Drugs for overeating

To date, there are several types of medicines on the pharmaceutical market that help to combat the problem of overeating and its complications. Consider popular means, normalizing the state of the body with regular binge eating:

Pancreatic

Pancreoprotector which includes pancreatic enzymes: amylase, protease, lipase. The drug stimulates the processes of digestion of food and the best absorption of useful components in the small intestine. The medication is recommended for pathologies of the pancreas, abuse of fatty foods and for the normalization of the digestive process.

• Indications for use: exocrine pancreatic dysfunction, pathology of the gastrointestinal tract, condition after recent operations on the digestive organs. Flatulence and diarrhea, eating disorders. Abuse of fatty, fried and other harmful foods.
• Dosing: for adults 1-2 tablets 2-3 times a day, for children 1 capsule 2-3 times a day. When eating disorders, treatment lasts from several days to several years.
• Side effects: a change in the consistency of the stool, discomfort in the epigastric region, nausea, allergic rashes. Overdose has a similar symptomatology.
• Contraindications: acute inflammatory reactions from the pancreas, hypersensitivity to the components of the drug. Use during pregnancy and lactation is possible by appointment of a doctor.

Pancreatiz is released in the form of tablets with an enteric coating. The drug is available in packs of 10 capsules.

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Normoenzyme

Digestive enzyme, which improves digestion. Compensates for the inadequacy of the pancreas function and the bile excretory function of the liver.

Promotes active and complete digestion of food. Eliminates the painful symptoms caused by digestive disorders: heaviness in the stomach, stool disorders, increased gas formation. Stimulates the release of their own pancreatic enzymes, accelerates the digestion of fats.

• Indications for use: chronic form pancreatitis, fibrosis, inflammatory-dystrophic diseases of the stomach. Improved digestion of food with regular overeating, flatulence and diarrhea of unknown etiology.
• Dosing and Administration: 1-3 tablets 3 times a day during or after a meal. The duration of treatment is individual for each patient.
• Side effect: allergic reactions, decreased synthesis of own bile acids, nausea and diarrhea. Also possible intestinal colic and irritation of the oral mucosa.
• Overdose: hyperuricemia and hyperuricuria. To normalize the painful condition, symptomatic therapy and withdrawal of the medicine are indicated.
• Contraindications: individual intolerance of drug components, exacerbation of pancreatitis, hepatitis, hepatic insufficiency, hepatic coma or precoma. Medication is not prescribed for intestinal obstruction and for patients younger than 3 years. Use during pregnancy and cystic fibrosis is possible only after medical approval.

Normoenzyme is available in the form of tablets with an enteric coating of 10 or 20 pieces per blister, 1-5 blisters per pack.

Ferestal

A drug 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, gallbladder. Improving the digestion of food in overeating, violations of masticatory function, sedentary lifestyle.
• Dosage and administration: per os during or after meals 1-2 tablets 3 times a day. Duration of treatment - from several days to several years.
• Contraindications: individual intolerance of the drug components, acute pancreatitis, hepatitis, mechanical jaundice, intestinal obstruction, hepatic insufficiency.
• 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.

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Abomin

The combined drug with the active substance is pancreatin. It has a proteolytic effect, normalizes the process of digestion.

• Indications for use: gastrointestinal diseases with digestive ability, reduced gastric acidity, gastritis, gastroenteritis, enterocolitis. Errors in nutrition. The drug is taken orally 1-3 tablets 3 times a day, the course of treatment is 1-2 months.
• Contraindications: gastrointestinal obstruction, intolerance of the drug components, severe vomiting. Side effects are manifested in the form of heartburn and bouts of mild nausea, treatment is symptomatic.

Abomin is available in the form of oral tablets of 10 pieces per pack.

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Pepper

The drug with digestive enzymes. It improves the motor function of the gastrointestinal tract, reduces gas formation in the intestine, normalizes the digestion and assimilation of proteins, fats, carbohydrates.

