PANTO PLUS Pantoprazole Sodium Sesquihydrate / Domperidone 40mg / 30mg Capsule 30's
Indications/Uses
Dosage/Direction for Use
Administration: Swallow capsule as whole, do not chew the capsule.
Overdosage
Administration
Contraindications
Special Precautions
Domperidone: Increases serum prolactin levels resulting to galactorrhoea in females and gynaecomastia in males.
Effect on Ability to Drive and Use Machine: No known effect on ability to drive and use machines.
Use In Pregnancy & Lactation
Adverse Reactions
Drug Interactions
Because of profound and long lasting inhibition of gastric acid secretion, it is theoretically possible that pantoprazole may interfere with absorption of drugs where gastric pH is an important determinant of their bioavailability (e.g. ketoconazole, ampicillin esters and iron salts).
Domperidone: Anticholinergic drugs may inhibit the anti-dyspeptic effects of domperidone. Domperidone suppresses the peripheral effects (digestive disorders, nausea and vomiting) of dopaminergic agonists. Since domperidone has gastrokinetic effects, it could influence the absorption of concomitant orally administered drugs, particularly those with sustained-release or enteric-coated formulations. As domperidone interferes with serum prolactin levels, it may interfere with other hypoprolactinaemic agents and with some diagnostic tests. Antacids and anti-secretory agents lower the oral bioavailabilty of domperidone. They should be taken after meals and not before meals, i.e. they should not be taken simultaneously with domperidone.
Reduced gastric acidity impairs the absorption of domperidone.
Oral bioavailability is decreased by prior administration of cimetidine or sodium carbonate.
Storage
Action
Generally inactive at acidic pH of stomach, thus it is usually given with a prokinetic drug. Pantoprazole binds irreversibly to H+K+ATpase (proton pumps) and suppresses the secretion of acid. As it binds irreversibly to the pumps, new pumps have to be made before acid production could be resumed. The drug's plasma half-life is about 2 hours.
Domperidone blocks the action of dopamine. It has strong affinities for the D2 and D3 dopamine receptors, which are found in the chemoreceptor trigger zone, located just outside the blood brain barrier, which among others, and regulates nausea and vomiting (area postrema on the floor of the fourth ventricle and rhomboid fossa).
Pharmacokinetics: Pantoprazole: Pantoprazole is unstable in acid and is administered orally in form of enteric-coated tablet. Absorption takes place in the small intestine. On average, the maximum serum/plasma concentrations are approximately 2 to 3 micrograms/mL about 2½ hrs after administration of 40 mg pantoprazole daily.
Domperidone: In man, peak plasma level of domperidone occurs within 30 minutes after oral (fasted) administration. Peak plasma concentrations are 20 mg/mL after a single 10 mg tablet, and 70 to 100 mg/mL after oral doses of 60 mg. After administration of 40 mg 4-domperidone to healthy volunteers, 31% of the radioactivity is excreted in the urine and 66% in the feces over a period of 4 days.
MedsGo Class
Features
- Domperidone
- Pantoprazole