Bentyl

This page contains recent news articles, when available, and an overview of Bentyl but does not offer medical advice. You should contact your physician with regard to any health issues or concerns.

Overview:

Bentyl (when available)

Pharmacology and use:
Dicyclomine is an anticholinergic drug, a medication that reduces the effect of acetylcholine, a chemical released from nerves that stimulates muscles, by blocking the receptors for acetylcholine on smooth muscle (a type of muscle). It also has a direct relaxing effect on smooth muscle. Dicyclomine is used to treat or prevent spasm in the muscles of the gastrointestinal tract in the irritable bowel syndrome. In addition, Dicyclomine inhibits gastrointestinal propulsive motility and decreases gastric acid secretion and controls excessive pharyngeal, tracheal and bronchial secretions. For the treatment of functional bowel/irritable bowel syndrome including Colicky abdominal pain;Diverticulitis

Mechanism Of Action:
Action is achieved via a dual mechanism: (1) a specific anticholinergic effect (antimuscarinic) at the acetylcholine-receptor sites and (2) a direct effect upon smooth muscle (musculotropic).

News Articles on Dicyclomine

Brand Names/Synonyms:
Bentyl is also known by the following brand names and/or synonymsAtumin; Bentomine; Bentyl; Bentyl Hydrochloride; Bentylol; Bentylol Hydrochloride; CHEMBANK819; Di-Syntramine; Dicicloverina [Inn-Spanish]; Dicyclomine; Dicyclomine Hcl; Dicyclomine Hydrochloride; Dicycloverin; Dicycloverin Hydrochloride; Dicycloverine; Dicycloverine Hydrochloride; Dicycloverinum [Inn-Latin]; Diethylaminocarbethoxybicyclohexyl Hydrochloride; Diocyl; Diocyl Hydrochloride; Dyspas; Formulex; HSDB 3058; Kolantyl Hydrochloride; Mamiesan; Merbentyl; Oxityl-P; Procyclomin; Sawamin; Spasmoban; Wyovin; Wyovin Hydrochloride

Drug Category:
Bentyl is categorized under the following by the FDA: Anticholinergic Agents; Antispasmodics; Antimuscarinics; Antispasmodics; ATC:A03BA

Dosage Forms:
CAPSULE

Absorption:
Not Available

Interactions:
[an error occurred while processing this directive]

Chemical IUPAC Name:
2-diethylaminoethyl1-cyclohexylcyclohexane-1-carboxylate

Disclaimer:

Contact a physician with regard to health concerns. Email requests for further health information will be discarded.

The materials contained on this Web site are for informational purposes only and do not constitute health or medical advice. Use of information on this site does not create or constitute any kind of agreement or contract between you and the owners or users of this site, the owners of the servers upon which it is housed, or anyone else who is in any way connected with this site.

Many links on cancernewsnetwork.org lead to other sites. cancernewsnetwork.org does not sponsor, endorse or otherwise approve of the materials appearing in such sites. Nor is CancerNewsNetwork.org responsible for dead or misdirected links.

IF YOU NEED A LINK OR TEXT REMOVED FROM THIS PAGE PLEASE CONTACT cancernewsnetwork (at) live.com.
We will do our best to accommodate your request.