• Indications for use: liver disease, pancreatic inflammation, flatulence, enteritis. A feeling of fullness of the stomach due to overeating, alcohol abuse, caffeine or nicotine. The medicine can be used in preparation for ultrasound and X-ray examination of the abdominal cavity organs.
• Dosing and Administration: Orally, dissolving 1 tablet in ½ cup of water. The drug is taken 1 capsule 2-3 times a day.
• Contraindications: hypersensitivity to the components of the drug, pregnancy and lactation, hypertension, children's age of patients. Side effects are allergic reactions.

Pepphys is available in the form of effervescent tablets for dissolution in water and oral administration.

Renny

The drug with antacid and gastroprotective properties. Contains the active ingredient - calcium and magnesium carbonate. After penetration into the gastric cavity, these substances interact with hydrochloric acid of gastric juice and neutralize its irritating effect.

• Indications for use: diseases of the digestive tract due to increased acidity of the gastric juice, gastritis, acute duodenitis, ulcerative and erosive lesions of the stomach and duodenum. Symptomatic therapy of painful sensations caused by gluttony, alcohol, drugs.
• Usage: 1-2 tablets with the appearance of painful symptoms associated with increased acidity. The maximum daily dose is 16 tablets.
• Side effects: allergic reactions, changes in the consistency of the stool, diarrhea.
• Contraindications: intolerance to the components of the drug. With special care, the drug is prescribed for people with kidney failure and elevated levels of calcium in the blood.
• Overdose: diarrhea, signs of hypercalcemia. There is no specific antidote, treatment is symptomatic.

Rennie has a tablet form of release with different flavors. The drug is available in blisters for 6 tablets in each.

Domred

Medicinal product with antiemetic effect. Contains the active ingredient - domperidone, a dopamine antagonist.

• Indications for use: dyspeptic disorders caused by a slowing down of the bowel movement, esophagitis, gastrointestinal reflux, overeating, epigastric pain, flatulence. Emetic attacks of various etiologies.
• Method of use: the drug should be taken 15-20 minutes before meals, squeezed 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, disturbed sleep and wakefulness, headaches, irritability. In rare cases, there is stomatitis, abdominal pain and stool disorders, increased activity of liver enzymes.
• Contraindications: hypersensitivity to the drug components, insufficiency of lactase and galactosemia, impaired absorption of glucose-galactose.
• Overdose: increased drowsiness, weakness, disorientation in space, development of extrapyramidal reactions. There is no specific antidote, treatment is symptomatic.

Domrid has several forms of release: enteric-coated tablets and sustained-release capsules, a suspension for oral administration.

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Tablets from overeating and how to speed up digestion after gluttony?

Episodes of uncontrolled absorption of food leave behind a number of unpleasant symptoms: heaviness in the abdomen, flatulence, constipation, nausea, heartburn. To speed up digestion after overeating, you can resort to medication.

To date, the pharmaceutical market presents many medications of different forms of release, facilitating the condition after gluttony. For example, tablets from overeating act in the stomach. Under the action of gastric juice, they dissolve and dissolve, stimulating the digestive process. While the capsules begin to act even in the intestines.

Popular drugs:

Hermitage

The drug pancreatin to eliminate the enzyme deficiency and enhanced cleavage of nutrients entering the body to simple components. Reduces the load on the pancreas and speeds up the digestion process.

• Indications for use: errors in nutrition, pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, pancreatic cancer, cholestatic hepatitis, Crohn's disease, partial gastrectomy, cirrhosis, ductal obstruction.
• Usage: Orally 2-3 capsules before each meal. Capsules are not recommended to open. If swallowing of the drug is difficult, the micro-tablets from the capsule need to be added to the liquid food and taken before they dissolve.
• Side effects: urticaria, nausea, diarrhea, pain in the epigastric region, irritation of the mucous membranes, constipation. Overdose has a more pronounced symptomatology. There is no specific antidote, treatment is symptomatic.
• Contraindications: acute pancreatitis, pregnancy and lactation, intolerance of the components of the drug.

