Description
USE
- Stomprozol is used in the treatment of gastric and
duodenal ulcers, oesophageal reflux, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and in
other conditions associated with gastric hypersecretory states.
- It is also indicated in the management of those patients who are at
high risk from haemorrhage of the upper gastro-intestinal tract due to
hepatic failure and treatment with immuno suppressive agents, following
kidney transplant.
SIDE EFFECT
- The most common side-effects reported have been diarrhoea, dizziness, tiredness, headache and rashes.
- Reversible confusional states, especially in the elderly or in
seriously ill patients such as those with renal failure, have
occasionally occurred.
- Cimetidine has a weak anti-androgenic effect and gynaecomastia and
impotence have also occasionally occurred in men, receiving relatively
high doses for conditions such as the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
PRECAUTION
Before giving Stomprozol to patients with gastric
ulcers, the possibility of malignancy should be excluded since
Cimetidine may mask symptoms and delay diagnosis