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Model List of Essential Medicines

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17. Gastrointestinal medicines
  1. Aprepitant General information
    Section
    Antiemetic medicines
    • Oral > Liquid: 125 mg powder for oral suspension (in sachet)
    • Oral > Solid > capsule: 80 mg; 125 mg; 165 mg
    Indications
    Nausea or vomiting
  2. Bisacodyl General information
    Section
    Laxatives
    Indications
    Therapeutic equivalent to senna for Constipation
  3. Dexamethasone General information
    Section
    Antiemetic medicines
    • Oral > Liquid: 0.5 mg per 5 mL (as sodium phosphate); 2 mg per 5 mL (as sodium phosphate)
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 4 mg per mL in 1 mL ampoule dexamethasone phosphate (as sodium phosphate, equivalent to 3.3 mg/mL dexamethasone base)
    • Oral > Solid > tablet: 0.5 mg (as dexamethasone base); 0.75 mg (as dexamethasone base); 1.5 mg (as dexamethasone base); 4 mg (as dexamethasone base); 2 mg (as dexamethasone base)
    Indications
    Nausea or vomiting
  4. Dolasetron General information
    Section
    Antiemetic medicines
    Indications
    Therapeutic equivalent to ondansetron for Nausea or vomiting
  5. Granisetron General information
    Section
    Antiemetic medicines
    Indications
    Therapeutic equivalent to ondansetron for Nausea or vomiting
  6. Hydrocortisone General information
    Section
    Anti-inflammatory medicines
    • Local > Rectal > Suppository: 25 mg (acetate)
    • Local > Rectal > Retention enema: 100 mg per 60 mL
    Indications
    Crohn disease site Ulcerative colitis
  7. Mesalazine General information
    Section
    Anti-inflammatory medicines
    Indications
    Therapeutic equivalent to sulfasalazine for Crohn disease site Therapeutic equivalent to sulfasalazine for Ulcerative colitis
  8. Metoclopramide General information
    Section
    Antiemetic medicines
    • Oral > Liquid: 5 mg per 5 mL
    • Oral > Solid: 10 mg (scored) (hydrochloride)
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 5 mg per mL in 2 mL ampoule (hydrochloride)
    Indications
    Nausea or vomiting
  9. Omeprazole General information
    Section
    Antiulcer medicines
    • Parenteral > General injections > IV: 40 mg in vial
    • Oral > Liquid: 1 mg per mL powder for oral liquid; 4 mg per mL powder for oral liquid
    • Oral > Solid > dosage form: 10 mg; 20 mg; 40 mg
    Indications
    Gastrointestinal bleeding Peptic ulcer, site unspecified Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
  10. Ondansetron General information
    Section
    Antiemetic medicines
    • Parenteral > General injections > IV: 2 mg per mL in 2 mL ampoule (as hydrochloride dihydrate); 2 mg per mL in 4 mL ampoule
    • Oral > Liquid: 4 mg per 5 mL (as hydrochloride dihydrate)
    • Oral > Solid > dosage form: 4 mg (as hydrochloride dihydrate); 8 mg (as hydrochloride dihydrate); 24 mg (as hydrochloride dihydrate)
    Indications
    Nausea or vomiting
  11. Oral rehydration salts General information
    Section
    Oral rehydration
    • Powder for dilution in 200 mL, 500 mL, 1 L:
    • - glucose 75 mEq or mmol/L
    • - sodium 75 mEq or mmol/L
    • - chloride 65 mEq or mmol/L
    • - potassium 20 mEq or mmol/L
    • - citrate 10 mEq or mmol/L
    • - osmolarity 245 mOsm/L
    • - glucose 13.5 g/L
    • - sodium chloride 2.6 g/L
    • - potassium chloride 1.5 g/L
    • - trisodium citrate dihydrate 2.9 g/L
    Indications
    Diarrhoea
  12. Oral rehydration salts - zinc sulfate General information
    Section
    Medicines used in diarrhoea
    • Oral > Other: ORS powder for dilution and zinc sulfate dispersible tablet 20 mg (co-packaged)
    Indications
    Diarrhoea
  13. Palonosetron General information
    Section
    Antiemetic medicines
    Indications
    Therapeutic equivalent to ondansetron for Nausea or vomiting
  14. Pancreatic enzymes General information
    Section
    Gastrointestinal medicines
    • Capsule (modified release): 10 000 lipase units + 8000 amylase units + 600 protease units; 25 000 lipase units + 18 000 amylase units + 1000 protease units.
    • *Units expressed in Ph. Eur
    Indications
    Enzyme intestinal
  15. Prednisolone General information
    Section
    Anti-inflammatory medicines
    • Local > Rectal > Retention enema:
    • Local > Rectal > Retention enema: 20 mg per 100 mL (as sodium phosphate)
    Indications
    Therapeutic equivalent to hydrocortisone for Crohn disease site Crohn disease site Ulcerative colitis
  16. Ranitidine General information
    Section
    Antiulcer medicines
    • Oral > Liquid: 75 mg per 5 mL (as hydrochloride)
    • Oral > Solid: 150 mg (as hydrochloride)
    • Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 25 mg per mL in 2 mL ampoule (as hydrochloride)
    Indications
    Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease Peptic ulcer, site unspecified
  17. Senna General information
    Section
    Laxatives
    • Oral > Solid: 7.5 mg (sennosides) (or traditional dosage forms)
    Indications
    Constipation
  18. Sulfasalazine General information
    Section
    Anti-inflammatory medicines
    • Oral > Solid: 500 mg
    • Local > Rectal > Suppository: 500 mg
    • Local > Rectal > Retention enema: 3 g per 100 mL
    Indications
    Crohn disease site Ulcerative colitis
  19. Tropisetron General information
    Section
    Antiemetic medicines
    Indications
    Therapeutic equivalent to ondansetron for Nausea or vomiting
  20. Zinc sulfate General information
    Section
    Medicines for diarrhoea
    • Oral > Solid > dispersible tablet: 20 mg (scored)
    Indications
    Diarrhoea