Medicines for stomach pain should be taken depending on what was the provoking factor in the appearance of such an unpleasant symptom. There are not many drugs that help patients cope with such a clinical manifestation, but they all have their own mechanism of action.
- Indications and contraindications
- Classification
- Antacids
- Antispasmodics
- Proton pump inhibitors
- Enzyme preparations
How to understand if your stomach hurts
Pain in the stomach can vary in nature and intensity. It depends on the reason that provoked their appearance. For example, chronic gastritis is not accompanied by too much pain. That is why many people ignore this disease.
Mild discomfort may occur in the initial stages of peptic ulcer or cancer pathologies. If there is an ulcerative lesion of the duodenum, quite intense discomfort may be present in the stomach.
When an ulcer perforates, the stomach hurts very badly. In this case, a person may even develop pain shock. If, in addition to discomfort, blood pressure drops, cold sweating, and sudden pallor are observed, the patient should be urgently taken to the hospital.
People with duodenitis also experience severe pain in the stomach area. They often have a stabbing sensation in the pit of their stomach.
Causes of pain
Before you find out how to get rid of stomach pain, you need to establish the true cause of the discomfort. The painful syndrome can be triggered by the following factors:
- gastritis and peptic ulcer;
- poisoning, gastroenteritis;
- tumor and polyposis;
- overeating or starvation;
- injury to the abdominal walls;
- allergies, stress;
- diseases of the pancreas, liver and kidneys.
Knowing the exact cause of the discomfort, you can eliminate the pain using a competent approach.
What can you do at home?
If pain occurs in the stomach, you can try to eliminate it without medications. To do this, it is recommended to do the following:
- To relieve the stomach from pressure - to do this, it is recommended to unfasten the belt or completely remove clothes.
- Lie down in the most comfortable position.
- Gently massage the abdomen, making gentle clockwise movements around the navel. This should be done within 5 minutes.
- Drink a small amount of warm water.
If the above measures do not bring relief, it is better to consult a doctor. Perhaps the reason lies in serious illnesses.
It is also important to consider that some measures are strictly prohibited at home, as they can only worsen the situation. So, if pain occurs, it is not recommended:
- Take painkillers. It is prohibited to relieve pain with paracetamol or analgin. This will blur the clinical picture of the pathology and may mislead the specialist.
- Use a heating pad to relieve pain. This is especially dangerous in acute pain syndrome. Heat accelerates inflammation and can significantly worsen a person's condition.
- Use a soda solution. Many people use this remedy to relieve heartburn. In fact, this allows for only temporary relief, after which the condition noticeably worsens.
- Eating. Many people eat stomach pain, which only worsens their health. In such situations, it is better to avoid eating for several hours.
- Drink black tea or coffee. These products increase spasms and worsen human health.
Folk remedies
Honey recipe for stomach pain. For gastritis with low acidity, dissolve 35 g of honey in 100 ml of cold boiled water.
Take this remedy for 1.5-2 months 15-20 minutes before meals. If the acidity of the stomach is increased, then 1 tablespoon of honey must be dissolved in one glass of warm boiled water; this medicine should be drunk 1.5 hours before meals or three hours after;
Rowanberry recipe to relieve stomach pain. Add half a kilo of rowan fruit to 300 g of sugar, leave for 5 hours, and then boil for half an hour. You need to take the tincture 3-4 times a day, one tablespoon before meals, for gastritis with low acidity;
Potato recipe for stomach pain. For stomach ulcers and gastritis with high acidity, you need to take ½ glass of fresh potato juice on an empty stomach for 10 days.
After taking this remedy, you need to lie down and rest for half an hour; you can eat only after an hour. After 10 days of treatment, take a 10-day break, and then repeat the course from the beginning.
Potatoes can only be used if they are grown without the use of chemical fertilizers;
Folk remedies are in great demand for stomach pain. Many doctors prescribe them as additional treatment. To achieve better results, they can be combined with medications.
Recipe No. 1
Mint tea. This drink is a leader among all other methods that can be used to relieve pain in the abdomen.
This is due to the fact that mint has a beneficial effect on the organs of the gastrointestinal tract, improves intestinal motility, relieves inflammation, restores the functioning of the nervous system, and has a sedative effect.
An important advantage is simple, quick preparation.
You will need the following ingredients:
- dried or fresh mint;
- green tea;
- currant leaves.
