title: Pharmacotherapy of gastrointestinal motor disorders.
abstract: Pharmacotherapy of gastrointestinal motor disorders is complicated by the large variety of drug targets and their interactions, the complex relation between contractile patterns and propulsion and the occurrence of regional and species differences. A number of drug classes are discussed: cholinergic agonists/antagonists, dopamine-antagonists, calcium-entry blockers and spasmolytics, serotonin-5-HT4-agonists, cholecystokinin-antagonists, motilin-agonists, 5-HT3-antagonists, opiate agonists, and laxatives. The number of drug classes is increasing rapidly allowing a more specific treatment for the large number of gastrointestinal disorders related to disturbed motility. An interesting new development is the search for compounds interfering with transmitters of the non-adrenergic non-cholinergic nerves of the enteric nervous system a.o. nitric oxide (NO).
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Pharmacology, Janssen Research Foundation, Beerse, Belgium.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Schuurkes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002400:Cathartics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D018679:Cholinergic Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020117:Cisapride; D004285:Dogs; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005544:Forecasting; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D009037:Motilin / Q000819:agonists; D009294:Narcotics / Q000819:agonists; D010276:Parasympatholytics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010277:Parasympathomimetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010880:Piperidines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051381:Rats; D012106:Research; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D002400:Cathartics; D018679:Cholinergic Agonists; D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D009294:Narcotics; D010276:Parasympatholytics; D010277:Parasympathomimetics; D010880:Piperidines; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D009037:Motilin; D002766:Cholecystokinin; D020117:Cisapride