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Today, there are several types of drugs on the pharmaceutical market that help combat the problem of overeating and its complications. Let's look at popular remedies that normalize the body's condition during regular bouts of gluttony:
Pancreasim
Pancreoprotector which includes pancreatic enzymes: amylase, protease, lipase. The drug stimulates the digestion processes and better absorption of useful components in the small intestine. The drug is recommended for pancreatic pathologies, abuse of fatty foods and to normalize the digestion process.
- Indications for use: exocrine dysfunction of the pancreas, gastrointestinal tract pathologies, condition after recent operations on the digestive organs. Flatulence and diarrhea, eating disorders. Abuse of fatty, fried and other unhealthy foods.
- Directions for use: Adult patients take 1-2 tablets 2-3 times a day, children take 1 capsule 2-3 times a day. In case of nutritional disorders, treatment lasts from several days to several years.
- Side effects: change in stool consistency, discomfort in the epigastric region, nausea, allergic rashes. Overdose has similar symptoms.
- Contraindications: acute inflammatory reactions of the pancreas, hypersensitivity to the components of the drug. Use during pregnancy and lactation is possible upon doctor's prescription.
Pancreazyme is available in the form of enteric-coated tablets. The drug is available in packages of 10 capsules.
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Normoenzyme
Digestive enzyme that improves digestion processes. Compensates for insufficient pancreatic function and bile excretory function of the liver.
Promotes active and complete digestion of food. Eliminates painful symptoms caused by digestive disorders: heaviness in the stomach, stool disorders, increased gas formation. Stimulates the secretion of the pancreas's own enzymes, accelerates the digestion of fats.
- Indications for use: chronic pancreatitis, fibrosis, inflammatory-dystrophic diseases of the stomach. Improvement of digestion of food with regular overeating, flatulence and diarrhea of unknown etiology.
- Method of administration and dosage: 1-3 tablets 3 times a day during or after meals. The duration of treatment is individual for each patient.
- Side effects: allergic reactions, decreased synthesis of bile acids, nausea and diarrhea. Intestinal colic and irritation of the oral mucosa are also possible.
- Overdose: hyperuricemia and hyperuricosuria. Symptomatic therapy and drug withdrawal are indicated to normalize the disease state.
- Contraindications: individual intolerance to the components of the drug, exacerbation of pancreatitis, hepatitis, liver failure, hepatic coma or precoma. The drug is not prescribed for intestinal obstruction and for patients under 3 years of age. Use during pregnancy and cystic fibrosis is possible only after medical permission.
Normoenzyme is available as enteric-coated tablets of 10 or 20 pieces per blister, 1-5 blisters per package.
Ferestal
A medicinal product that replenishes the deficiency of pancreatic enzymes and bile components.
- Indications for use: chronic pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, inflammatory-dystrophic lesions of the stomach, intestines, liver, gall bladder. Improved digestion of food in case of overeating, chewing disorders, sedentary lifestyle.
- Method of administration and dosage: orally during or after meals, 1-2 tablets 3 times a day. Duration of treatment – from several days to several years.
- Contraindications: individual intolerance to the components of the drug, acute pancreatitis, hepatitis, mechanical jaundice, intestinal obstruction, liver failure.
- Side effects: allergic reactions, nausea, abdominal pain, increased levels of uric acid in the blood.
The drug is available in the form of tablets for oral use in blisters of 10 capsules.
Abomin
A combination drug with the active substance pancreatin. It has a proteolytic effect and normalizes the digestion process.
- Indications for use: gastrointestinal diseases with impaired digestive ability, low acidity of gastric juice, gastritis, gastroenteritis, enterocolitis. Nutritional errors. The drug is taken orally 1-3 tablets 3 times a day, the course of treatment is 1-2 months.
- Contraindications: gastrointestinal obstruction, intolerance to the components of the drug, severe vomiting. Side effects are manifested in the form of heartburn and attacks of mild nausea, treatment is symptomatic.
Abomin is available as oral tablets, 10 per pack.
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Pepfiz
Carminative drug with digestive enzymes. Improves the motor function of the gastrointestinal tract, reduces gas formation in the intestines, normalizes the digestion and absorption of proteins, fats, carbohydrates.
