Dicycloverine also known as dicyclomine is a mild anticholinergic antispasmodic drug which has direct muscle relaxant properties it is used in combination preparations that treat gastro-intestinal disorders such as constipation and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Dicycloverine can also be used for indigestion disorders not associated with ulcers and can also be given to babies older than 6 months to treat colicky conditions. Although Dicycloverine can be used to relieve conditions including indigestion, flatulence and diarrhoea [...]

Mebeverine is an musculotropic antispasmodic drug used to treat spasms of the intestine (referred to as colic) such as those known as irritable bowel syndrome as well as other intestinal disorders such as diverticular disease. The drug has a direct effect relaxing the muscle in the bowel wall. The drug may also have an anticholinergic effect reducing the nerve signals to the smooth muscle of the bowel wall. Mebeverine hydrochloride works by causing muscle in [...]

Hyoscine is made in two forms the first hyoscine-N-butylbromide is used to reduce spasm of the gastrointestial tract in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), it can also be used with other medication to treat painful menstration also know as dysmenorrhoea. The second form hyoscine hydrobromide is used to treat problems that occur with the inner ear like Vertigo and Mèniére’s disease (motion sickness, giddiness, nausea). As well as tablet form, this drug is also available in [...]

Atropine is an anticholinergic drug. The action of this drug is to relax the muscle wall of the intestine. The drug can be used to relieve cramps in irritable bowel syndrome, it can also be used as a premed before a general anaesthetic. It can on occasion be injected to restore normal heart beat in heart block. Atropine can also be prescribed along side the antidiarrhoeal drug diphenoxylate. This combination is rather dangerous if an [...]