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A doctor would say it depends on your symptoms. The common person who is feeling nauseous, or is vomiting, doesn’t realize that it mostly likely won’t last that long. You will get the bug out of your system, and your body will start to recuperate. However, in some cases, you won’t stop throwing up; you will become so weak you can’t choose a new movie anymore. It is in this case that your doctor can either give you injectable or suppository Gravol, or prescribe you Motillium.

Both drugs have antiemetic properties, which will ultimately help you start to feel better. Choosing your antiemetic also depends on why you are feeling bad in the first place. The flu, food poisoning, motion sickness and other milder symptoms should be treated with over the counter Gravol. Just keep in mind that it may make you sleepy (not necessarily a bad thing on a long car ride). Gravol is also available in an injection and as a suppository. These are prescribed with severe vomiting, as tablet-form Gravol will not stay in the stomach long enough to be absorbed into the stomach.

Motillium, as a prescription drug, is often given to hospital or out- patients recovering from anesthesia (postoperative nausea), or for gastroparesis, which it was created for. Gastroparesis is a stomach motility condition, where the stomach does not properly digest food, and move it into the intestinal tract. Motillium helps this by blocking the actions of dopamine, which, among other things, regulates digestion, especially feelings of nausea and vomiting. Motillium has been approved for gastrointestinal disorders in the United States, but can be bought online for a discount.

Gravol is available over the counter, and works by controlling the “vomiting centre” of the brain. Nausea sufferers can usually expect their symptoms to lessen within an hour of taking Gravol. However, it is not a long term fix. Motillium is often prescribed for radiation therapy patients, postoperative nauseas or for patients with a chronic nausea issue.

If you are unsure which antiemetic you should be taking, always talk to your doctor. They will be able to explain to you how and what specific drug you should be taking to alleviate your personal symptoms. Both Gravol and Motillium are prescribed by your doctor for your specific body weight and symptoms, so be sure to follow your doctor’s instructions.

From Eleven

Prescription domperidone (also known by the brand name Motilium) is primarily used to ease digestive symptoms caused by slowed movement in the gastrointestinal tract (gastroparesis). Gastroparesis symptoms include nausea, vomiting, bloating, heartburn and a feeling of fullness.

Domperidone works by speeding up stomach emptying. Slow stomach emptying is often associated with gastritis (an inflamed stomach lining) and with diabetes. Gastroparesis is common in diabetics because years of high blood sugar can damage the vagus nerve, which controls the stomach contractions that move food through the digestive system.

Domperidone also increases the production of the hormone prolactin, which stimulates milk production in breastfeeding women. (more…)

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Eating on the run, downing Big Macs and being a couch potato are a recipe for digestion disaster. Here are five basic tips to aid digestion and avoid stomach ailments and discomfort.

A good old fashioned gut ache is one ailment that leaves you debilitated, a lump of flesh lying on the couch, clutching yourself and cursing every single centimeter of your intestinal tract. Today’s hustle-bustle living, where eating is often done on the run with little to no thought, is a prescription for digestion disaster. Here are five ways to avoid your stomach exacting sweet revenge on you, and to help make digestion a dream.

1. Choose Foods Wisely

To read the full article, please visit Five Ways to avoid Digestive Diasters from Domeridone infromation site http://www.domperidone.us/

After my daughter was born, she was weighed, briefly poked and prodded, and all her digits were accounted for. Swaddled and squirming, she was then laid onto my stomach, and with no hesitation she made eye contact with me and latched onto my right breast. After a long pregnancy filled with worry and stress, this was a very simple but profound act for me. I sighed the deepest sigh possible, the room melted away and it was just her and I. Baby brain and sleep deprivation, that cruel but inevitable duo, take away a lot of your memories, but I will never forget that moment.

Every baby book, every baby blog and every baby “professional” (aka my mother) stresses how important breastfeeding is for your newborn. Emotionally, the bond between the newborn baby and the new mama is cemented with breastfeeding. Health-wise, not only is breastfeeding the cheapest and most convenient option, breast milk has the perfect balance of nutrients for your baby. Looking at the bigger picture, breastfeeding can increase the child’s immunity to disease and infection, and down the road breast-fed babies are less likely to be obese, or develop osteoporosis and allergies like eczema.
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Diabetics who experience frequent heartburn, stomach pain or bloating may be experiencing the symptoms of delayed gastric emptying. Diabetes is the most common cause of gastroparesis, or delayed gastric emptying. That’s because high blood sugar causes chemical changes in nerves, including the vagus nerve, which controls the movement of food through the digestive tract. High blood sugar also damages the blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients to the nerves, further impairing their functioning.

When the vagus nerve is damaged, then the passage of food through from the stomach through the digestive track slows, or even stops. People commonly suffer from a wide range of gastroparesis symptoms, making the condition difficult to diagnose. Frequency and severity of symptoms also vary widely from individual to individual. Common symptoms are:
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The FDA has made it clear that it considers domperidone unsafe, especially for breastfeeding mothers. But what about pediatric groups, mothers, and breastfeeding activists? Why is it important to them that prescription domperidone gets FDA approval when there are other drugs out there intended for aiding lactation? Why do they feel that they are being targeted unfairly by the FDA? (more…)

New mothers who have low supplies of breast milk, and who have tried natural means of increasing supply, may be looking to prescription medication for help. The FDA has issued warnings about one of the most effective drugs, domperidone (generic Motilium), making it difficult for anyone in the United States to purchase domperidone. However, many advocates of breastfeeding feel that the warnings are unfounded and that they only discourage breastfeeding. (more…)

Motilium has been widely available in almost every country around the world except the US since 1978.  Motilium was approved over 20 years ago in Canada, and is the gastrointestinal medication of choice to treat nausea and vomiting in most countries. More recently, Motilium has also been increasingly prescribed to stimulate lactation in breast-feeding women. (more…)