- Indications for use: liver disease, inflammation of the pancreas, flatulence, enteritis. Feeling of fullness in the stomach due to overeating, abuse of alcohol, caffeine or nicotine. The medicine can be used in preparation for ultrasound and X-ray examination of the abdominal organs.
- Method of administration and dosage: orally, dissolving 1 tablet in ½ glass of water. The drug is taken 1 capsule 2-3 times a day.
- Contraindications: hypersensitivity to the components of the drug, pregnancy and lactation, arterial hypertension, children. Side effects are manifested by allergic reactions.
Pepfiz is available in the form of effervescent tablets to be dissolved in water and taken orally.
Rennie
A drug with antacid and gastroprotective properties. Contains the active component - calcium and magnesium carbonate. After penetrating the gastric cavity, these substances interact with the hydrochloric acid of the gastric juice and neutralize its irritating effect.
- Indications for use: diseases of the gastrointestinal tract due to increased acidity of gastric juice, gastritis, acute duodenitis, ulcerative and erosive lesions of the stomach and duodenum. Symptomatic therapy of painful sensations caused by gluttony, alcohol, drugs.
- Directions for use: 1-2 tablets when painful symptoms associated with increased acidity appear. Maximum daily dose is 16 tablets.
- Side effects: allergic reactions, changes in stool consistency, diarrhea.
- Contraindications: intolerance to the components of the drug. The drug is prescribed with special caution to people with renal failure and elevated levels of calcium in the blood.
- Overdose: diarrhea, signs of hypercalcemia. There is no specific antidote, treatment is symptomatic.
Rennie is available in tablet form with different flavors. The drug is available in blisters of 6 tablets each.
Domrid
A medicinal product with antiemetic action. Contains the active ingredient domperidone, a dopamine antagonist.
- Indications for use: dyspeptic disorders caused by slow gastric emptying, esophagitis, gastroesophageal reflux, overeating, epigastric pain, flatulence. Vomiting attacks of various etiologies.
- Directions for use: the drug should be taken 15-20 minutes before meals with a sufficient amount of liquid. The average dosage is 10 mg 2-3 times a day. The course of treatment should not exceed 28 days.
- Side effects: agitation, increased nervousness, sleep and wakefulness disorders, headaches, irritability. In rare cases, stomatitis, abdominal pain and bowel disorders, increased activity of liver enzymes occur.
- Contraindications: hypersensitivity to the components of the drug, lactase deficiency and galactosemia, impaired glucose-galactose absorption.
- Overdose: increased drowsiness, weakness, disorientation, development of extrapyramidal reactions. There is no specific antidote, treatment is symptomatic.
Domrid is available in several forms: enteric-coated tablets and prolonged-release capsules, and oral suspension.
Anti-overeating pills and how to speed up digestion after binge eating?
Episodes of uncontrolled food consumption leave behind a number of unpleasant symptoms: heaviness in the stomach, flatulence, constipation, nausea, heartburn. To speed up digestion after overeating, you can resort to the help of medications.
Today, the pharmaceutical market offers a variety of medications in various forms that alleviate the condition after overeating. For example, tablets for overeating act in the stomach. Under the influence of gastric juice, they dissolve and dissolve, stimulating the digestive processes. While capsules begin to act in the intestines.
Popular drugs:
Hermitage
A pancreatin preparation for eliminating enzyme deficiency and enhancing the breakdown of nutrients entering the body into simple components. Reduces the load on the pancreas and accelerates the digestion process.
- Indications for use: nutritional deficiencies, pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, pancreatic cancer, cholestatic hepatitis, Crohn's disease, partial gastrectomy, liver cirrhosis, ductal obstruction.
- Directions for use: Orally 2-3 capsules before each meal. It is not recommended to open the capsules. If swallowing the drug is difficult, the micro tablets from the capsule should be added to liquid food and taken until they dissolve.
- Side effects: urticaria, nausea, diarrhea, pain in the epigastric region, irritation of the gastrointestinal mucosa, constipation. Overdose has more pronounced symptoms. There is no specific antidote, treatment is symptomatic.
- Contraindications: acute pancreatitis, pregnancy and lactation, intolerance to the components of the drug.
Ermital is produced in a modern dosage form. The basis of the drug are microtablets in a special capsule. The capsule shell allows the drug to be delivered directly to the site of therapeutic action. The drug is available in different dosages in packaging of 20 and 50 capsules.
