V cap indications
Peptic ulcer & gastric hyperacidity. V cap Gastric hypermotility, spastic & irritable colon, flatulent dyspepsia, gastritis, heartburn, duodenitis, esophagitis, hiatus hernia, post-op abdominal pains, colic in childn.
Uses of V cap in details
This product is used to relieve symptoms of extra gas such as belching, bloating, and feelings of pressure/discomfort in the stomach/gut. V cap helps break up gas bubbles in the gut.
How to use V cap
Take this product by mouth, usually after meals and at bedtime or as directed by your doctor. Swallow the capsules whole. Do not crush or chew the capsules. Follow all directions on the product package. If you are uncertain about any of the information, consult your doctor or pharmacist.
If you are self-treating with V cap, the usual maximum amount for adults is 500 milligrams daily.
If your condition persists or worsens, or if you think you may have a serious medical problem, seek immediate medical attention.
V cap description
A dopamine D2 antagonist that is used as an antiemetic.
V cap dosage
Oral
Flatulence
Adult: 100-250 mg 3-4 times daily as required. May be given with an antacid.
Oral
Infant colic
Child: Infant: 20-40 mg to be given with feeds.
V cap interactions
Before taking metoclopramide, tell your doctor if you regularly use other medicines that make you sleepy (such as cold or allergy medicine, sedatives, narcotic pain medicine, sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, and medicine for seizures, depression, or anxiety). They can add to sleepiness caused by metoclopramide.
Tell your doctor about all other medications you use, especially:
acetaminophen (Tylenol);
cyclosporine (Gengraf, Neoral, Sandimmune);
digoxin (digitalis, Lanoxin);
glycopyrrolate (Robinul);
levodopa (Larodopa, Atamet, Parcopa, Sinemet);
mepenzolate (Cantil);
tetracycline (Brodspec, Panmycin, Robitet, Sumycin, Tetracap, and others);
atropine (Donnatal, and others), benztropine (Cogentin), dimenhydrinate (Dramamine), methscopolamine (Pamine), or scopolamine (Transderm-Scop);
bladder or urinary medications such as darifenacin (Enablex), tolterodine (Detrol), or solifenacin (Vesicare);
bronchodilators such as ipratroprium (Atrovent) or tiotropium (Spiriva);
irritable bowel medications such as dicyclomine (Bentyl), hyoscyamine (Anaspaz, Cystospaz, Levsin), or propantheline (Pro-Banthine);
an MAO inhibitor such as isocarboxazid (Marplan), phenelzine (Nardil), rasagiline (Azilect), selegiline (Eldepryl, Emsam), or tranylcypromine (Parnate); or
medicines to treat psychiatric disorders, such as chlorpromazine (Thorazine), clozapine (Clozaril, FazaClo), haloperidol (Haldol), olanzapine (Zyprexa, Symbyax), prochlorperazine (Compazine), risperidone (Risperdal), thiothixene (Navane), and others.
V cap side effects
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction to metoclopramide: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat. Stop using metoclopramide and call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:
tremors, or restless muscle movements in your eyes, tongue, jaw, or neck;
mask-like appearance of the face;
very stiff (rigid) muscles, high fever, sweating, confusion, fast or uneven heartbeats, tremors, feeling like you might pass out;
depressed mood, thoughts of suicide or hurting yourself;
hallucinations, anxiety, agitation, jittery feeling, trouble staying still;
swelling, fluid retention;
jaundice (yellowing of your skin or eyes); or
seizure (convulsions).
Less serious metoclopramide side effects may include:
feeling restless, drowsy, tired, or dizzy;
headache, sleep problems (insomnia);
nausea, vomiting, diarrhea;
breast tenderness or swelling;
changes in your menstrual periods; or
urinating more than usual.
V cap contraindications
V cap should not be used whenever stimulation of gastrointestinal motility might be dangerous, e.g., in the presence of gastrointestinal hemorrhage, mechanical obstruction, or perforation.
V cap is contraindicated in patients with pheochro-mocytoma because the drug may cause a hypertensive crisis, probably due to release of catecholamines from the tumor. Such hypertensive crises may be controlled by phen-tolamine.
V cap is contraindicated in patients with known sensitivity or intolerance to the drug.
V cap should not be used in epileptics or patients receiving other drugs which are likely to cause extrapyramidal reactions, since the frequency and severity of seizures or extrapyramidal reactions may be increased.
Active ingredient matches for V cap:
Simeticone in Thailand.
Simethicone in Thailand.
