Gestid Suspension Dose, Composition, Use, Side Effect

Gestid is a suspension that is used to reduce acid in the stomach. It acts like an alkaline helping to neutralize the acid. Acid in stomach is secreted especially before food to help kill harmful bacteria and aid digestion.

Gestid is a product of Sun Pharmaceutical Ind. Ltd, India and marketed in Nigeria by Ranbaxy Nigeria limited.

Gestid Suspension 

Hyperacidity symptoms and peptic ulcer occur when the stomach secretes more hydrochloric acid than the mucosa of stomach or duodenum can withstand. In such cases, various treatment modalities are available to control the situation. Antacids offer rapid control of acidity by neutralizing the acid output.

Aluminum and magnesium containing antacids are not soluble in water and are also not absorbed to any significant extent. Therefore, in therapeutic doses, they do not cause alkalosis due to systemic absorption.

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Aluminum antacids, even in therapeutic doses, cause a tendency to constipate. On the other hand, magnesium antacids do cause osmotic retention of water in the gut, leading to loss of motion. Thus, when the two antacids are prescribed together, they balance each other's bowel modifying action to enable normal bowel function to continue.

Simethicone changes the surface tension of gas bubbles in the stomach, causing them to coalesce so that they can be belched out easily. This helps to relieve flatulent dyspepsia.

What Gestid Suspension Is And What Is It Used For

Dried aluminum hydroxide gel and magnesium hydroxide contained in Gestid Suspension are antacids that help in neutralizing the acid produced in your stomach. Simethicone is anti-flatulent. It helps small gas bubbles trapped in the tummy to join into bigger bubbles, which can come up easily as wind.

Composition Of Gestid Suspension 

Each 5ml of this suspension contains:

Dried Aluminum Hydroxide Gel USP equivalent to Aluminum Hydroxide 306 mg

Magnesium Hydroxide USP 100 mg

Simethicone Emulsion USP equivalent to Polydimethylsiloxane 125 mg

Gestid Suspension is used to relieve the symptoms of indigestion, heartburn and excessive wind formation

Before You Take Gestid Suspension

Do not take Gestid Suspension if any of the following apply to you.

• You have previously had an allergic reaction to aluminum, magnesium, or simethicone or to any of the suspension ingredients listed above (An allergic reaction may include skin rash, itching, swelling of face, lips, or hands/feet, or breathing difficulties)

• You have severe problems with your kidneys

• You have low phosphate levels (known as hypophosphatemia)

• You have excess base (alkali) in your body fluids (known as alkalosis)

• You have a high magnesium level (known as hypermagnesemia)

• You have swelling in the abdomen (known as abdominal distention)

Take special care with Gestid Suspension if;

• You have kidney problems

• Your symptoms continue for more than 5 days

Please consult your medical doctor, even if these statements were applicable to you at any time in the past.

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Pregnancy

Studies on effects in pregnancy have not been done in either humans or animals. However, there have been reports of antacids causing side effects in babies whose mothers took antacids for a long time, especially in high doses during pregnancy.

Do not take this product if you are pregnant (or intend to become pregnant).

Ask your medical doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine.

Breast-feeding

Do not take this product if you are breast-feeding a baby.

Ask your medical doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine.

Driving and using machines

Contents of Gestid Suspension are not expected to affect the ability to drive and use machines.

Taking Other Medicines

Please inform your medical doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, or have recently taken, any other medicines, even those not prescribed but bought/obtained without a prescription. Care is needed if you are taking:

- Medicines used against bacterial infections (such as tetracyclines or quinolones).

- Medicines used to prevent and treat malaria or amoebiasis.

- Medicines used to relieve pain and inflammation during rheumatoid arthritis or against lead

- Poisoning, kidney stones, excess copper in your liver or Hepatitis.

- Medicines used to control mental disorders (known as phenothiazines)

- Medicines used to relieve stomach acidity (known as antacids).

In order to avoid interference with the absorption of other medicines, the intake of Gestid Suspension and other medicines should be separated by at least 2-3 hours.

How To Take Gestid Suspension

Check the medicine label to see how much Suspension to take and how often to take it.

Adults (including the elderly)

Take 5-10ml, 20 minutes to one hour after meals and at bedtime or as required.

Gestid Suspension may affect the absorption of other medicines. In order to avoid interference with the absorption of other medicines, the intake of Gestid Suspension and other medicines should be separated by at least 2-3 hours.

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Do not take more than recommended.

If you take more Gestid Suspension than you should: go to the nearest hospital casualty department, take the medicine with you, or tell your medical doctor immediately. Symptoms of overdose may include dizziness, fatigue, weakness, severe nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, drowsiness, slow or shallow breathing, or loss of consciousness.

If you have the impression that the effect of Gestid Suspension is too strong or too weak, talk to your medical doctor or pharmacist.

Possible Side Effects Of Gestid Suspension 

Like all medicines, Gestid Suspension can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.

Gestid Suspension can occasionally cause allergic reactions. Stop taking the medicine and consult your medical doctor immediately if you develop rashes, hives, itching or swelling of face, lips, or hands/feet, or breathing difficulties.

This product may cause diarrhea or constipation in some patients.

Other side effects not listed above may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your medical doctor.