Motilium Tablet: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Precautions and Alternates

Quick overview

Motilium Tablet contains Domperidone, a dopamine antagonist. It helps with nausea, bloating, indigestion, and vomiting, and is used for stomach problems such as gas, belching, and a heavy stomach. It works by blocking signals in the brain that cause nausea and by helping food move through the stomach and intestines more easily.

What is Motilium Tablet

Motilium Tablet contains Domperidone. It helps with nausea, bloating, indigestion, and vomiting, and is used for stomach problems such as gas, belching, and a heavy stomach.

Motilium Tablet uses

• Stomach pain
• Nausea and vomiting
• Gastroparesis (delayed gastric emptying)
• Feeling full or bloated quickly after eating
• Sometimes used to help with breastfeeding
• Indigestion
• Gastric motility disorders

Benefits of Motilium Tablet

• Helps relieve nausea and vomiting
• Helps food move through the stomach and intestine more easily
• Increases intestinal movements and helps the bowel empty

How Motilium Tablet works

It works by blocking signals in the brain that cause nausea, and it also helps food move through the stomach and intestines more easily.

Motilium Tablet dosage

Swallow the tablet whole with a glass of water. Take it before meals. Don't crush or chew the tablet. If taken after a meal, the medicine may work more slowly. Do not use for more than a week without talking to your doctor. Orodispersible tablets should be placed on the tongue to melt and be swallowed with saliva, without needing water.

If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember, but skip it if it's almost time for your next dose; do not double up doses.

Available forms and strengths

• Tablet
• Film-coated tablet
• Orodispersible tablet

Side effects of Motilium Tablet

Common

• Dry mouth
• Headache
• Dizziness
• Diarrhea
• Feeling weak
• Anxiety or agitation
• Sleepiness
• Changes in breast tissue
• Changes in menstrual periods
• Restlessness
• Nervousness
• Loss of libido or decreased interest in sex
• Rash
• Itching
• Hives
• Painful or sensitive breasts
• Lactation from the breasts

Serious

• Fast or irregular heartbeat
• Fainting
• Seizures or uncontrollable movements
• Severe allergic reaction
• Swelling of face, lips, eyelids, tongue, hands and feet
• Difficulty breathing
• Chest pain
• Extreme tiredness
• Involuntary movements of the face, arms, or legs, excessive trembling, or muscle rigidity or spasms
• Eyes turning upwards
• No menstruation in women
• Enlarged breasts in men
• Inability to urinate
• Restless leg syndrome

Warnings and precautions

• Do not use if you are allergic to Domperidone.
• Do not use if you have a pituitary gland tumor (prolactinoma).
• Do not use if you have stomach bleeding, a blockage, or a tear in your stomach or intestines.
• Do not use if you have moderate or severe liver disease.
• Do not use if you have certain heart conditions, including QT interval prolongation or heart failure.
• Do not use if you have low potassium or magnesium levels, or high potassium levels in the blood.
• Do not use if you are taking certain other medicines, including some antifungals, antibiotics, heart medicines, and others that can interact seriously.
• This medicine may be linked to a higher risk of irregular heartbeat and cardiac arrest, especially in people over 60 or those taking higher doses.
• Use the lowest effective dose for the shortest possible time.
• It is not known if this medicine is harmful during pregnancy. Talk to your doctor before taking it if you are pregnant or think you may be pregnant.
• Small amounts of this medicine pass into breast milk and may affect the baby's heart. It should only be used during breastfeeding if your doctor considers it strictly necessary.
• Talk to your doctor before use if you have kidney problems, as you may need a lower dose or need to take it less often, with regular checkups.
• Do not use if you have moderate or severe liver disease. Talk to your doctor first if you have mild liver problems.
• Drinking alcohol while taking this medicine is not recommended because it can increase the risk of side effects like dizziness, drowsiness, difficulty concentrating, gastrointestinal bleeding, weakness, and fatigue.
• Some people feel dizzy or drowsy after taking this medicine. Do not drive until you know how it affects you.

Storage

• Keep in cool, dry place (below 30°C)
• Away from children's reach
• Protect from light and moisture
• Store between 15 and 30°C, protect from light
• Do not use this medicine after the expiry date
• Do not flush medicines down the sink or toilet and do not throw them in the dustbin; ask your pharmacist what to do with unused medicines

When to see a doctor

• Stop taking it and see a doctor right away if you feel a fast or irregular heartbeat, dizziness, or fainting.
• Contact your doctor immediately if you notice palpitations, breathing difficulties, or loss of consciousness, and stop the treatment.
• Seek immediate medical attention if you notice signs of an allergic reaction such as rash, itching or swelling of the face or throat, dizziness, or difficulty breathing.
• Seek emergency medical attention if you think you have taken too much of this medicine.

Alternatives

• Dompy 10 mg Tablet
• Lupidom 10 MG Tablet
• Nudom 10 MG Tablet
• Stopvom 10 MG Tablet
• Vomtal 10 MG Tablet