best taken 15 to 30 minutes before meals or food; it can also be determined to be taken at bedtime if necessary.
At times your health care provider may enlarge the dose to two tablets three to four times a day this can occur after you have already taken Motilium for 2 weeks.
Please note that you cannot take more than an average of eight tablets during a day.
Please also note that your health care provider or physician may ask you to take the medicine for up to 6 months.
Necessarily consult your health care provider for any questions that may occur about the use and intake instruction of Motilium.
Drug Category and Mechanism
Motilium performs its effects by blocking the action of a chemical harbinger in the brain which gives way to the feeling of emesis and retching, as well as high levelling the movement or contractions of the stomach and bowels, letting food to move more without difficulty through the stomach.
Missed Dose
Should you miss a dose of this medicine please take it asap. If you find you have missed the previous dosage when it is almost time for your next dose, you should better skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Taking double or extra doses at once is not recommended. If more than one dose is missed, please contact your attending medical doctor or health care provider.
Storage
The best conditions to keep the medicine is at 68 and 77 degrees F (20 and 25 degrees C). The container where the medicine is stored should be tightly closed. It should be also strictly protected from moisture, heat and light.
Safety Precautions
Taking the medicine is not recommended in case:
you have allergic reactions to any component in Motilium, or any of the ingredients. Please make sure to see Product Description at the end of this leaflet to explore all the components involved in the medicine;
you have a swelling of the pituitary extract gland called prolactinoma;
a growth in stomach as well as bowel contractions may harm you. Such situation may occur: you have had bleeding, a blockage or perforation in your gastrointestinal tract;
you are taking another preparate which involves ketoconazole as the active ingredient, fluconazole or voriconazole which is prescribed for the treatment of fungal infections;
you are taking an antibiotic which has erythromycin as the active ingredient, clarithromycin or telithromycin;
you are taking another preparate which has amiodarone as the active ingredient, which is prescribed for the treatment of uncommon heart rate.
Please inform your health care provider if you have any medical conditions, especially if any of these are applicable to you.
Probable Side Effects
Please discuss with your health care provider if any of the mentioned most COMMON side effects afterglow or become or causing bother:
uncontrollable movements; uncommon, changed or no menstrual period; extraordinary secretion of breast milk or low levelled sex drive in men or women; breast tenseness or breast extension in men.
Please inform your health care provider if you have any medical conditions, especially if any of the below – provided are applicable to you:
headache, problems with sleeping, nervousness, giddiness, weariness or irritability; dry mouth or thirst; stomach cramps, diarrhoea, infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels, emesis, changes in appetite, appetite loss or heartburn; rash or pruritic skin; pruritic eyes and affable eyelids with disburden; mouth ulcers or cold sores.
Extra Information
An important note: This medicine is for you only. Sharing this medicine with others is not recommended.
Please consult your health care provider for more clarifications on medicine use and its safety instructions.
If do not feel the actual improvement of symptoms or they even become worse, please perform an immediate check up with your doctor.
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