OBJECTIVES Nosocomial infection/sepsis occurs in up to 40% of children requiring long-term intensive care. Zinc, selenium, glutamine, metoclopramide (a prolactin secretalogue), and/or whey protein supplementation have been effective in reducing infection and sepsis in other populations. We evaluated whether daily nutriceutical supplementation with zinc, selenium, glutamine, and metoclopramide, ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of bolus dose of midazolam and metoclopramide in reducing emetic symptoms during caesarean delivery under spinal anaesthesia. METHODS In a double-blind study, 80 women undergoing elective caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia (using 0.5% bupivacaine 10 mg) were allocated randomly to receive midazolam 2 mg, or metoclopramide 10 mg at the begin...

Introduction: Postoperative nausea & vomiting (PONV) are common distressing complications of anaesthesia. Pain ,nausea frequently listed by the patient as their most important postoperative concerns. PONV results in increased patientÂ’s discomfort and dissatisfaction. Despite continuing advances anaesthetic surgical technique, both incidence severity remain relatively unchanged. Material Me...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: there are different options to manage benign headache in the emergency department. the costs, side effects, and efficacies of the drugs used are significantly different. the aim of this study was to compare intravenous (iv) metoclopramide with subcutaneous (sc) sumatriptan in treatment of migraine headache. material and methods: in a ran...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of metoclopramide in the treatment of feeding intolerance in preterm neonates less than 36 weeks of gestational age. METHODS A randomized, controlled, masked cross-over study. A block of 4 randomizations was used. The "drug group" received intravenous metoclopramide before feeding and placebo group received placebo at the same time. The time to fu...

Calcium entry blockers such as felodipine induce natriuresis without a parallel rise of potassium excretion. Previous studies with exogenous aldosterone and felodipine have suggested that the absence of kaliuresis might be explained by a felodipine-induced inhibition of aldosterone release. The natriuresis with calcium entry blockers could not be attributed to a similar mechanism but might be d...

UNLABELLED The gastroprokinetic agent metoclopramide is known to stimulate catecholamine secretion from pheochromocytomas. The aim of the study was to investigate the mechanism of action of metoclopramide and expression of serotonin type 4 (5-HT(4)) receptors in pheochromocytoma tissues. Tissue explants, obtained from 18 pheochromocytomas including the tumor removed from a 46-year-old female pa...

Chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) are two of the most feared adverse events experienced by cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Metoclopramide was derived from procainamide in the 1950s and one of the first drugs investigated in the prophylaxis of nausea and vomiting induced by chemotherapy. The breakthrough came in 1981 with the recognition that high-dose metoclopramide was e...

The effect of metoclopramide has been studied on the emptying of solid meals labelled with (51)Cr and monitored with a gamma camera. Metoclopramide, 10 mg iv or a dummy injection, was given randomly and double blind to 10 normal subjects and to 10 patients within three months of a truncal vagotomy and pyloroplasty. All were tested in the recumbent position. Metoclopramide had no effect on empty...