Hermitage is produced in a modern dosage form. The basis of the drug are microtablets in a special capsule. Capsule shell allows you to deliver the drug directly to the place of therapeutic action. The medication is available in a different dosage in a packing of 20 and 50 capsules.

Pansinorm forte

The drug is a substitute for the enzymes of the pancreas and stomach. Stimulates the organs to separate their own enzymes. It is used for digestion disorders of various etiologies, reduced function of the pancreas, gastroduodenitis, atrophic gastritis.

The drug is taken orally 1 tablet 3 times a day during meals. Side effects are diarrhea. Pansinorm is contraindicated in mechanical jaundice, intestinal obstruction and hypersensitivity to active components.

Digestal

Combined enzyme drug. 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 digestive system, overeating and other eating disorders.
• Dosing and Administration: 1-3 tablets 2-3 times per knock. The course of treatment depends on the indications for taking the medication.
• Contraindications: acute form of pancreatitis, liver failure, hypersensitivity to the drug components, mechanical jaundice, hepatitis, cholelithiasis.
• Side effects: allergic reactions, hyperuricuria, an increase in the level of uric acid in the blood, a decrease in the endogenous synthesis of bile acids.

The drug is available in the form of dragees and tablets with an enteric-coated coating for oral administration in packs of 10, 20 pieces.

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Penzital

The drug with the active substance is pancreatin. The active ingredient is released from the tablet in the small intestine under the influence of its alkaline medium. Due to this, a complete breakdown of proteins, fats and carbohydrates to digestible components occurs.

• Indications for use: exocrine insufficiency of the pancreas, preparation for diagnostic or surgical manipulations, dyspeptic disorders, nutritional errors.
• Directions for use: The medicine must be taken immediately before meals, with water. Standard dosage for 1-2 tablets 2-3 times a day, daily dosage should not exceed 16 tablets.
• Side effects: stool disorders, irritation of the oral mucosa, hyperuricemia, discomfort in the epigastric region, the formation of strictures in the colon, nausea.
• Contraindications: pancreatitis in acute form or stage of exacerbation, hypersensitivity to the components of the drug.
• Overdose: constipation, hyperuricosuria, hyperuricemia. Treatment is symptomatic, but in especially severe cases, gastric lavage is performed.

Penzital is available in the form of tablets of 20, 30 and 100 capsules per package.

Uni-festal

Enzyme preparation, which includes pancreatic enzymes. It facilitates digestion of fats, proteins and carbohydrates. Eliminates the symptoms of digestive disorders.

• Indications for use: pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, chronic inflammatory-dystrophic lesions of the stomach, intestines of the liver or gallbladder. Disorders of food digestion, diarrhea, flatulence. Improve digestion with errors in nutrition.
• How to use: tablets are taken orally during meals. Dosage is selected individually for each patient. On average, adults are prescribed 1-4 tablets at each meal.
• Side effects: nausea, vomiting, stool disorders, irritation of the oral mucosa, allergic reactions. Overdose has a similar symptomatology. Treatment is symptomatic.
• Contraindications: pancreatitis, hypersensitivity to the components of the drug. With special care, the drug is prescribed during pregnancy.

Uni-Festal not only compensates for pancreatic insufficiency, but also stimulates the release of its own enzymes.

Gastaltal

Combined drug with several active components: aluminum hydroxide, magnesium oxide and magnesium carbonate. The interaction of these substances helps to reduce the increased acidity of the stomach, eliminates heartburn and prevents constipation.

• Indications for use: increased acidity of gastric juice, food intoxication, renal failure, peptic ulcer and duodenal ulcer, gastritis. The drug is contraindicated in severe impairment of kidney function.
• Usage: oral 1-2 tablets up to 6 times a day one hour after a meal.
• Side effects: a decrease in the level of phosphorus in the blood and increased calcium in the urine, osteomalacia in elderly patients, impaired renal function. It is also possible to accumulate in the kidney insoluble calcium salts, strong thirst, lower blood pressure.