Pancreatin forte
A substitute for pancreatic and gastric enzymes. Stimulates organs to secrete their own enzymes. Used for digestive disorders of various etiologies, decreased pancreatic function, gastroduodenitis, atrophic gastritis.
The drug is taken orally, 1 tablet 3 times a day during meals. Side effects include diarrhea. Panzinorm is contraindicated in mechanical jaundice, intestinal obstruction and hypersensitivity to the active components.
Digestal
Combined enzyme medicine. Replenishes the deficiency of pancreatic enzymes and bile components, improves digestion.
- Indications for use: pancreatitis, insufficiency of the exocrine function of the pancreas, inflammatory dystrophic lesions of the gastrointestinal tract, overeating and other eating disorders.
- Method of administration and dosage: 1-3 tablets 2-3 times a day. The course of treatment depends on the indications for taking the medicine.
- Contraindications: acute pancreatitis, liver failure, hypersensitivity to the components of the drug, mechanical jaundice, hepatitis, cholelithiasis.
- Side effects: allergic reactions, hyperuricosuria, increased levels of uric acid in the blood, decreased endogenous synthesis of bile acids.
The medicine is available in the form of dragees and tablets with an enteric coating for oral administration in packages of 10 and 20 pieces.
Penzital
A medicinal product with the active substance pancreatin. The active component is released from the tablet in the small intestine under the influence of its alkaline environment. Due to this, proteins, fats and carbohydrates are completely broken down into easily digestible components.
- Indications for use: exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, preparation for diagnostic or surgical procedures, dyspeptic disorders, nutritional errors.
- Directions for use: The medicine should be taken immediately before meals with water. The standard dosage is 1-2 tablets 2-3 times a day, the daily dosage should not exceed 16 tablets.
- Side effects: bowel disturbances, irritation of the oral mucosa, hyperuricemia, discomfort in the epigastric region, formation of strictures in the colon, nausea.
- Contraindications: acute pancreatitis or exacerbation, hypersensitivity to the components of the drug.
- Overdose: constipation, hyperuricosuria, hyperuricemia. Treatment is symptomatic, but in particularly severe cases gastric lavage is performed.
Penzital is available in tablet form with 20, 30 and 100 capsules per package.
Uni-festal
An enzyme preparation that includes pancreatic enzymes. Facilitates the digestion of fats, proteins and carbohydrates. Eliminates symptoms of digestive disorders.
- Indications for use: pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, chronic inflammatory-dystrophic lesions of the stomach, intestines, liver or gall bladder. Digestive disorders, diarrhea, flatulence. Improvement of the digestion process in case of nutritional errors.
- Directions for use: Take the tablets orally during meals. The dosage is selected individually for each patient. On average, adults are prescribed 1-4 tablets with each meal.
- Side effects: nausea, vomiting, bowel disorders, irritation of the oral mucosa, allergic reactions. Overdose has similar symptoms. Treatment is symptomatic.
- Contraindications: pancreatitis, hypersensitivity to the components of the drug. The drug is prescribed with special caution during pregnancy.
Uni-festal not only compensates for pancreatic insufficiency, but also stimulates the secretion of its own enzymes.
Gastal
A combination drug with several active components: aluminum hydroxide, magnesium oxide and magnesium carbonate. The interaction of these substances helps reduce increased stomach acidity, eliminates heartburn and prevents constipation.
- Indications for use: increased acidity of gastric juice, food intoxication, renal failure, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, gastritis. The drug is contraindicated in severe renal dysfunction.
- Directions for use: orally 1-2 tablets up to 6 times a day one hour after meals.
- Side effects: decreased blood phosphorus levels and increased calcium in urine, osteomalacia in elderly patients, impaired renal function. Accumulation of insoluble calcium salts in the kidneys, severe thirst, decreased blood pressure are also possible.
Gastal is available in tablet form in packages of 60 pieces.
Activated charcoal for overeating
A popular and affordable medicine used for food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorders and overeating is activated carbon. The drug is a combination of peat, charcoal and stone peat. With the help of chemical processing, these components acquire an active form that adsorbs gases, toxins, alkaloids and other substances.
- Indications for use: helps to improve digestion and stomach function, prescribed for gastrointestinal disorders, gas accumulation in the intestines, food poisoning.
