Description
Simedill is used as an Anti-flatulent to relieve symptoms commonly referred to gas including upper GI bloating, pressure, fullness or stuffed feeling. The clinical use of Simethicone is based on its antifoaming properties. Its antifoaming action relieves flatulence by dispersing and preventing the formation of mucous surrounded gas pockets in the GI tract. Simethicone acts in the stomach and intestines to change the surface tension of gas bubbles, enabling them to coalesce; thus, gas is freed and eliminated more easily by belching or passing flatus. Simethicone aids in the elimination of gas from the GI tract and can be used to reduce postoperative gas pains. Simethicone can also be used prior to gastroscopy to enhance visualization and prior to radiography of the intestine to reduce gas shadows.
Simedill decreases the surface tension of gas bubbles in the gastrointestinal tract, facilitating their expulsion. It has a short duration of action as it is generally given as needed, and a wide therapeutic index as it is not systemically absorbed.
