Wednesday, 14 October 2015

PHARMA QUIZ-BCQ-MOTION SICKNESS


ANSWER: a) Motilium

DESCRIPTION

Stugeron is the trade name of Cinnarizine which is a piperazine derivative is actually antihistamine. It is used to treat nausea and vomiting due to motion sickness or sea sickness. It is available as tablets.

Avomine is also available as tablets; it contains the active Promethazine theoclate. Promethazine belongs to phenothiazine family of antihistamine. It is a first generation anti-histamine. It is used as neuroleptic medicine, also used to treat nausea and vomiting associated with motion sickness.

Phenergan is also Promethazine, is anti-histamine used in motion sickness.

Kwells is hyoscine hydrobromide is a muscarininc antagonist used to treat the symptoms of motion sickness.

Motilium is Domperidone, it is selective dopamine antagonist, acts on D2 and D3 receptors. It is used to treat nausea and vomiting, used to increase the gastric transit and increases the prolactin release.


Anti-histamines and muscarinic antagonists are used in motion sickness, whereas Motilium, a selective dopamine antagonist cannot treat nausea and vomiting associated with motion sickness.

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