Selected patients who have dysphagia might benefit from the addition of a prokinetic agent. Esophageal manometry and pH testing with impedance monitoring (if available) should be performed in ...
Their study enrolled 11 healthy volunteers and 15 patients with severe, chronic dyspepsia that had not responded to prokinetic or antisecretory medications (including cisapride). Gastric emptying ...
Cisapride is a gastrointestinal promotility (or prokinetic) drug, which means it helps move ingested food (and later feces) in the right direction—downward through the GI tract. Cisapride is a generic ...