Cisapride available in Thailand at all?

[allencraig]

My local favorite pharmacies here in BKK can't seem to confirm if cisapride is available in Thailand, but I did see general mention of it as a treatment option for GERD in an article by Bangkok Hospital.

 

Starting by making this easiest of efforts to find out, does anyone know if cisapride is available in Thailand?

 

Thanks.

[Sheryl]

Yes, it is available but can be hard to find. Note that many countries have taken it off market due to serious adverse cardiac effects.

 

Brands:

• Cisapac
• Cisapid
• Cisaride
• Palcid
• Pri-De-Sid

[allencraig]

Hi Sheryl, thanks for your input! If I can acquire some I plan on being extra careful in using. 

[Kiujunn]

There are newer medicaments of the same class with less cardiac side effects,

mosapride and itopride. Check with your gastroenterologist.

[Sheryl]

17 hours ago, Kiujunn said:

There are newer medicaments of the same class with less cardiac side effects,

mosapride and itopride. Check with your gastroenterologist.

 

good points (though I would caution that the cardiac effecst of cisapride too were not known until it had been on market for some time, and mosapride and itopride are comparatively new).

 

Mosapride is available in Thailand under brand names:

• Gasmotin (imported)
• Mazt (local brand)

Itopride is available as brands:

• Doiz (locally made)
• Ganatan (imported)

And these may be easier to source than cisapride

 

 

[allencraig]

I did end up trying itopride (Ganatan) with the suggestion of my local go-to pharmacy. I think I'm about seven or eight days in and *think* it's helping. Hard to say because of the confluence of symptoms and problems and not-always-consistent diet habits. But no heart attacks so far!

 

My friend who recommended cisipride in the first place said itopride didn't really help him when you used it, so I remain on the lookout for it to take as a comparison.