Category: Drugs used in Gastrointestinal Diseases

Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory condition of the rectum and colon; crohni’s diseasecan involve the whole intestine.

Are drugs used to prevent or treat nausea and vomiting.Nausea is an unpleasant sensation of abdominal discomfort accompanied by a desire to vomit.Vomiting is the expulsion of stomach contents through the mouth Nausea may occur withoutvomiting and vomiting may occur without prior nausea, but the two symptoms most often occurtogether.93

Are used in the treatment of diarrhea, defined as the frequent expulsion of liquid or semiliquid stools → hinders absorption of fluids and electrolytes.

Acid-peptic disease includes peptic ulcer (gastric and duodenal), gastroesophageal reflux andZollinger – Ellison syndrome.Peptic – ulcer disease is thought to result from an imbalance between cell – destructive effectsof hydrochloric acid and pepsin and cell-protective effects of mucus and bicarbonate on theother side. Pepsin is a proteolyic enzyme activated in gastric acid, also can digest…

The pharmacologically treatable disorders of impairements of normal motility, digestion,absorption, secretions of the gastrointestinal tract include peptic ulcer, reflux esophagitis,Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, gastroparesis, constipation, diarrhea, inflammatory diseases andinfections. This chapter discusses different drugs used for treatment of these disorders.However, anti-infective drugs will be discussed in other chapter.