Gastal is available in the form of tablets in packs of 60 pieces.

Activated carbon in overeating

A popular and affordable drug used for food intoxication, gastrointestinal disturbances and overeating is activated charcoal. The drug is a combination of peat, charcoal and peat. With the help of chemical treatment, these components acquire an active form, which adsorbs gases, toxins, alkaloids and other substances.

• Indications for use: helps to regulate digestion and gastric function, is prescribed for gastrointestinal disorders, accumulation of gases in the intestine, food intoxication.
• Method of administration: orally, based on 1 tablet of the drug per 10 kg of body weight. For children, coal can be ground and dissolved in a glass of warm water. The drug is taken 1-2 times a day until the disease state improves.
• Side effects: temporary disorders of the stool (constipation, diarrhea), washing out of the body of vitamins, hormones, fats and other nutrients. The drug stains the feces in black.
• Contraindications: ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal tract, gastric bleeding.

In addition to the above recommendations for the use of the drug, it can be used before a planned meal or alcohol. This preventive method allows you to cope with the effects of alcohol and restore the stomach faster due to overeating. Activated carbon is produced in the form of tablets of 10 pieces in a package and in the form of a powder.

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Enterosgel with overeating

Another popular means for cleansing the body and speeding up the process of digestion is Enterosgel. The preparation contains the active component - methyl silicic acid hydrogel. It has detoxifying and absorbing properties. With excessive consumption of food, it prevents rotting and fermentation, as well as intoxication processes.

Cures painful sensations in disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, normalizes laboratory indicators of urine and blood. Improves parietal digestion, activates peristalsis of the intestine without atony. It 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-toxic liver damage, diarrhea and dyspepsia of non-infectious origin. Various infectious diseases and intoxications, early gestosis, malignant pathologies, skin rashes.
• Method of application: for adult patients, a daily dosage of 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 state. On average, Enterosgel take 7 to 14 days.
• Side effects: stool and constipation. To eliminate constipation, it is recommended to make a cleansing enema.
• Contraindications: acute intestinal obstruction. Treatment during pregnancy and lactation is allowed. There have been no cases of overdose.

Enterosgel is available in the form of a paste for oral use in container containers for 135, 270 and 405 g.

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Polysorb

A drug with a sorption mechanism of action. Adsorbs and removes from the body toxic substances, food and bacterial allergens, microbes.

• Indications for use: diseases of the gastrointestinal tract with diarrheal syndrome. It is used in the complex therapy of viral hepatitis A and B.
• Method of administration: The drug is taken as a suspension, dissolving the powder in cold boiled or neutral still water. Recommended dosage is 1 tablespoon for adults and 1 teaspoon for children. Suspension is taken an hour before eating or taking medication. The course of treatment is 3-10 days.
• Side effects: constipation, in rare cases, intolerance to the components of the drug.
• Contraindications: hypersensitivity to the components of the drug, patients younger than 1 year, ulcerous lesions of the stomach and duodenum, ulcers and erosion of the mucosa of the small and large intestines, obstruction of the intestines.

Polysorb is produced in the form of a powder for the preparation of a suspension of 12 g and 24 g in glass bottles.

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Antiulcer from the pharmacological group of proton pump inhibitors - Omez. The drug contains an active ingredient - omeprazole, which inhibits basal and stimulated secretion of hydrochloric acid.

• Indications for use: pancreatic inflammation, erosive-ulcerative esophagitis, peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, stress and recurrent peptic ulcers, gastroesophageal reflux disease, mastocytosis, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. Complex therapy of Helicobacter pylori eradication.
• Method of application and dosage: depend on the form of release of the drug and the severity of the disease state, therefore, individual for each patient.
• Side effects: headaches and dizziness, excessive sweating, pain in the digestive tract, diarrhea, constipation, stomatitis. Also, there are possible violations of the musculoskeletal system: muscle weakness, arthralgia. In rare cases, there are reactions of hypersensitivity, peripheral edema. Overdose has a similar symptomatology, treatment is symptomatic.
• Contraindications: allergic reactions to the components of the drug, the period of pregnancy and lactation.

