Metoclopramide

Use

Another medicine may be used with metoclopramide to prevent side effects that may occur when metoclopramide is used with anticancer medicines.
" Metoclopramide is able to cross the blood brain barrier and act on the brain directly to control the sensation of nausea.
Additive sedative effects can occur when metoclopramide is given with alcohol, sedatives, hypnotics, narcotics, or tranquilizers.
The onset of pharmacological action of metoclopramide is 1 to 3 minutes following an intravenous dose, 10 to 15 minutes following intramuscular administration, and 30 to 60 minutes following an oral dose;pharmacological effects persist for 1 to 2 hours.
Metoclopramide normalizes stomach contractions so that food (and bile) can pass in the correct direction.

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