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Efodio 10mg (Tablet)

Manufactured by: Radiant Pharmaceutical Ltd.

Domperidone Similar medicine

Efodio is indicated for

  • Gastritis
  • Lactation
  • Migraine
  • Nausea
  • vomiting
  • Gastroparesis
  • Non ulcer dyspepsia

Precautions and warnings

This medicine might have post medication side effects. Regular contact with your doctor is quite important while you are taking this medicine. It allows your doctor to check if the medicine is working properly and let your doctor decide if you should continue or not. If your symptoms do not ameliorate within a few days or if they become worse, contact your doctor immediately.

Side-effects

  • Drowsiness
  • extrapyramidal reactions
  • galactorrhoea
  • gynaecomastia constipation or diarrhea
  • lassitude
  • decreased libido
  • skin rash
  • itch
  • Potentially Fatal: Convulsions
  • arrhythmias
  • cardiac arrest
  • dysrhythmias in patients with CV disease or hypokalaemia
  • patients on cancer chemotherapy Seizures; hypertensive crisis in patients with phaeochromocytoma.

Drug Interactions

Although certain medicines (for example, ketoconazole, erythromycin, or ritonavir) should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are receiving this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any other medicines.

Most often your doctor could advise about some daily foods especially alcohol, tobacco, grapefruit Juice, etc.

Contraindications

Hypersensitivity to the active ingredient. GI hemorrhage, obstruction and perforation, patients with prolactin releasing pituitary hormone, chronic admin or routine prophylaxis of postoperative nausea and vomiting.

Mode of actions

Domperidone is a peripheral dopamine-receptor blocker. It increases oesophageal peristalsis, enhances gastroduodenal coordination, and lowers oesophageal sphincter pressure, gastric motility, and peristalsis, thus facilitating gastric emptying and decreasing small bowel transit time.

Dosage & Administration

Adults: 10 - 20 mg every 4 - 8 hours daily
Children: 0.2 - 0.4 mg/kg every 4 - 8 hours daily.

Nausea and vomiting 10-20 mg 4-8 hourly. Max: 80 mg/day.
Non-ulcer dyspepsia 10-20 mg 3 times/day and at night.
Migraine 20 mg 4 hourly. Max: 4 doses/24 hr.

Rectal: Nausea and vomiting 60 mg twice daily.

Pregnancy & Lactation

Although animal reproduction studies have shown an adverse effect on the fetus and there are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women, but during pregnancy, this medicine can be used just when definitely required despite potential risks.

Mothers with a newborn baby who have used this drug during the last 3 months of pregnancy may seldom create symptoms including drowsiness, muscle stiffness or shakiness, feeding or breathing troubles, constant crying. If you notice any of these symptoms of your baby's particularly during their first month, tell the doctor immediately.

This medicine passes into breast milk. Talk to your doctor before breastfeeding.

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