Gastrointestinal problems are now present in most people. Therefore, to hear in the pharmacy appeal to the pharmacist: "Help me choose the medicine for the stomach!" - You can not once in an hour. Indeed, how to choose the right drugs for gastroduodenic problems?
Drugs for the treatment of gastrointestinal problems
• analgesics;
• sorbent preparations;
• drugs that reduce gastric secretion;
• funds that increase the secretory function of the stomach ;
• antibacterial drugs;
• non-steroidal anti-inflammatory;
• enzymes;
• antispasmodics.
From this list of drugs, specific drugs for the stomach are selected depending on the individual course of the disease. This should not be done independently, but in collaboration with a doctor (therapist or gastroenterologist)!
Medicines needed to treat gastritis
With gastritis, an inflammatory process occurs in the mucous membrane of the stomach, with duodenitis - in the mucosa of the duodenum. Most often, this is accompanied by pain (during an acute process or exacerbation of a chronic disease), discomfort, unpleasant belching, bouts of nausea or vomiting, as well as bloating and loss of appetite.
It is these symptoms that are called to remove the medicine for gastritis of the stomach.
- The drug "Almagel A" reduces the acidity of the gastric juice and protects the inflamed mucosa from further damage.
- Means "Almagel Neo" plus to this helps to reduce gas formation .
- The medicine "Vicair" is also an antacid, which is able to envelop the mucous membrane and relieve signs of the inflammatory process.
- According to a similar scenario, such drugs as Ranitidine, Maalox, Gastratsid, Alumag, Gastrofarm, Omeprazole also act.
All these drugs for the stomach are taken with increased or normal acidity of the gastric juice. They relieve pain and affect the cause of gastritis. If there is a state of reduced acidity of gastric juice (which happens much less often), then it is recommended to take Levocarnitine and Metoclopramide.
Medical treatment of gastric ulcers
A stomach ulcer is a formidable disease that necessarily requires monitoring and treatment with drugs. With this ailment, there is a serious danger of perforation of the stomach wall (thinning and rupture) with subsequent peritonitis and sepsis. Therefore, it is impossible to launch or treat an ulcer only with alternative methods!
So, if a stomach ulcer is diagnosed, what medicines can be used?
Since one of the main causes of ulcer pathogenesis is the presence of Helicobacter pylori, one of the groups of drugs is drugs that counteract bacteria. These include drugs "Oxacillin", "Furazolidone."
The second group of drugs are substances that regulate acidity. It is the high acidity of the gastric juice that causes not only a feeling of heartburn, but also acts detrimental, literally corroding tissue. Therefore, the struggle for normal acidity is a very important stage. Roxatidine, Omeprazole or Maalox can regulate high acidity. The means "Gastal", "Fosfalugel", "Almagel" act in the same way.
The next group is prokinetics. Under the influence of these substances, the processing of eaten food in the gastrointestinal tract is accelerated. With their help, the elimination of undigested residues from the body is accelerated. Prokinetics are also prescribed for severe vomiting and an uncontrollable feeling of nausea. Prokinetics: Motilium, Ganaton, Coordinax.
And the last group of drugs that is important for the treatment of stomach ulcers is antispasmodics. What are these drugs for? Antispasmodics are able to relax smooth muscles and thereby relieve the most severely tolerated symptom, namely, attacks of acute or severe pulling pain. Perhaps the most famous of this group is the No-Shpa drug. There is also a domestic analogue - the medicine "Drotaverin", which has the same effect, but is significantly cheaper. Another of the antispasmodics you can use the drugs "Papaverine", "Bendazole", "Bentsiklan."
In addition to these main groups, other drugs are also used in the treatment of stomach ulcers. They are prescribed by a doctor if individual need. It can be bismuth-based drugs (the drug "Vicair" whose action is described above, or "Vicalin") or antibacterial drugs (amoxicillin, tetracycline, clarithromycin).
Medicinal diarrhea treatment
If this problem occurs, the medicine for upset stomach is better to use not one, but several in the complex therapy system. The first and most important point is the replenishment of the fluid actively lost by the body. To do this, drink pharmacy solutions:
- Regidron
- "Citroglucosolan".
- Glucosolan.
Further, sorbents (substances to remove toxins) are necessarily prescribed:
- activated carbon;
- drug "Smecta";
- means "De-nol" or "Vente";
- kaolin.
Then drugs that reduce gastric secretion (we talked about them above) and enzymes come into action. Enzymes need to be said separately, because after diarrhea caused by an upset stomach and intestines, absorption function without support is difficult to recover. Therefore, Mezim-Forte, Pancreatin, and Pancytrate preparations are prescribed.
Medicines for the stomach, used for specific single problems
It should be noted several more groups of drugs that are not included in the lists above. These are medicines for the stomach, which are used for problems in a narrower area. For example, pregnant women with symptoms of severe toxicosis, manifested by vomiting, are prescribed the drug “Cerucal”. And for infants with colic problems - means "Sub simplex" and "Plantex".