Metoclopramide is a medication used to treat nausea, vomiting, gastroparesis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease.[5] It is also used to treat migraine headaches.[6]
Common side effects include feeling tired, diarrhea, akathisia, and tardive dyskinesia. More serious side effects include neuroleptic malignant syndrome and depression.[5] It is thus rarely recommended that people take the medication for longer than twelve weeks.[5] No evidence of harm has been found after being taken by many pregnant women.[5][7] It belongs to the group of medications known as dopamine-receptor antagonists and works as a prokinetic.[5]
In 2012, metoclopramide was one of the top 100 most prescribed medications in the United States.[8] It is available as a generic medication.[5] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.[9] In 2022, it was the 245th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 1 million prescriptions.[10][11]
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