- Method of application: orally at the rate of 1 tablet of the drug per 10 kg of own weight. For children, the coal can be crushed and dissolved in a glass of warm water. The drug is taken 1-2 times a day until the painful condition improves.
- Side effects: temporary bowel disturbances (constipation, diarrhea), leaching of vitamins, hormones, fats and other useful substances from the body. The drug colors the stool black.
- Contraindications: ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal tract, gastric bleeding.
In addition to the above recommendations for use of the drug, it can be used before a planned feast or alcohol consumption. This preventive method allows you to cope with the effects of alcohol and quickly restore the stomach due to gluttony. Activated carbon is available in the form of tablets of 10 pieces per package and in powder form.
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Enterosgel for overeating
Another popular remedy for cleansing the body and accelerating the digestion process is Enterosgel. The drug contains an active component - methylsilicic acid hydrogel. It has detoxifying and absorbent properties. In case of excessive food consumption, it prevents its rotting and fermentation, as well as intoxication processes.
Relieves painful sensations in gastrointestinal disorders, normalizes laboratory parameters of urine and blood. Improves parietal digestion, activates intestinal peristalsis without atony. Prevents erosive and ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal mucosa, improves the functioning of the liver, kidneys and intestines.
- Indications for use: food and drug allergies, gastrointestinal diseases, cholestasis of various etiologies, kidney diseases, infectious and toxic liver damage, diarrhea and dyspepsia of non-infectious origin. Various infectious diseases and intoxications, early gestosis, malignant pathologies, skin rashes.
- Directions for use: for adult patients, the daily dosage is 45 g divided into three doses, for children, from 5 to 20 g divided into several doses. For ease of use, the paste can be dissolved in a glass of warm water. The duration of treatment depends on the severity of the disease. On average, Enterosgel is taken from 7 to 14 days.
- Side effects: bowel disorders and constipation. To eliminate constipation, it is recommended to do a cleansing enema.
- Contraindications: acute intestinal obstruction. Treatment during pregnancy and lactation is permitted. No cases of overdose have been recorded.
Enterosgel is available as a paste for oral use in container packages of 135, 270 and 405 g.
Polysorb
A medicinal product with a sorption mechanism of action. Adsorbs and removes toxic substances, food and bacterial allergens, and microbes from the body.
- Indications for use: gastrointestinal tract diseases with diarrhea syndrome. Used in complex therapy of viral hepatitis A and B.
- Directions for use: the medicine is taken as a suspension, dissolving the powder in cold boiled or neutral still water. The recommended dosage is 1 tablespoon for adults and 1 teaspoon for children. The suspension is taken an hour before meals or medication. The course of treatment is 3-10 days.
- Side effects: constipation, in rare cases intolerance to the components of the medication develops.
- Contraindications: hypersensitivity to the components of the drug, patients under 1 year of age, ulcerative lesions of the stomach and duodenum, ulcers and erosions of the mucous membrane of the small and large intestines, intestinal obstruction.
Polysorb is available in the form of powder for the preparation of suspensions of 12 g and 24 g in glass bottles.
Omez
Antiulcer drug from the pharmacological group of proton pump inhibitors – Omez. The drug contains the active component – omeprazole, which inhibits basal and stimulated secretion of hydrochloric acid.
- Indications for use: inflammation of the pancreas, erosive and ulcerative esophagitis, peptic ulcers of the stomach and duodenum, stress and recurrent peptic ulcers, gastroesophageal reflux disease, mastocytosis, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. Complex therapy for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori.
- Method of administration and dosage: depend on the form of the drug and the severity of the disease, therefore they are individual for each patient.
- Side effects: headaches and dizziness, increased sweating, pain in the gastrointestinal tract, diarrhea, constipation, stomatitis. Also possible are disorders of the musculoskeletal system: muscle weakness, arthralgia. In rare cases, hypersensitivity reactions, peripheral edema are observed. Overdose has similar symptoms, treatment is symptomatic.
- Contraindications: allergic reactions to the components of the drug, pregnancy and lactation.
Omez is available in the form of gelatin capsules and lyophilized powder for the preparation of an infusion solution.
