Function Of Nospamin Drop

Nospamin drop is a drug given to children experiencing infant colic. Infant colic is frequent crying of babies over a long period of time without any known cause. One of the popular brands used for infant colic in Nigeria is Nospamin containing 2mg oral drop of homatropine methylbromide in 15ml.

Nospamin drop

Homatropine methylbromide is a quaternary ammonium muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist belonging to the group of medicines called antimuscarinics.

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Function Of Nospamin Drop

Homatropine is used to treat duodenal or stomach ulcers or intestine problems. It is also used for infants with colic. Infant colic is a situation whereby a child cries uncontrollably for a long time without any known cause.

It can be used together with antacids or other medicine in the treatment of peptic ulcer. It may also be used to prevent nausea, vomiting, and motion sickness.

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Nospamin drop is not an antispasmodic agent. It is not used to receive stomach spasm as some blogs say. It is different from hyoscine butylbromide.also known as buscopan.