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ArticleJournal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR2015

Efficacy and tolerability of levosulipride, domperidone and metoclopramide in patients with non-ulcer functional dyspepsia: a comparative analysis.

Harminder Singh, Ritu Bala, Kamalpreet Kaur

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Article in Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prokinetics for functional dyspepsia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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  5. Effect of Kvass on Improving Functional Dyspepsia in Rats.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022
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  7. Effect ofEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020
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  8. Prescription pattern & adverse drug reactions of prokinetics.The Indian journal of medical research · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Harminder SinghAssociate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, G.G.S. Medical College , Faridkot, Punjab. India .
Ritu Bala3nd year Post-graduate Resident, Department of Pharmacology, G.G.S. Medical College , Faridkot, Punjab. India .
Kamalpreet KaurAssistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, G.G.S. Medical College , Faridkot, Punjab. India .
Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis is a prospective, randomized study designed to demonstrate the efficacy of three study drugs (Levosulpiride, Domperidone and Metoclopramide) in Functional Dyspepsia. Subject recruitment was done from medicine outpatient department of the teaching hospital from June 2013 to November 2013. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe data collection was performed by the Short-Form Leeds Dyspepsia Questionnaire (SF-LDQ) question instrument for assessing the dyspeptic symptoms of functional dyspepsia in patients enrolled in the study were assessed at base line (Prior to initiation of therapy) and at the next 4 weeks on a 5-point scale.

resultAmong 120 patients 113 patients completed this study in three groups (G-1 Levosulpiride 40 patients, G-2 Domperidone 35 patients and G-3 Metoclopramide 38 patients) were followed up. Female gender was dominated (75), occupation wise most of patients belong to laborer (49) class. Highly significant improvement in symptoms scale was noticed in G-1 Levosulpiride 40 patients' group.

conclusionFunctional Gastrointestinal disorders are not serious ailments but have a key impact on quality of life. overall dyspeptic symptom relief rates were significantly high in the Levosulpiride group (p<0.004) as compare to Domperidone and Metoclopramide groups. A proper understanding of disease process by health care personnel and by sufferer is obligatory to enhance the quality of life and daunting the self/over the counter medication in this condition.

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Gastrointestinal disordersProkineticQuality of life

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PMID26023567
PMCPMC4437081
OpenAlexW2320032651

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