Problems with the gastrointestinal tract are now present in the majority of the population. Therefore, to hear an appeal to the pharmacist in the pharmacy: “Help me find medicine for the stomach!” - can be more than once within an hour. Indeed, how to choose the right drugs for gastroduodenal problems?
Gastrointestinal drugs
• analgesics;
• sorbent preparations;
• drugs that reduce gastric secretion;
• drugs that increase the secretory function of the stomach;
• antibacterial drugs;
• nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs;
• enzymes;
• Antispasmodics.
From this list of medicinal substances, specific medicines for the stomach are selected depending on the individual course of the disease. You need to do this not on your own, but in collaboration with a doctor (therapist or gastroenterologist)!
Medicines needed to treat gastritis
With gastritis, an inflammatory process occurs in the gastric mucosa, with duodenitis - in the duodenal mucosa. Most often this is accompanied by pain (during an acute process orexacerbation of a chronic disease), discomfort, unpleasant belching, bouts of nausea or vomiting, as well as bloating and decreased appetite.
It is these symptoms that are designed to remove drugs for gastritis of the stomach.
- The drug "Almagel A" reduces the acidity of gastric juice and protects the inflamed mucosa from further damage.
- Means "Almagel Neo" plus it helps to reduce gas formation.
- The medicine "Vikair" is also an antacid agent that can envelop the mucous membrane and relieve signs of the inflammatory process.
- A similar scenario is followed by drugs such as Ranitidine, Maalox, Gastracid, Alumag, Gastrofarm, Omeprazole.
All these medicines for the stomach are taken with increased or normal acidity of gastric juice. They relieve pain and affect the cause of gastritis. If there is a state of low acidity of gastric juice (which happens much less often), then it is recommended to take the drugs Levocarnitine and Metoclopramide.
Treatment of gastric ulcer with medication
A stomach ulcer is a formidable disease that necessarily requires control and treatment with drugs. With this disease, there is a serious danger of perforation of the stomach wall (thinning and rupture) with subsequent peritonitis and sepsis. Therefore, to launch or treat an ulcer only by folk methods is by no meansno case!
So, if a stomach ulcer is diagnosed, what medications can be used?
Since one of the main causes of the pathogenesis of ulcers is the presence of Helicobacter pylori, one of the groups of drugs is drugs that counteract bacteria. These include the drugs "Oxacillin", "Furazolidone".
The second group of drugs are substances that regulate acidity. It is the high acidity of gastric juice that causes not only a feeling of heartburn, but also acts detrimentally, literally corroding tissues. Therefore, the struggle for normal acidity is a very important stage. High acidity is able to regulate the drugs "Roxatidine", "Omeprazole" or "Maalox". In the same way, the means "Gastal", "Phosphalugel", "Almagel" act.
The next group is prokinetics. Under the influence of these substances, the processing of food eaten in the gastrointestinal tract is accelerated. With their help, the removal of undigested residues from the body is accelerated. Also, prokinetics are prescribed for severe vomiting and an uncontrollable feeling of nausea. Prokinetic drugs: Motilium, Ganaton, Coordinax.
And the last group of medicines, important for the treatment of stomach ulcers - antispasmodics. What are these drugs for? Antispasmodics are able to relax smooth muscles and thereby relieve the most difficult to tolerate symptom, namely, attacks of acute orstrong pulling pain. Perhaps the most famous of this group is the drug "No-shpa". There is also a domestic analogue - the drug "Drotaverin", which has the same effect, but is much cheaper. Another of the antispasmodics, you can use the drugs "Papaverine", "Bendazol", "Benciclane".
In addition to these main groups, other drugs are also used in the treatment of stomach ulcers. They are prescribed by a doctor on an individual basis. These can be bismuth-based drugs (the drug Vikair, whose action is described above, or Vikalin) or antibacterial drugs (amoxicillin, tetracycline, clarithromycin).
Medicated treatment of diarrhea
When this problem occurs, it is better to use a cure for indigestion not one, but several in the system of complex therapy. The first and most important point is the replenishment of fluid actively lost by the body. To do this, they drink pharmacy solutions:
- "Rehydron".
- "Citroglucosolan".
- "Glucosolan".
Further, sorbents (substances for removing toxins) must be prescribed:
- activated carbon;
- drug "Smecta";
- means "De-nol" or "Vente";
- kaolin.
Then drugs that reduce gastric secretion come into play (we will talk about themmentioned above) and enzymes. Enzymes should be mentioned separately, because after diarrhea caused by an upset stomach and intestines, it is difficult to restore the absorption function without support. Therefore, the drugs "Mezim-forte", "Pancreatin", "Pancitrate" are prescribed.
Stomach medicines for specific single problems
It is necessary to note a few 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 babies with colic problems - Sub Simplex and Plantex.
