Gastrointestinal drugs

Drugs that are active in treating the gastrointestinal disorders.

List of gastrointestinal drugs

• aclatonium napadisilate
• albumin tannate
• alexitol sodium
• alicaforsen
• alicaforsen sodium
• alizapride hydrochloride
• almagate
• almasilate
• aloes - a purgative made from the leaves of aloe
• aloglutamol
• aloin
• alosetron hydrochloride
• basic aluminium carbonate
• aluminium formate
• aluminium glycinate
• aluminium hydroxide - white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite
• carbonate co dried gel
• aluminium phosphate
• aluminium sodium silicate
• alverine citrate
• alvimopan
• aprepitant
• attapulgite
• azasetron hydrochloride
• balsalazide sodium
• benexate hydrochloride
• bisacodyl
• bisacodyl tannex
• bismuth compounds
• bismuth aluminate
• bismuth citrate
• bismuth oxide
• bismuth salicylate
• bismuth subcarbonate
• bismuth subcitrate potassium
• bismuth subgallate
• bismuth subnitrate
• tripotassium dicitratobismuthate
• bisoxatin acetate
• bran - food prepared from the husks of cereal grains; broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting
• bromopride
• buckthorn - any shrub or small tree of the genus bumelia; a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments; an old world plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
• butropium bromide
• buzepide metiodide
• calcium carbonate - a salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone
• carbenoxolone sodium
• casanthranol
• cascara - dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
• cassia pulp
• cerium oxalate
• certolizumab pegol
• cetraxate hydrochloride
• chalk - a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces; a pure flat white with little reflectance; a soft whitish calcite; an amphetamine derivative (trade name methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant; verb write, draw, or trace with chalk
• ciclonium bromide
• cilansetron
• cimetidine - a drug (trade name tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid
• cimetidine hydrochloride
• cimetropium bromide
• cinitapride
• cisapride
• cisapride tartrate
• clebopride
• clebopride malate
• clidinium bromide
• colocynth
• dantron
• dicycloverine hydrochloride
• difemerine hydrochloride
• difenidol hydrochloride
• difenoxin
• difenoxin hydrochloride
• dihexyverine hydrochloride
• dihydroxyaluminum sodium carbonate
• diisopromine hydrochloride
• diphenoxylate hydrochloride
• docusate calcium
• docusate potassium
• docusate sodium
• dolasetron mesilate
• domperidone
• domperidone maleate
• dosmalfate
• drofenine hydrochloride
• dronabinol - psychoactive substance present in marijuana; used therapeutically to control nausea associated with cancer therapy
• ebrotidine
• ecabet sodium
• enoxolone aluminium
• eseridine salicylate
• esomeprazole
• esomeprazole magnesium
• esomeprazole sodium
• euonymus - widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines
• famotidine - a histamine blocker (trade name pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux
• fedotozine
• fentonium bromide
• fig - fleshy sweet pear shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried; mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit; a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; a libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al qaeda; seeks to radicalize the libyan government; attempted to assassinate qaddafi
• fosaprepitant
• fosaprepitant meglumine
• frangula bark
• gefarnate
• ginger   adj. (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange brown color;  pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in oriental cookery; dried ground gingerroot; perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems; liveliness and energy; verb add ginger to in order to add flavor
• granisetron hydrochloride
• hydrotalcite
• hyoscine - an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures
• hyoscine butylbromide
• hyoscine hydrobromide
• hyoscine methobromide
• hyoscine methonitrate
• hyoscyamine - a poisonous crystalline alkaloid (isometric with atropine but more potent); used to treat excess motility of the gastrointestinal tract
• hyoscyamine hydrobromide
• hyoscyamine sulfate
• indisetron hydrochloride
• ipomoea - morning glory
• ipomoea resin
• irsogladine maleate
• isopropamide iodide
• ispaghula
• psyllium seed
• itopride hydrochloride
• jalap
• jalap resin
• kaolin - a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.G., in paper)
• lactitol
• lactulose
• lafutidine
• lansoprazole - antacid (trade name prevacid) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach
• lidamidine hydrochloride
• linaclotide acetate
• liquorice - a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant; deep rooted coarse textured plant native to the mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in europe for its long thick sweet roots
• loperamide hydrochloride
• loperamide oxide
• loxiglumide
• lubiprostone
• magaldrate
• magnesium carbonate - a very white crystalline salt that occurs naturally as magnesite or as dolomite
• magnesium citrate
• magnesium hydroxide - a white crystalline powder used chiefly in medicines
• magnesium oxide - a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium
• magnesium trisilicate
• manna - hardened sugary exudation of various trees; (old testament) food that god gave the israelites during the exodus
• mebeverine hydrochloride
• mecloxamine citrate
• mepenzolate bromide
• mesalazine
• methanthelinium bromide
• methylbenactyzium bromide
• methylnaltrexone bromide
• metoclopramide
• metoclopramide hydrochloride
• metopimazine
• mosapride citrate
• nabilone
• niperotidine hydrochloride
• nizatidine
• nocloprost
• octatropine methylbromide
• olsalazine sodium
• omeprazole - antacid (trade name prilosec) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach
• omeprazole magnesium
• omeprazole sodium
• ondansetron
• ondansetron hydrochloride
• ornoprostil
• oxapium iodide
• oxyphencyclimine hydrochloride
• oxyphenonium bromide
• palonosetron hydrochloride
• pantoprazole
• pantoprazole sodium
• parapenzolate bromide
• pargeverine hydrochloride
• pentaerythritol - a coronary vasodilator (trade name peritrate) used to treat angina pectoris
• peppermint leaf
• peppermint oil - oil from the peppermint plant used as flavoring
• phenamazide hydrochloride
• phenolphthalein - a laxative used in many preparations under various trade names; also used as an acid base indicator in titrations involving weak acids and strong bases because it is brilliant red at high alkalinity and colorless below ph 8
• pipenzolate bromide
• piperidolate hydrochloride
• pipethanate ethobromide
• pirenzepine hydrochloride
• platyphylline acid tartrate
• plaunotol
• polaprezinc
• poldine metilsulfate
• polycarbophil
• polycarbophil calcium
• potassium acid tartrate
• potassium sodium tartrate - a double salt used in seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic
• prifinium bromide
• proglumide
• propantheline bromide
• prune - dried plum; verb weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
• rabeprazole sodium
• racecadotril
• ramosetron hydrochloride
• ranitidine - a histamine blocker and antacid (trade name zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux
• ranitidine hydrochloride
• ranitidine bismuth citrate
• rebamipide
• renzapride
• revaprazan
• revaprazan hydrochloride
• rhubarb - plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous; long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
• roxatidine acetate hydrochloride
• senna - any of various plants of the genus senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally
• sennosides
• simeticone
• smectites
• sodium picosulfate
• anhydrous sodium sulfate
• sodium sulfate - a solid white bitter salt used in manufacturing glass and paper and dyes and pharmaceuticals
• sodium tartrate
• sofalcone
• sterculia - any tree of the genus sterculia
• sucralfate - medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers; said to bind to the ulcer site and coat it
• sulfasalazine
• sulglicotide
• tamarind - large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys; long lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate colored acidic pulp
• tegaserod maleate
• teprenone
• tiemonium iodide
• tiemonium metilsulfate
• timepidium bromide
• tridihexethyl chloride
• tropisetron
• tropisetron hydrochloride
• troxipide
• urogastrone
• valethamate bromide
• zaldaride