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Reglan drug information is more difficult to locate and pin down compared to the information for most other drugs. This may be because of the changes in the drug's manufacturers — Baxter, Alaven Pharmaceutical, Schwarz Pharma and USB Group are among the companies that have been responsible for Reglan (a brand name for metoclopramide).
Metoclopramide has been around since 1964. In addition to Reglan, metoclopramide (which is no longer protected under a U.S. patent) is marketed under the trade names:
Reglan medication is available as prescription-only, as tablets and as injections that can be done intravenously or intramuscularly. The drug doses are usually five or ten milligrams. The pregnancy drug classification of Reglan in the United States is "B," which means that its use by pregnant women should be avoided.
The list of potential side effects of Reglan is very long. The risk of Reglan side effects is especially high when an individual is being treated with the Reglan drug for more than a few weeks, and when alcohol or other medications cause drug interactions with Reglan. Two of the most serious possible side effects of Reglan are:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an advisory about Reglan's link to tardive dyskinesia in February 2009, requiring a new, very serious warning on Reglan's packaging regarding the TD risk. The FDA also required that a letter from Reglan's manufacturers be sent to physicians across the U.S. to describe the TD link.
In fact, the FDA approved Reglan treatment only for the short-term (4 to 12-week) treatment of some conditions for certain patients, only after more conservative treatment methods failed. However, many physicians may be prescribing this drug for terms longer than 12 weeks — even years.
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