Omez is available in the form of gelatin capsules and lyophilized powder for the preparation of a solution for infusions.

Motilium with overeating

Stimulant of intestinal peristalsis with antiemetic effect. Active component Motilium - domperidone, possesses the properties of neuroleptics and metoclopramide. Enhances the release of pituitary cells of prolactin. It 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, epigastric pain, flatulence, belching, nausea, vomiting and heartburn. Dosage depends on the form of release of the drug, so individual for each patient.
• Side effects: amenorrhea, extrapyramidal disorders, disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. For treatment, the withdrawal of the medicine 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. For treatment, gastric lavage is indicated with further symptomatic therapy.

Motilium is available in the form of tablets with an enteric coating, in the form of suspension and lingual (rapidly dissolving) tablets for oral administration.

Lineks

Antidiarrheal remedy, which restores the normal intestinal microflora - is Lineks. One capsule contains about 12 million live lactic acid lyophilized bacteria: Lactobacillus acidophillus, Bifidobacterium infantis, Streptococcus faecium.

The drug is used to treat acute and chronic diarrhea of various etiologies in children and adults, with drug dysbiosis, meteorism. Lineks is effective for inflammatory lesions of the mucous membranes of the stomach and small intestine. The drug is taken 2 capsules 2-3 times a day, washed down with water.

Phosphatophagus

Medication to reduce the acidity of the stomach. Has enveloping properties, protects the mucous membrane of the stomach. It is used for inflammatory processes in the stomach, ulcerative lesions. Effective in digestive disorders and food intoxication.

Phosphalugel is available in the form of a powder in a sachet of 16 grams, it is taken in undiluted form, washed down with water. To alleviate the painful condition caused by overeating, the drug is taken 1-2 packs 2-3 times a day for 30 minutes before meals.

Randioun

Antiulcer from the group of histamine H2-antagonists. Ranitidine blocks histamine H2 receptors of parietal cells of the gastric mucosa and inhibits the release of hydrochloric acid. Reduces the amount of secretion and reduces the amount of pepsin in the stomach. Creates favorable conditions for healing ulcerative lesions of the stomach and duodenum. Improves microcirculation and reparative processes.

• Indications for use: peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, erosive esophagitis, reflux esophagitis, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. Lesions of the upper digestive tract in the postoperative period, aspiration of gastric juice.
• Method of administration: adult patients are prescribed 150 mg twice a day or 300 mg in a single dose. 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 prolonged therapy, an increase in prolactin. In rare cases, there are cases of hepatitis.
• Contraindications: intolerance of the components of the drug, pregnancy and lactation, patients younger than 14 years. With caution is prescribed for patients with impaired renal function.

Ranitidine has a tablet form of release of 150 and 300 mg, 20, 30 and 100 pieces per pack. Also, the drug is available as a solution for injections in ampoules of 2 ml.

Espumizan with overeating

A medicinal product from the category of "defoamers". Espumizan reduces the surface tension of gas bubbles, speeding up their decay. The released gas is absorbed by surrounding tissues and is freely excreted from the body. Improves peristalsis of the intestine, minimizes bloating.

• Indications for use: flatulence, the period before surgery or diagnostic manipulations in the abdominal cavity, dyspepsia, Remkheld's syndrome, aerophagia, acute intoxication.
• Directions for use: by mouth during meals or after. The recommended dosage for adults is 80 mg once, for children 6-14 years for 40-80 mg, for preschool and infants at 40 mg.
• Side effects: allergic reactions. Overdose has similar symptoms. Treatment is symptomatic.
• Contraindications: intolerance to the components of the drug.

Espumizan has two forms of release: capsules of 40 mg and an emulsion for oral administration in 300 ml vials.