Use of intravenous hyoscine butylbromide (Buscopan) during gastrointestinal endoscopy

Why use Buscopan during diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy?

Why use Buscopan during diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy? EDITOR,-In their audit of upper gastro-intestinal endoscopy (Gut 1995; 36: 462-7), Quine et al considered the issues surrounding the use of anticholinergic agents during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. They found that although most procedures were performed without the use of either hyoscine butyl-bromide (Buscopan, Boehring...

Hyoscine N-butylbromide (Buscopan®) in the treatment of acute ureteral colic: what is the evidence?

OBJECTIVE To investigate the evidence for the use of hyoscine N-butylbromide (HBB) in the treatment of acute renal colic. METHODS A literature search was performed using the keywords 'hyoscine N-butylbromide', 'ureteral colic', 'spasmolytic', 'anticholinergic' and 'analgesia'. The articles were given the appropriate level of evidence according to the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine ...

Effect of hyoscine butylbromide on cervical dilation during labor

Studies on the development of rapidly disintegrating hyoscine butylbromide tablets.

The objective of this study was to prepare hyoscine butylbromide (a drug with bitter taste) tablets that can rapidly disintegrate in saliva. The granules were prepared by the extrusion method using aminoalkyl methacrylate copolymers (Eudragit E-100). The drugs dissolved rapidly in medium at pH 1.2 in a dissolution test while none of the drugs dissolved from the granules (% of dissolved < 5%) ev...

Children Sedation during Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Comparison of Two Methods

Introduction: Endoscopy is an invasive and painful procedure in children. Since children can not tolerate pain and stress, sedation is necessary in pediatric endoscopy. The aim of this study was comparison of propofol versus intravenous midazolam for reducing anxiety in children.   Materials and Methods: In this study, 103 patients (2-14 years old) in whom endoscopy was indicated were divid...