| Unit description / dosage (Manufacturer) | Price, USD |
| V cap 150 mg x 10 x 10's | |
List of V cap substitutes (brand and generic names): | |
| SPAM | |
| SPAM DROPS 1 packet / 15 ML drop each (Sanjivani Parenteral Ltd) | $ 0.33 |
| Spam NA Drop (Sanjivani Parenteral Ltd) | $ 0.33 |
| Spasbloc Natural | |
| Spasbloc Natural 15 ml Drop (Infalife (Invision Medi Sciences)) | $ 0.02 |
| Spasburg | |
| Spasburg 15 ml Drop (Ginsburg Drugs Formulation Pvt. Ltd.) | $ 0.02 |
| Stomagel Plus | |
| Stomagel Plus 175 ml Syrup (Drakt International) | $ 0.01 |
| Stomagel Plus 500+380+40 Tablet (Drakt International) | $ 0.01 |
| STOMAGEL PLUS 500MG/40MG SUSPENSION 1 bottle / 400 ML suspension each (Drakt International) | $ 1.55 |
| STOMAGEL PLUS 500MG/40MG SUSPENSION 1 bottle / 175 ML suspension each (Drakt International) | $ 1.00 |
| Stomagel Plus 500 mg/40 mg Suspension (Drakt International) | $ 1.00 |
| Svcid Gel | |
| Svcid Gel 150 ml Gel (Ecocare) | $ 0.01 |
| Taurpol DS | |
| Taurpol DS 15 ml Drop (Taurus Laboratories Pvt. Ltd.) | $ 0.02 |
| Tiptipot Simicol (Israel) | |
| Solution; Oral; Simethicone 6.67% | |
| Tricaine MPS | |
| Tricaine MPS 200 ml Suspension (RPG Life Sciences Ltd) | $ 0.70 |
| Tricaine MPS 180 ml Gel (RPG Life Sciences Ltd) | $ 0.02 |
| TRICAINE MPS ORAL GEL 1 bottle / 200 ML oral gel each (RPG Life Sciences Ltd) | $ 1.13 |
| Tums Gas Relief | |
| Capsule; Oral; Simethicone 125 mg | |
| Tums Gas Relief Strong | |
| Capsule; Oral; Simethicone 180 mg | |
| Ulmag (India) | |
| Ulmag Magaldrate anhydrous 400 mg, simeticone 20 mg/5 mL. O-SUSP / 170ml (Radicura) | $ 0.60 |
| ULMAG oral susp 170ml (Radicura) | $ 0.60 |
| ULMAG oral susp 450ml (Radicura) | $ 0.87 |
| Ultra Strength Gas Relief (Canada) | |
| Capsule; Oral; Simethicone 180 mg | |
| Ultra Strength Ovol | |
| Tablet; Oral; Simethicone 180 mg | |
| Ultra Strength Phazyme (Canada) | |
| Ultra Strength Phazyme Softgels | |
| Capsule; Oral; Simethicone 180 mg | |
| Unipride MPS | |
| Unipride MPS 125+10 Tablet (Torrent Labs (P) Ltd.) | $ 0.05 |
| Valmetaf (Peru) | |
| Vertrate (Romania) | |
| Vin (Thailand) | |
| Vin 40 mg/0.6 mL x 15 mL x 12's | |
| Wilcon (Taiwan) | |
| Wilcon / Simethicone 20 mg/1 mL x 1 mL | |
| Wilcon / Simethicone 20 mg/1 mL x 300 mL | |
| Wilcon / famotidine 20 mg x 10's | |
| Wind-Eze (Malta, United Kingdom) | |
| Tablet, Chewable; Oral; Simethicone 125 mg (Gsk consumer) | |
| Wind-Eze Gel-Caps | |
| Capsule; Oral; Simethicone 125 mg | |
| WindSetlers (United Kingdom) | |
| Woodwards Colic Drops (United Kingdom) | |
| Wycid Gel (India) | |
| Wycid Gel Magaldrate 480 mg, simethicone20 mg. O-SUSP / 170ml (Yacca Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd.) | $ 0.66 |
| Wycid Gel 170 ml Suspension (Yacca Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd.) | $ 0.02 |
| WYCID GEL oral susp 170ml (Yacca Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd.) | $ 0.66 |
| Zimzat-OX (India) | |
| Zimzat-OX Magaldrate 400 mg, simeticone20 mg, oxetacaine 10 mg. SUSP / 170ml (Sanify (Syntonic)) | $ 0.72 |
| ZIMZAT-OX oral susp 170ml (Sanify (Syntonic)) | $ 0.72 |
| Zymoplex Capsule | |
| Zymoplex Capsule (Vikoma Nutraceuticals) | $ 0.03 |
See 685 substitutes for V cap | |
References
- PubChem. "Simethicone". https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sub... (accessed September 17, 2018).
- DrugBank. "Simethicone - DrugBank". http://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB09512 (accessed September 17, 2018).
Reviews
The results of a survey conducted on ndrugs.com for V cap are given in detail below. The results of the survey conducted are based on the impressions and views of the website users and consumers taking V cap. We implore you to kindly base your medical condition or therapeutic choices on the result or test conducted by a physician or licensed medical practitioners.User reports
Consumer reported useful
No survey data has been collected yet1 consumer reported price estimates
Was the price you paid to purchase the drug reasonable? Did you feel it was expensive?The below mentioned numbers have been reported by ndrugs.com website users about whether the V cap drug is expensive or inexpensive. There is a mixed opinion among users. The rating about the cost of the drug depends on factors like which brand drug the patient purchased, how effective it was for the price paid, the country or place the drug is marketed, and the economic condition of the patient. The users who feel the drug is expensive can look for an alternative brand drug or a generic drug to save the cost.
| Users | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Expensive | 1 | 100.0% | |
7 consumers reported time for results
To what extent do I have to use V cap before I begin to see changes in my health conditions?As part of the reports released by ndrugs.com website users, it takes 1 week and a few days before you notice an improvement in your health conditions.
Please note, it doesn't mean you will start to notice such health improvement in the same time frame as other users. There are many factors to consider, and we implore you to visit your doctor to know how long before you can see improvements in your health while taking V cap. To get the time effectiveness of using V cap drug by other patients, please click here.
| Users | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 week | 2 | 28.6% | |
| 1 day | 2 | 28.6% | |
| 5 days | 1 | 14.3% | |
| > 3 month | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 3 days | 1 | 14.3% | |
13 consumers reported age
| Users | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 16-29 | 8 | 61.5% | |
| 30-45 | 4 | 30.8% | |
| > 60 | 1 | 7.7% | |
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Information checked by Dr. Sachin Kumar, MD Pharmacology
