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close this bookGhana Essential Medicines List (GNDP; 2004; 38 pages)
View the documentACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
View the documentPREFACE
View the documentINTRODUCTION
close this folderESSENTIAL MEDICINES LIST
View the document1 ANAESTHETICS
View the document2 PRE-OPERATIVE MEDICATIONS AND SEDATION FOR SHORT-TERM PROCEDURES
View the document3 ANALGESICS, ANTIPYRETICS, NSAIDS AND DRUGS USED IN GOUT
View the document4 ANTI-ALLERGIC DRUGS
View the document5 ANTIDOTES AND OTHER SUBSTANCES USED IN POISONING
View the document6 ANTICONVULSANTS
View the document7 ANTI-INFECTIVE DRUGS
View the document8 ANTIMIGRAINE DRUGS
View the document9 ANTINEOPLASTIC AND IMMUNOSUPPRESIVE DRUGS
View the document10 ANTIPARKINSONISM DRUGS
View the document11 DRUGS AFFECTING THE BLOOD
View the document12 BLOOD PRODUCTS AND BLOOD SUBSTITUTES
View the document13 CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS
View the document14 DERMATOLOGICAL PREPARATIONS
View the document15 DIAGNOSTIC AGENTS
View the document16 DISINFECTANTS
View the document17 DIURETICS
View the document18 GASTROINTESTINAL DRUGS
View the document19 HORMONES, OTHER ENDOCRINE DRUGS AND CONTRACEPTIVES
View the document20 IMMUNOLOGICALS
View the document21 MUSCLE RELAXANTS AND CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS*
View the document22 OPHTHALMOLOGICAL PREPARATIONS
View the document23 OXYTOCICS AND ANTI-OXYTOCICS
View the document24 PERITONEAL DIALYSIS SOLUTIONS
View the document25 PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS
View the document26 DRUGS ACTING ON THE RESPIRATORY TRACT
View the document27 SOLUTIONS CORRECTING WATER AND ELECTROLYTE ABNORMALITIES
View the document28 VITAMINS AND MINERALS
View the document29 OTHER SPECIALIST DRUGS
View the documentOTHER PUBLICATIONS
 

18 GASTROINTESTINAL DRUGS

THERAPEUTIC CLASS

NAME OF DRUG, DOSAGE FORM AND STRENGTH

LEVEL OF CARE

18.1 ANTACIDS AND OTHER ANTIULCER DRUGS

 
 

Magnesium Trisilicate Mixture

B1

 

Magnesium Trisilicate Tablet, 500 mg

A

 

Omeprazole Capsule, 20 mg

D

 

Ranitidine Injection, 25 mg/ml in 2ml

C

 

Ranitidine Tablet, 150 mg

C

     

18.2 ANTI-EMETICS

 
 

Metoclopramide Injection, 5 mg/ml in 2 mls

D

 

Metoclopramide Tablet, 10 mg

C

 

Ondansetron Injection, 2 mg/ml

SD

 

Ondansetron Tablet, 4 mg

SD

 

Promethazine Hydrochloride Elixir, 5 mg/5 ml

B2

 

Promethazine Hydrochloride Injection, 25 mg/ml

B2

 

Promethazine Theoclate Tablet, 25 mg

B2

     

18.3 ANTIHAEMORRHOIDAL DRUGS

 
 

Ethanolamine Oleate Solution, 5%

D

 

Phenol 5% in Almond Oil Injection

D

 

Soothing Agent + Local Anaesthetic Ointment

B2

 

Soothing Agent + Local Anaesthetic Suppository

B2

 

Soothing Agent + Local Anaesthetic + Steroid Ointment

C

 

Soothing Agent + Local Anaesthetic + Steroid Suppository

C

18.4 ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS

 
 

Sulfasalazine Tablet, 500 mg

D

     

18.5 ANTISPASMODIC DRUGS

 
 

Hyoscine Butylbromide Tablet, 10 mg

B2

 

Hyoscine Butylbromide Injection, 20 mg/ml

B2

 

Mebeverine Tablet, 135 mg

D

     

18.6 CATHARTIC DRUGS

 
 

Bisacodyl Tablet, 5 mg

B2

 

Lactulose Liquid 3.1- - 3.7 g/5 ml

C

 

Magnesium Sulphate salt

C

 

Paraffin Liquid

B1

 

Senna Tablet, 7.5 mg or Granules

B1

     

18.7 DRUGS USED IN DIARRHOEA

 

18.7.1 Oral Replacement Solution

 
 

Oral Rehydration Salts Powder

A

     

18.7.2 Antidiarrhoeal (Symptomatic) Drugs

 
 

Codeine Tablet, 30mg

C

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