Friday 29 March 2013

Motilium for Gastroparesis

3/5/2013
Future Update

I would have to say that Motilium has not really been effective for me. I have now reduced to taking once a day before dinner and will eventually stop altogether. I have recently started a naturopathic treatment which actually seems to be helping a little so far. Please see my post on Naturopathy for further details.


29/3/2013
Motilium (a.k.a. Domperidone) is an antidopaminergic drug and used generally to suppress nausea and vomiting, as a pro kinetic agent and for promoting lactation.

There is some evidence that domperidone has antiemetic activity. Domperidone is used in the treatment of nausea and vomiting. In Italy it is also used for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), as well as for hiatal hernia.

Domperidone has also been found effective in the treatment of gastroparesis, a stomach motility condition, and for paediatric gastroesophageal reflux (infant vomiting).

So I've been taking Motilium for about three weeks now for my gastroparesis. Good news is that there hasn't been any negative side effects. Problem is symptoms do not appear to be improving much at all.

I plan to take it for another month to see if it helps in any way, but to be honest, I was sort of expecting to see results straight away. Perhaps I need to give it a little time.