In adults over 20 years this medicine is used to:
• treat nausea and vomiting caused by infectious diseases, migraine, kidney disease, child birth, other medications, cancer, or following surgery, chemotherapy or radiation treatment.
• activate stomach contractions in conditions where there is a need to encourage normal passage of food through the stomach and intestines.
• with X-rays to help diagnose problems of the stomach and/or intestines.
• help with passing tubes into the intestine.
In young adults and children over 1 year of age this medicine is used to:
• treat severe vomiting of known cause or following chemotherapy or radiation treatment.
• help with passing tubes into the intestine. This medicine works by blocking the action of a chemical in the brain which causes nausea and vomiting. It also acts in the stomach and upper intestine to increase muscle contractions.
