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Gastrointestinal Agents: Daniel Andrew Savage
Gastrointestinal Agents: Daniel Andrew Savage
ALOHA OCANG-QUIANAL
DANIEL
ANDREW SAVAGE
AGENTS USED TO TREAT GI
DISORDERS
ACHLORHYDRIA MAY OCCUR IN CERTAIN CONDITIONS SUCH AS CHRONIC GASTRITIS, CARCINOMA OF THE
STOMACH, AND IN SPECIFIC GASTRIC SURGERY.
DILUTE HYDROCHOLRIC ACID USP38/NF33 AT 10% (w/v) RELIEVES THE GI SYMPTOMS CAUSED BE
ACHLORHYDRIA. THE USUAL DOSE IS 5ML DILUTED TO 200 ML WATER TO PROVIDE ABOUT 15 mEq OF ACID,
ADMINISTERED WITH A STRAW TO AVOID WITH THE DENTAL ENAMEL.
ANTACIDS
ESOPHAGEAL ULCER
GASTRIC ULCER
DUODENAL ULCER
AFTER A MEAL, APPROXIMATELY 45 mEq/h OF HYFROCHLORIC IS SECRETED. A SINGLE DOSE OF 156 mEq OF
ANTACID GIVEN AN HOUR AFTER A MEAL EFFECTIVELY NEUTRALIZES GASTRIC ACID FOR UP TO 2 HOURS.
CRITERIA FOR AN IDEAL ANTACID
SIDE EFFECTS
IMPAIRED DIGESTION WHEN TAKEN WITH FOOD
FLATULENCE
DIARRHEA IN MAGNESIUM-CONTAINING ANTACIDS
CONSTIPATION IN CALCIUM AND ALUMINUM-CONTAINING ANTACIDS
AND IN EXCESSIVE FREQUENT INTAKE MAY CAUSE METABOLIC ALKALOSIS
SODIUM BICARBONATE(NaHCO3)