Cisapride restores the decreased lower oesophageal sphincter pressure in reflux patients
Ceccatelli, P.; Janssens, J.; Vantrappen, G.; Cucchiara, S.
Gut 29(5): 631-635
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-5749 PMID: 3294123 Document Number: 317668
The effect of the new prokinetic drug cisapride on the resting lower oesophageal sphincter pressure and on the strength of peristaltic contractions was studied in 10 healthy controls and in 10 reflux patients with abnormally low (< 10 mm Hg) basal lower oesophageal sphincter pressure. A slow intravenous infection of cisapride 10 mg significantly increased the sphincter pressure in the controls but even more in the patients in whom it almost doubled the resting lower oesophageal sphincter pressure of 8.7 (0.5) mm Hg to betweeen 15 and 20 mm Hg for at least 90 min. Results are expressed as mean (SE). Cisapride also significantly increased the amplitude of peristaltic contractions in controls and reflux patients. Therefore, cisapride might be useful in the treatment of reflux.