Metoclopramide (injection)

🧮 Dose calculator

Nausea and vomiting · Regimen source: FDA Metoclopramide inj. · Dosage and Administration

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👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

  Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Metoclopramide inj. · Pregnancy

  “Because animal reproduction studies are not always predictive of human response, this drug should be used during pregnancy only if clearly needed.”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

  Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Metoclopramide inj. · Nursing Mothers

  “Metoclopramide is excreted in human milk.”

• 👶 ChildrenUse with caution

  The label has conditions, age limits or notes for children; the label sentence is quoted below. FDA Metoclopramide inj. · Pediatric Use

  “The safety and effectiveness of metoclopramide injection has been established as a single-dose to facilitate small bowel intubation in pediatric patients in whom the tube does not pass the pylorus with conventional maneuvers.”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

  Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Metoclopramide inj. · Geriatric Use

  “For these reasons, dose selection for an elderly patient should be cautious, usually starting at the low end of the dosing range, reflecting the greater frequency of decreased renal function, concomitant disease, or other drug therapy in the elderly (see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION - Use in Patients with Renal or …”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

  The source for this drug has no section for this group.