Gastrointestinal drugs
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Drugs that are active in treating the gastrointestinal disorders.
List of gastrointestinal drugs[edit | edit source]
- aclatonium napadisilate
- albumin tannate
- alexitol sodium
- alicaforsen
- alicaforsen sodium
- alizapride hydrochloride
- almagate
- almasilate
- aloes - a purgative made from the leaves of aloe
- aloglutamol
- aloin
- alosetron hydrochloride
- basic aluminium carbonate
- aluminium formate
- aluminium glycinate
- aluminium hydroxide - white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite
- carbonate co dried gel
- aluminium phosphate
- aluminium sodium silicate
- alverine citrate
- alvimopan
- aprepitant
- attapulgite
- azasetron hydrochloride
- balsalazide sodium
- benexate hydrochloride
- bisacodyl
- bisacodyl tannex
- bismuth compounds
- bismuth aluminate
- bismuth citrate
- bismuth oxide
- bismuth salicylate
- bismuth subcarbonate
- bismuth subcitrate potassium
- bismuth subgallate
- bismuth subnitrate
- tripotassium dicitratobismuthate
- bisoxatin acetate
- bran - food prepared from the husks of cereal grains; broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting
- bromopride
- buckthorn - any shrub or small tree of the genus bumelia; a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments; an old world plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
- butropium bromide
- buzepide metiodide
- calcium carbonate - a salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone
- carbenoxolone sodium
- casanthranol
- cascara - dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
- cassia pulp
- cerium oxalate
- certolizumab pegol
- cetraxate hydrochloride
- chalk - a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces; a pure flat white with little reflectance; a soft whitish calcite; an amphetamine derivative (trade name methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant; verb write, draw, or trace with chalk
- ciclonium bromide
- cilansetron
- cimetidine - a drug (trade name tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid
- cimetidine hydrochloride
- cimetropium bromide
- cinitapride
- cisapride
- cisapride tartrate
- clebopride
- clebopride malate
- clidinium bromide
- colocynth
- dantron
- dicycloverine hydrochloride
- difemerine hydrochloride
- difenidol hydrochloride
- difenoxin
- difenoxin hydrochloride
- dihexyverine hydrochloride
- dihydroxyaluminum sodium carbonate
- diisopromine hydrochloride
- diphenoxylate hydrochloride
- docusate calcium
- docusate potassium
- docusate sodium
- dolasetron mesilate
- domperidone
- domperidone maleate
- dosmalfate
- drofenine hydrochloride
- dronabinol - psychoactive substance present in marijuana; used therapeutically to control nausea associated with cancer therapy
- ebrotidine
- ecabet sodium
- enoxolone aluminium
- eseridine salicylate
- esomeprazole
- esomeprazole magnesium
- esomeprazole sodium
- euonymus - widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines
- famotidine - a histamine blocker (trade name pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux
- fedotozine
- fentonium bromide
- fig - fleshy sweet pear shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried; mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit; a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; a libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al qaeda; seeks to radicalize the libyan government; attempted to assassinate qaddafi
- fosaprepitant
- fosaprepitant meglumine
- frangula bark
- gefarnate
- ginger adj. (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange brown color; pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in oriental cookery; dried ground gingerroot; perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems; liveliness and energy; verb add ginger to in order to add flavor
- granisetron hydrochloride
- hydrotalcite
- hyoscine - an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures
- hyoscine butylbromide
- hyoscine hydrobromide
- hyoscine methobromide
- hyoscine methonitrate
- hyoscyamine - a poisonous crystalline alkaloid (isometric with atropine but more potent); used to treat excess motility of the gastrointestinal tract
- hyoscyamine hydrobromide
- hyoscyamine sulfate
- indisetron hydrochloride
- ipomoea - morning glory
- ipomoea resin
- irsogladine maleate
- isopropamide iodide
- ispaghula
- psyllium seed
- itopride hydrochloride
- jalap
- jalap resin
- kaolin - a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.G., in paper)
- lactitol
- lactulose
- lafutidine
- lansoprazole - antacid (trade name prevacid) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach
- lidamidine hydrochloride
- linaclotide acetate
- liquorice - a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant; deep rooted coarse textured plant native to the mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in europe for its long thick sweet roots
- loperamide hydrochloride
- loperamide oxide
- loxiglumide
- lubiprostone
- magaldrate
- magnesium carbonate - a very white crystalline salt that occurs naturally as magnesite or as dolomite
- magnesium citrate
- magnesium hydroxide - a white crystalline powder used chiefly in medicines
- magnesium oxide - a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium
- magnesium trisilicate
- manna - hardened sugary exudation of various trees; (old testament) food that god gave the israelites during the exodus
- mebeverine hydrochloride
- mecloxamine citrate
- mepenzolate bromide
- mesalazine
- methanthelinium bromide
- methylbenactyzium bromide
- methylnaltrexone bromide
- metoclopramide
- metoclopramide hydrochloride
- metopimazine
- mosapride citrate
- nabilone
- niperotidine hydrochloride
- nizatidine
- nocloprost
- octatropine methylbromide
- olsalazine sodium
- omeprazole - antacid (trade name prilosec) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach
- omeprazole magnesium
- omeprazole sodium
- ondansetron
- ondansetron hydrochloride
- ornoprostil
- oxapium iodide
- oxyphencyclimine hydrochloride
- oxyphenonium bromide
- palonosetron hydrochloride
- pantoprazole
- pantoprazole sodium
- parapenzolate bromide
- pargeverine hydrochloride
- pentaerythritol - a coronary vasodilator (trade name peritrate) used to treat angina pectoris
- peppermint leaf
- peppermint oil - oil from the peppermint plant used as flavoring
- phenamazide hydrochloride
- phenolphthalein - a laxative used in many preparations under various trade names; also used as an acid base indicator in titrations involving weak acids and strong bases because it is brilliant red at high alkalinity and colorless below ph 8
- pipenzolate bromide
- piperidolate hydrochloride
- pipethanate ethobromide
- pirenzepine hydrochloride
- platyphylline acid tartrate
- plaunotol
- polaprezinc
- poldine metilsulfate
- polycarbophil
- polycarbophil calcium
- potassium acid tartrate
- potassium sodium tartrate - a double salt used in seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic
- prifinium bromide
- proglumide
- propantheline bromide
- prune - dried plum; verb weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- rabeprazole sodium
- racecadotril
- ramosetron hydrochloride
- ranitidine - a histamine blocker and antacid (trade name zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux
- ranitidine hydrochloride
- ranitidine bismuth citrate
- rebamipide
- renzapride
- revaprazan
- revaprazan hydrochloride
- rhubarb - plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous; long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
- roxatidine acetate hydrochloride
- senna - any of various plants of the genus senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally
- sennosides
- simeticone
- smectites
- sodium picosulfate
- anhydrous sodium sulfate
- sodium sulfate - a solid white bitter salt used in manufacturing glass and paper and dyes and pharmaceuticals
- sodium tartrate
- sofalcone
- sterculia - any tree of the genus sterculia
- sucralfate - medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers; said to bind to the ulcer site and coat it
- sulfasalazine
- sulglicotide
- tamarind - large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys; long lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate colored acidic pulp
- tegaserod maleate
- teprenone
- tiemonium iodide
- tiemonium metilsulfate
- timepidium bromide
- tridihexethyl chloride
- tropisetron
- tropisetron hydrochloride
- troxipide
- urogastrone
- valethamate bromide
- zaldaride
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