Domperidone.

Domperidone: Everything a Gastroenterologist Needs to Know

Marco Bustamante-Bernal MD1 Priyanka Wani MD1 Richard W. McCallum MD2 1Department of Internal Medicine, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center 2Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, El Paso, TX Domperidone, first synthesized approximately 40 years ago,...

Simultaneous determination of Rabeprazole sodium and Domperidone

Three simple and sensitive methods were developed for the determination of a mixture of Rabeprazole sodium RB and Domperidone DP without prior separation. The first method A, isoabsorptive point comprised of measurement the total content of the mixture at their isoabsorptive point, while the content of RB was determined by measuring the first order derivative of its spectra at 231 nm, and the c...

Domperidone withdrawal in a breastfeeding woman.

Cardiac arrest after treatment with intravenous domperidone.

Health Canada advisory on domperidone should I avoid prescribing domperidone to women to increase milk production [corrected]?

QUESTION I often prescribe domperidone to women as a galactagogue starting at a dose of 30 mg and increasing the dose as needed. In March of this year, Health Canada released an advisory warning of domperidone use and abnormal heart rhythms and sudden cardiac death. Should I cap doses at 30 mg or stop prescribing domperidone all together to these women? ANSWER The Health Canada warning is bas...