Digestive Health
Medicines for heartburn and ulcers, nausea and travel sickness, diarrhoea, constipation and IBS, along with colitis, gallstone and pancreatic enzyme treatments.
Azulfidine
Sulfasalazine
500mg
Azulfidine is the brand name for sulfasalazine, and this listing sells the generic 500mg tablets used in ulcerative colitis and rheumatoid arthritis, in packs of 30 to 360.
Budesonide Caps
Budesonide
3mg
Budesonide Caps are 3mg capsules of the corticosteroid budesonide, used for Crohn's disease and microscopic colitis, sold in packs of 30 to 180.
Dimenhydrinate
Dimenhydrinate
50mg
Dimenhydrinate 50mg tablets are a travel-sickness medicine for motion sickness, nausea and vomiting, sold here in packs of 30 to 360 tablets.
Domperidone
Domperidone
10mg
Domperidone 10mg tablets are an anti-sickness medicine for nausea and vomiting, and for the fullness and upper stomach pain that come with slow stomach emptying.
Esomeprazole
Esomeprazole
20/40mg
Esomeprazole tablets in 20mg and 40mg: an acid-reducing proton pump inhibitor for reflux, heartburn and peptic ulcers, ordered under its plain ingredient name.
Metoclopramide
Metoclopramide
10mg
Metoclopramide 10mg tablets settle nausea and vomiting and help reflux and a slow-emptying stomach; packs of 30 to 360 tablets can be ordered.
Omeprazole
Omeprazole
10/20/40mg
Omeprazole tablets in 10mg, 20mg and 40mg, a proton pump inhibitor for heartburn, acid reflux and ulcers, available here in packs to suit a short course or longer use.
Rabeprazole
Rabeprazole Sodium
10/20mg
Rabeprazole is a proton pump inhibitor for acid reflux, heartburn and stomach ulcers, sold here as 10mg and 20mg tablets in packs from 30 to 360.
Ursodeoxycholic Acid
Ursodeoxycholic acid
300mg
Ursodeoxycholic acid 300mg tablets, a bile acid medicine that slows primary biliary cholangitis and helps dissolve cholesterol gallstones, sold here in packs for long-term daily use.
Heartburn after a late dinner, a stomach that churns on a ferry, a bowel that will not settle: this category covers all three, plus longer-term conditions such as colitis. Acid medicines come first below, then nausea, then the bowel, then the rest.
Acid, heartburn and ulcers
If heartburn wakes you at night, or reflux keeps coming back, a proton pump inhibitor is the usual first step. It switches off the pumps that make stomach acid. Give it a day or two, because it is not an antacid. Omeprazole is here as Omeprazole tablets and Prilosec, in 10mg, 20mg and 40mg. Its close relative esomeprazole is Esomeprazole and Nexium, in 20mg and 40mg. Pantoprazole is Protonix, and Rabeprazole comes in 10mg and 20mg. Capsules instead? Dexilant, also sold as plain dexlansoprazole, comes in 30mg and 60mg.
Pepcid, also sold as plain famotidine, takes another route, blocking the histamine signal that tells acid cells to start. And Cytotec, also sold as plain misoprostol, guards the stomach lining of people who take anti-inflammatory painkillers.
Nausea, vomiting and dizziness
Zofran (also sold as plain ondansetron), in 4mg and 8mg, blocks a serotonin signal and is used for sickness after surgery or chemotherapy. Motilium and Domperidone calm nausea and vomiting at 10mg, while Reglan, Maxolon and Metoclopramide also speed up a slow stomach and ease reflux. Travel sickness has its own tablets: Dramamine and Dimenhydrinate, Meclizine and Stugeron, which contains cinnarizine. Serc (also sold as plain betahistine) sits nearby for vertigo and Meniere's disease, an inner-ear condition.
Diarrhoea, constipation and cramps
Diarrhoea first. Imodium slows it at 2mg a tablet, whether it is sudden or long-running, and Rifaximin is the antibiotic for traveller's diarrhoea. Constipation is the reverse problem. Dulcolax (also sold as plain bisacodyl), 5mg, stimulates the bowel and can also clear it before a procedure. Miralax is a 119g bottle of polyethylene glycol 3350 powder that holds water in the stool.
Cramps are another matter. Buscopan relaxes gut muscle. Colospa is mebeverine, for irritable bowel syndrome. Cyclopam pairs dicyclomine with paracetamol, for cramps that really hurt.
Colitis, Crohn's, gallstones and the pancreas
Ulcerative colitis, inflammation of the bowel lining, is the use behind Asacol tablets and Pentasa capsules, both mesalamine at 400mg. Azulfidine, also sold as plain sulfasalazine, covers it at 500mg and is also taken for rheumatoid arthritis. Budesonide Caps at 3mg are for Crohn's disease. Urso, Ursodiol and Ursodeoxycholic Acid are three listings of the same bile acid, used for primary biliary cholangitis and to dissolve gallstones. Creon capsules replace pancreatic enzymes in cystic fibrosis and other enzyme shortages.
Sources
- Digestive Diseases - NIDDK — National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Digestive system explained - Better Health Channel — Better Health Channel (Department of Health, Victoria)
What digestive health medicines can I buy online in Hong Kong?
PockDose sells omeprazole as generic Prilosec tablets in 10mg, 20mg and 40mg, and esomeprazole as generic Nexium tablets in 20mg and 40mg. It also has loperamide as generic Imodium tablets 2mg for diarrhoea, mesalamine as generic Asacol and generic Pentasa tablets 400mg for ulcerative colitis, and ondansetron as generic Zofran tablets in 4mg and 8mg for nausea.
Do you sell tablets as well as bottles for constipation?
Yes. Bisacodyl comes as generic Dulcolax tablets 5mg, and polyethylene glycol 3350 comes as generic Miralax in 119g bottles. For acid reflux, omeprazole tablets are 10mg, 20mg and 40mg, esomeprazole tablets are 20mg and 40mg, and famotidine comes as generic Pepcid tablets in 20mg and 40mg.
How are digestive health tablets delivered to Hong Kong?
Orders arrive in plain, unbranded packaging. Tracked courier takes 5–9 business days; standard airmail takes 14–21 business days and is untracked. See delivery and ordering details.
What is the difference between omeprazole and famotidine?
Omeprazole is a proton pump inhibitor that shuts down the acid pumps in the stomach lining. Famotidine is an H2 blocker that cuts the histamine signal telling those cells to make acid. Both treat heartburn and ulcers.
Which digestive tablets are for travel sickness?
Dramamine, dimenhydrinate, meclizine and Stugeron are the motion sickness options here. Meclizine and cinnarizine (Stugeron) are also used for vertigo, and betahistine is for Meniere's disease.
Are ursodiol and ursodeoxycholic acid the same medicine?
Yes, they are two names for the same bile acid. Urso and Ursodiol come in 150mg and 300mg, and Ursodeoxycholic Acid in 300mg, all taken for primary biliary cholangitis or to dissolve gallstones.
Which tablets here help with IBS cramps?
Colospa (mebeverine) and Buscopan (hyoscine butylbromide) both ease spasm in the gut muscle. Cyclopam adds paracetamol to dicyclomine for pain, and Rifaximin is also listed for IBS where diarrhoea is the main symptom.