Metoclopramide
Metoclopramide 10mg tablets settle nausea and vomiting and help reflux and a slow-emptying stomach; packs of 30 to 360 tablets can be ordered.
All strengths and pack prices
| Strength | Pack | Price | Per tablet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10mg | 30 tablets | $23.70 | $0.79 |
| 10mg | 60 tablets | $34.80 | $0.58 |
| 10mg | 90 tablets | $41.40 | $0.46 |
| 10mg | 120 tablets | $46.80 | $0.39 |
| 10mg | 180 tablets | $63.00 | $0.35 |
| 10mg | 360 tablets | $111.60 | $0.31 |
- Category
- Digestive Health
- Active ingredient
- Metoclopramide
- Route
- Oral
- Form
- Tablet, Oral solution
- Strengths
- 10mg
You will receive a quality generic, depending on stock.
Shipped in a discreet, unmarked envelope.
Details
- Conditions
- Nausea · Vomiting · Gastroesophageal reflux
- Brands with the same ingredient
- Maxolon
- Therapeutic Class
- Antiemetic
- Pharmacological Class
- Dopamine Receptor Antagonist
- Minor Side Effects
- Drowsiness, Fatigue
- Moderate Side Effects
- Restlessness, Dizziness
- Dosage Forms
- Tablet, Oral solution
- Administration Route
- Oral
- Originator
- Sanofi
- Onset Time
- 30–60 minutes
- Duration
- 6–8 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store at room temperature in a dry place away from light.
- Drug Interactions
- Sedatives, Antipsychotics
What you will receive
Metoclopramide is a generic medicine sold under the name of its active ingredient, Metoclopramide.
- The manufacturer depends on what is in stock when your order ships.
- It contains the same active ingredient, at the same strength, as the brand-name versions.
FAQ
Which Metoclopramide strengths and pack sizes can I order?
You can order Metoclopramide 10mg tablets in packs of 30 to 360 tablets. Larger packs cost less per tablet.
What if my Metoclopramide parcel does not arrive?
If your Metoclopramide parcel does not arrive within the delivery window or arrives damaged, it is sent again free. If that is not possible, the order is refunded. Every order ships in plain, unbranded packaging.
What is another name for metoclopramide?
Brand names for metoclopramide include Maxolon, Reglan, Perinorm, Plasil and Primperan. Metoclopramide tablets are a pure generic metoclopramide product and are not any of those brands. Here, metoclopramide can also be bought online as generic Maxolon and generic Reglan.
Can I drink alcohol with metoclopramide?
Alcohol makes the drowsiness and dizziness that metoclopramide can cause worse, and it will not help an unsettled stomach. For the few days a course usually lasts, most people find it simpler to leave alcohol alone.
Is metoclopramide the same as Maxolon or Reglan?
Yes. Maxolon and Reglan are brand names for metoclopramide, and both come as 10mg tablets, just like this one. They contain the same active ingredient rather than a different medicine, so the choice between them comes down to the name you prefer on the pack.
How long can I take metoclopramide for?
Courses are kept short, usually no more than about 12 weeks. The chance of tardive dyskinesia — uncontrollable movements, often around the mouth and tongue — rises the longer the medicine is taken, and those movements can persist after it is stopped.
Does metoclopramide make you drowsy?
Drowsiness is one of the most common effects and can show up with the first dose or two; restlessness and tiredness are also reported. It often eases as the body gets used to the tablets. Until you know how they affect you, driving or working with machinery is better left for another day.
About Metoclopramide
What Metoclopramide 10mg tablets are for
Metoclopramide is a prokinetic, which means it speeds the movement of food through the stomach and intestines. It is used when the stomach empties more slowly than it should (gastroparesis) and when stomach acid keeps washing back up into the food pipe — gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, or GERD. It also settles nausea and vomiting, including the sickness that comes with a migraine. The tablets sold here are 10mg.
How to take them
One tablet four times a day is the usual pattern: half an hour before each meal, then again at bedtime, so the medicine is active by the time food arrives. For reflux it is often taken less often than that. Swallow the tablet with water and keep it in its blister pack somewhere out of the sun.
Metoclopramide is not a medicine to stay on for months. The longer it is taken, the greater the chance of tardive dyskinesia — uncontrollable movements, often of the face and tongue — which can continue after the tablets are stopped. That is why courses are kept short.
Side effects and interactions
Drowsiness is the most common complaint, along with restlessness, tiredness and headache; a few people feel dizzy or develop diarrhoea. Alcohol adds to the drowsiness, and so do sleeping tablets and other sedatives. Antidepressants of the SSRI type can raise the amount of metoclopramide in the body, while opioid painkillers and anticholinergic medicines (some hay fever and bladder drugs, for example) work against its effect on the gut.
A rarer reaction brings fever, stiff muscles, confusion and a racing heartbeat; it needs urgent treatment. Involuntary movements of the face, tongue, arms or legs are another uncommon effect. Metoclopramide is not used when there is a blockage, a bleed or a tear in the stomach or gut, or with a pheochromocytoma (a tumour on a small gland near the kidney), and it can make seizures more likely in people with epilepsy.
Metoclopramide, Maxolon or Reglan?
The same 10mg tablet is sold under more than one name. Maxolon and Reglan are brands of metoclopramide, with the same strength and tablet form as this one — the difference is the name on the pack. The metoclopramide page covers the ingredient itself.
Sources
- Metoclopramide: MedlinePlus Drug Information — National Library of Medicine
- Nausea - Healthdirect — Healthdirect Australia