Drugs That May Affect or Alter Radiopharmaceutical
Distribution in Gastric Emptying Studies
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| Causative Drug | Appearance on Scintiphotos |
| Antacids | May prolong emptying |
| Atropine | Prolongs emptying |
| Bethanecol | Accelerates emptying |
| Ceruleinum | Prolongs emptying |
| Chloroquine | Prolongs emptying |
| Desmethylimipramine | Prolongs emptying |
| Domperidone | Accelerates emptying |
| Ethanol | Accelerates and/or prolongs emptying |
| Hexamethonium | Promotes emptying |
| Isoprenaline | Prolongs emptying |
| Librax | Prolongs emptying |
| Methylatropine nitrate | Prolongs emptying |
| Metoclopramide | Accelerates emptying |
| Morphine | Prolongs emptying |
| Narcotic analgesics | Prolongs emptying |
| Phenytoin | May prolong emptying |
| Propantheline | Prolongs emptying |
| Propranolol | Accelerates emptying |
| Salbutamol | Prolongs emptying |
| Trihexylphenidyl | Prolongs emptying |
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