Indications
Flatulence, abdominal distention, fullness, gas and windy colic: Flatulex is an excellent and effective antiflatulent, used to relieve the painful symptoms of excess gas in the digestive tract. Such gas is often caused by swallowing air or eating certain foods that disagree with the digestion. Flatulex drop is especially suited for infants, acting in the stomach and intestines to help release gas more easily through belching or passing flatus. In large bowel preparation, adding Flatulex to a polyethylene glycol bowel preparation produces symptomatic improvement prior to investigation. It also has an anecdotal use as an antifoaming agent in managing accidental ingestion of foaming detergents.
⚠️ Always consult a registered physician before taking any medicine.
Pharmacology
Simethicone is used as an antiflatulent to relieve symptoms commonly referred to gas including upper GI bloating, pressure, fullness or stuffed feeling. The clinical use of Simeticone 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. Simeticone 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. Simeticone aids in the elimination of gas from the GI tract and can be used to reduce postoperative gas pains. Simeticone can also be used prior to gastroscopy to enhance visualization and prior to radiography of the intestine to reduce gas shadows.
Pregnancy & Breastfeeding
Pregnant women: No data suggest that it causes any harm.
Lactating mothers: It is not established whether simethicone passes into breast milk, though this would be highly unlikely.
⚠️ Talk to your doctor before taking any medicine during pregnancy or while breastfeeding.
Dosage Reference
⚠️ Reference ranges from official sources only. Consult your doctor for personalized dosing.
Side Effects & Interactions
Side Effects
No side-effect data recorded yet.