User:Mr. Ibrahem/Metoclopramide

Metoclopramide is a medication used mostly for stomach and esophageal problems. It is commonly used to treat and prevent nausea and vomiting, to help with emptying of the stomach in people with delayed stomach emptying, and to help with gastroesophageal reflux disease. It is also used to treat migraine headaches.

Common side effects include: feeling tired, diarrhea, and feeling restless. More serious side effects include: movement disorder like tardive dyskinesia, a condition called neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and depression. It is thus rarely recommended that people take the medication for longer than twelve weeks. No evidence of harm has been found after being taken by many pregnant women. Use during breastfeeding appears safe. It belongs to the group of medications known as dopamine-receptor antagonists and works as a prokinetic.

Metoclopramide was approved for medical use in the United States in 1979. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. It is available as a generic medication. The wholesale cost in the developing world as of 2014 is US$0.003 to US$0.08 per pill. In the United States a month worth of medication is generally less than US$25. In 2017, it was the 253rd most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than one million prescriptions.