Cisapride is the composition of Prepulsid ™ also called Propulsid ™.

What's the problem with Propulsid ™ ?

Propulsid ™ is the name of a medicine which in some countries is also called Prepulsid ™. This medicine has a substance inside that is its composition, Ok, so the composition of Propulsid ™ is Cisapride.

This medicine increases the movements of the stomach, causing the food inside the stomach, and the acid inside the stomach, to go down easier. For this reason, sometimes doctors recommend this medicine in patients with acid and non acid-reflux, especially for those patients with reflux during the night.

The medicine works well for this purpose, but dangerous adverse effects have been discovered. These problems are so important that some countries (such as US and Canada) are going to withdraw Propulsid ™ from the public market.

These problems we are talking about are irregular heartbeat rhythms, so serious that sometimes they produce death.

This can happen especially in patients with some of the problems indicated in the below list as well as some of the medication showed also below.

For this reason we recommend you, to ask for an appointment with your doctor immediately, in order to assess whether you should follow on this medication or not, because of this recent events.

To see those Diseases and conditions that increase the risk of cardiac problems associated with Propulsid ™, click here.

To see those Medications that increase the risk of cardiac problems associated with Propulsid ™, click here.

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References of Propulsid ™.