Pain and uncomfortable sensations of the digestive system do not appear on time, cause inconvenience to children and adults, it is often unclear what the stomach reacted to. Fortunately, with the help of a competent selection of medicines, the right dosage, discomfort can be neutralized within half an hour and continue to lead a familiar lifestyle.
The delicate problem of increased gas formation, bloating, vomiting is known to everyone. Not so long ago, these problems were solved mainly using activated carbon or a solution of soda with water.
Medicine now offers a wide range of drugs that have their own characteristics of effects on the body, among them Motilium and Espumisan. It is necessary to consider them in more detail in order to consciously make a choice when there is discomfort in the digestive system.
Motilium
Produced by Belgium, it is an antiemetic drug whose active substance is domperidone, which blocks vomiting and accelerates the digestion of food, thereby eliminating the feeling of an overfilled heavy stomach.
Based on the excipients contained in the preparation, its following varieties are sold:
- Tablets for oral administration.
- Lozenges.
- Suspension for children.
Espumisan
The medicine is made in Germany, the active substance is simethicone, a carminative, which reduces the accumulation of gastrointestinal gases, facilitates their release or resorption, which leads to the neutralization of pain. It is completely excreted from the body by the intestines.
There are forms of release:
- Capsules
- Emulsion.
- Drops for children.
- Granules in the form of sachets.
General qualities
Both drugs have similar indications for use, solve similar problems:
- Eliminate flatulence of the intestine and its accompanying symptoms: heaviness, feeling of an overfilled stomach.
- Reduces intestinal colic, cramping abdominal pain.
- Contribute to the normalization of gastric motility.
- They have a similar form of release in the form of a suspension, tablets, are completely excreted from the digestive tract in a short time.
- As a result, they neutralize burning, burping.
Drugs are not recommended for acute intestinal diseases without a doctor’s prescription, for individual intolerance of the components of the drug, allergic reaction to them.
They are non-prescription, freely sold in pharmacies, equipped with instructions, the dosage is carried out according to age, weight (for children), and also depending on the type of release of the drug (suspension, tablets, drops).
Comparison and differences
To understand what medicine to buy in a particular case, you need to pay attention to their distinguishing features.
- Using tablets, you can neutralize symptoms of a similar type, but their fundamental difference is the mechanism of action. So, motilium blocks the receptors of the esophagus, sphincter, which are responsible for the vomiting, suppressing it. Espumisan “extinguishes the vesicles” that have arisen in the intestines as a result of increased gas formation, they go out or are absorbed by the intestines.
- It is possible to take preparations containing simethicone both before, during and after a meal, Motilium will bring the greatest effectiveness 20 minutes before starting a meal, as if there is food inside the stomach, its absorption is slowed down.
- Suspension, drops of espumisan can be given to infants from birth, adhering to the recommended dosage, the drug is often used for colic in babies.
- The motilium instruction is not recommended for pregnant women, due to insufficient studies in this area, its use should be discussed with a doctor, an espumisan suspension can be used during pregnancy, breastfeeding without harm to the baby, subject to the dosage requirements.
- When an overdose of domperidone occurs, a feeling of drowsiness and weakness is possible. However, such cases are unlikely and can happen only with people hypersensitive to active substances.
Selection recommendations
Motilium will help to cope with unpleasant sensations in such cases as:
- Premature onset of a feeling of fullness, fullness of the stomach, subsequent nausea, belching, flatulence.
- Minimization of vomiting reactions and esophageal disorders during medical intervention in the body, in the treatment of infections and pathologies.
- The occurrence of an unwanted vomiting reflex with the introduction of a probe, other manipulations for examining the stomach. To do this, you need to take the medicine half an hour before the expected procedure.
- The appearance of vomiting due to excessive eating, spicy, oily, sugary sweet.
- As a result of overeating with breast milk, the baby for a long time often spits up, experiences pain. In this case, the drug should be started after consulting a pediatrician.
Espumisan should be preferred if:
- There is increased gas formation, drilling in the stomach.
- It is planned to conduct abdominal ultrasound, radiography, to obtain a clearer result.
- Detergent poisoning has occurred.
- Unpleasant sensations appear after excessive eating of peas, beans, and other legumes, contributing to increased gas production. Such products include cabbage, apples, dates.
- Eating, often incorrect, takes place “on the run”, abundantly washed down with carbonated drinks or kvass. A combination of incompatible products leads to increased gas formation: milk is not recommended to be mixed with vegetables and fruits.
- The consequences of surgical interventions in the digestive tract are accompanied by bloating, pain in the abdomen.
- Infant colic discomfort to the child. It is better to take the medicine in the form of drops, it can be discreetly added to milk or the mixture directly during feeding.
- There was a need to quickly get rid of suddenly overtaken pains, it is convenient to have a sachet with you, it will not take up much space, it will be at hand.
