Metoclopramide and ureteric colic.
The pain-reducing property of metoclopramide (Primperan) was compared with that of a narcotic combination drug (Spasmofen) in a double-blind study on 40 patients with ureteric colic. The tested drugs had equal pain-reducing capacity and no serious side-effects were noticed. Metoclopramide appears to be an alternative when inhibitors of prostaglandin synthesis or narcotics are contraindicated.
D000328:Adult; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003061:Codeine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003085:Colic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008787:Metoclopramide / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009020:Morphine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009665:Noscapine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010208:Papaverine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011897:Random Allocation; D012602:Scopolamine Derivatives / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D004338:Drug Combinations; D012602:Scopolamine Derivatives; D009020:Morphine; C034701:spasmofen; D009665:Noscapine; D010208:Papaverine; D008787:Metoclopramide; D003061:Codeine