Domperidone for children: instructions for use

For severe nausea, bouts of vomiting, or other unpleasant symptoms on the part of the digestive system, the doctor may prescribe an antiemetic such as Domperidone. Can I give it to young children and how to take this medicine correctly?

The drug is produced in solid form, which is a coated, round white tablets convex on both sides. One pack may contain from 10 to 50 tablets. Other forms (capsules, suppositories, syrup, injections, etc.) do not have this medication.

Each tablet of Domperidone contains 10 mg of active substance with the same name. Additional ingredients in the medicine are microcrystalline cellulose, talc, macrogol, starch, titanium dioxide, magnesium stearate, polyvinyl alcohol and aerosil.

Domperidone has an anti-emetic effect provided by the ability of such a compound to influence dopamine receptors. Since the medicament hardly penetrates the brain tissue, it blocks such receptors mainly on the periphery, and on the central ones it acts to a lesser extent.

The active substance of the drug resists the inhibitory effect of dopamine on the motility of the digestive tract, which improves the motor and evacuation function of the stomach. At the same time, the drug does not affect the secretion of digestive juices. It is also known that domperidone can increase the level of prolactin in the blood.

Domperidone claimed:

• When nausea or vomiting caused by various reasons, such as medication, organic pathology of the gastrointestinal tract, a violation of the diet, infection or endoscopic examination.
• When atony of the digestive tract, including the postoperative condition.
• With hiccups.
• When X-ray contrast studies of the digestive tract, if you want to strengthen peristalsis.
• With dyspepsia, provoked by the slow evacuation of food from the stomach.
• With esophagitis or esophageal reflux.
• With flatulence, heartburn, feeling of fullness in the stomach, abdominal distension, abdominal pain or belching.

The drug should not be given when:

• Hypersensitivity to domperidone or another pill component.
• Bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract.
• Intestinal obstruction.
• Prolactinoma.
• Perforation of the digestive tract wall.

If the child has liver or kidney failure, the medication should be used very carefully.

Sometimes Domperidone may provoke:

• Spasms in the intestines.
• Allergy in the form of urticaria or skin rash.
• Motor neurological disorders.

• The drug is given to swallow the child for 15-20 minutes before meals.
• The frequency of admission - 3 or 4 times a day. The last time you need to drink medicine before bedtime.
• If chronic dyspeptic symptoms are diagnosed in a small patient, a single dose is 1 tablet (10 mg domperidone).
• If the child is worried about severe nausea or the child has started vomiting, 2 Domperidone tablets are given at once, which corresponds to a single dosage of 20 mg and a maximum daily dosage of 80 mg.

If you give the child more pills than the doctor prescribed, it can lead to disorders of the nervous system - movement disorders, disorientation, drowsiness. For treatment, the patient is prescribed activated carbon, antihistamines, anticholinergics, and other necessary medications.

Domperidone should not be taken together with sodium bicarbonate, antacids, holinoblokatorami, antifungal agents, ketoconazole, macrolides and some other drugs that are marked in the annotation to the drug.

• Buying Domperidone in a pharmacy is possible only after presenting a prescription from a doctor. For a pack of 30 tablets you need to pay from 60 to 100 rubles.
• Keep the medication at home in a place hidden from the kids at a temperature below +25 degrees. Shelf life of the drug is 3 years.

The use of Domperidone in children, many parents are satisfied. According to moms, the medicine very quickly helps with vomiting, flatulence, nausea and other discomfort symptoms. The cost of the drug is called low, and the side effects of the pill are rarely caused.

A complete replacement of Domperidone can be any other medicine with the same active ingredient, for example:

• Chewable tablets Passazhiks.
• A drug Motilium, which is produced not only in tablets in the shell, but also in suspension, as well as in tablets for resorption.
• Coated Tablets Motilak.
• Tablets in the Motonium shell.
• Domstal tablets.

See the transfer of Dr. Komarovsky, from which you will learn what kind of first aid you can give a child with food poisoning.