Motilium for overeating
Intestinal peristalsis stimulant with antiemetic effect. The active component of Motilium is domperidone, which has the properties of neuroleptics and metoclopramide. Enhances the secretion of prolactin from pituitary cells. Has an antiemetic effect, improves gastric emptying, increases the tone and pressure of the sphincter. Does not affect the secretion of gastric juice.
- Indications for use: dyspeptic disorders, nausea and vomiting, pain in the epigastric region, flatulence, belching, nausea, vomiting and heartburn. The dosage depends on the form of the drug, therefore it is individual for each patient.
- Side effects: amenorrhea, extrapyramidal disorders, gastrointestinal disorders. For treatment, drug withdrawal is indicated.
- Contraindications: gastrointestinal bleeding, hypersensitivity to the components of the drug, prolactinoma, gastrointestinal perforation, intestinal obstruction, pregnancy and lactation.
- Overdose: increased drowsiness, disorientation, extrapyramidal reactions. Gastric lavage with further symptomatic therapy is indicated for treatment.
Motilium is available as enteric-coated tablets, suspension and lingual (fast-dissolving) tablets for oral administration.
Linex
An antidiarrheal agent that restores normal intestinal microflora is Linex. One capsule contains about 12 million live lyophilized lactic acid bacteria: Lactobacillus acidophillus, Bifidobacterium infantis, Streptococcus faecium.
The medicine is used to treat acute and chronic diarrhea of various etiologies in children and adults, drug-induced dysbacteriosis, flatulence. Linex is effective in inflammatory lesions of the mucous membranes of the stomach and small intestine. The drug is taken 2 capsules 2-3 times a day with water.
Phosphalugel
A medicine for reducing stomach acidity. It has enveloping properties, protects the gastric mucosa. It is used for inflammatory processes in the stomach, ulcerative lesions. It is effective for digestive disorders and food poisoning.
Phosphalugel is available as a powder in a 16 g sachet, it is taken undiluted, washed down with water. To relieve the painful condition caused by overeating, the drug is taken 1-2 sachets 2-3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.
Ranitidine
An antiulcer drug from the group of histamine H2 receptor antagonists. Ranitidine blocks histamine H2 receptors of parietal cells of the gastric mucosa and inhibits the secretion of hydrochloric acid. Reduces the volume of secretion and reduces the amount of pepsin in the stomach. Creates favorable conditions for the healing of ulcerative lesions of the stomach and duodenum. Improves microcirculation and reparative processes.
- Indications for use: gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, erosive esophagitis, reflux esophagitis, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. Lesions of the upper gastrointestinal tract in the postoperative period, aspiration of gastric juice.
- Method of administration: adult patients are prescribed 150 mg 2 times a day or 300 mg at one time. The course of treatment is 4-8 weeks.
- Side effects: headaches and dizziness, skin rashes, thrombocytopenia. It is also possible to increase serum creatinine, and with long-term therapy - an increase in prolactin. In rare cases, cases of hepatitis development are noted.
- Contraindications: intolerance to the components of the drug, pregnancy and lactation, patients under 14 years of age. Prescribed with caution to patients with impaired renal function.
Ranitidine is available in tablet form of 150 and 300 mg, 20, 30 and 100 pieces per package. The drug is also available as an injection solution in 2 ml ampoules.
Espumisan for overeating
A drug from the category of "antifoaming agents". Espumisan reduces the surface tension of gas bubbles, accelerating their disintegration. The released gas is absorbed by the surrounding tissues and is freely excreted from the body. Improves intestinal peristalsis, minimizes bloating.
- Indications for use: flatulence, period before operations or diagnostic manipulations in the abdominal cavity, dyspepsia, Remheld syndrome, aerophagia, acute intoxication.
- Method of administration: orally during or after meals. The recommended dosage for adults is 80 mg at a time, for children 6-14 years old 40-80 mg, for preschool children and infants 40 mg.
- Side effects: allergic reactions. Overdose has similar signs. Treatment is symptomatic.
- Contraindications: intolerance to the components of the drug.
Espumisan is available in two forms: capsules of 40 mg and an emulsion for oral administration in 300 ml bottles.
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Description provided for informational purposes and is not a guide to self-healing. The need for this drug, the purpose of the treatment regimen, methods and dose of the drug is determined solely by the attending physician. Self-medication is dangerous for your health.