The components are mixed in equal proportions and brewed like simple tea. It is advisable to drink during meals. The drink has no side effects. Experts advise adding lemon balm to tea, which does an excellent job of relieving pain and insomnia.
Recipe No. 2
Cabbage juice. Most often, it is made from white cabbage. Its effectiveness has been proven for ulcers. Application: 1 tablespoon of flower honey is stirred in 250 milliliters of juice. The result should be a homogeneous substance that is drunk three times a day.
Recipe No. 3
Chamomile tea. Dried chamomile leaves are brewed instead of regular tea and drunk daily 2-3 times a day.
Recipe No. 4
If you experience stomach pain, you should first try to cope with it without taking pills.
- First of all, you need to relieve your stomach from additional pressure by loosening the belt or elastic band on your waist. It’s even better to completely remove any clothes that are constricting your stomach.
- Lie down, taking a comfortable position.
- Gently massage the abdomen with light hand movements around the navel in a clockwise direction for 5-7 minutes.
- Drink some warm boiled water or mineral water without gas.
Decoctions and tinctures
The most harmless, but effective remedy is an infusion of peppermint leaves.
It relieves muscle spasms, improves blood circulation, relieves nausea, has a calming effect, and reduces the acidity of gastric juice.
To prepare the infusion, you need to pour two teaspoons of crushed raw materials with a glass of boiling water, cover the container and let it brew for 15-20 minutes. Before use, strain the prepared infusion. To relieve pain, take one glass three times a day.
If you have heartburn, this remedy is not recommended.
Chamomile flower infusion
Chamomile has antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory and disinfecting effects.
In pharmacies you can purchase crushed loose or bagged raw materials. To prepare the infusion, you need to pour 2 bags or 1 tablespoon of the raw material with a glass of boiling water, cover and let stand for 20 minutes. It is necessary to consume half a glass up to four times a day. When using packaged raw materials, there is no need to strain the infusion.
Ginger root decoction
Ginger regulates digestive processes, has antioxidant properties and effectively relieves stomach pain. Helps well with increased acidity of gastric juice.
You need to cut the ginger root into slices, boil 200 ml of water and add the raw materials to it. Boil the resulting mixture for 5-7 minutes, cool and strain before use.
To achieve the effect, take this decoction three times a day.
Rubbing
Lotions from asafoetida infusion
The plant has carminative and antispasmodic effects.
Take a teaspoon of raw material and mix with a glass of warm water. Moisten a cloth with the mixture and apply it to the stomach. Keep for 15-20 minutes. You can apply lotions several times during the day.
Products with honey and propolis
Honey, propolis and pork fat. The combination of such components effectively helps in the treatment of gastritis and gastric ulcers.
30 gr. propolis must be mixed with 50 grams of melted pork fat. Add 500 ml honey. Put the finished mixture on the fire and wait until the mass is homogeneous.
After which the mass must be cooled and taken three times a day 30 minutes before meals.
Potato juice and honey. Well suited for the treatment of gastritis with high acidity.
It is necessary to peel and grate fresh potatoes and squeeze out the resulting mass. Add a teaspoon of honey to a glass of potato juice and take it in the morning on an empty stomach.
Others
Flax seed decoction
Add 1 tablespoon of flax seeds to 500 ml of water and cook for about 6 minutes. Then leave for another 2-2.5 hours. Strain the broth and take 4-5 times a day. The product has an enveloping effect. It is not recommended to take it for gallstone disease, hepatitis and pancreatitis.
Tincture with propolis
10 grams of propolis are poured with ethyl alcohol. The mixture must be infused for about two weeks in a glass jar, stirring occasionally. Before use, the solution must be filtered.
For moderate pain, 2 drops of the solution are mixed with water and consumed before bed; for gastritis, the tincture is mixed with milk and used three times a day.
Relieving stomach pain with medications
To choose the right medicine for stomach pain, you need to establish the causes of this condition. Inflammation can be a consequence of increased or decreased acidity - this directly affects the choice of medication.
In addition, all remedies for stomach pain are conventionally divided into a number of categories:
- medicines to treat ulcers;
- enzymes that help improve the digestive process;
- antienzyme agents used to eliminate inflammation of the pancreas.
If gastritis or an ulcer is accompanied by heartburn, pain and belching, you can take one of the following medications:
- gastal;
- de-nol;
- Almagel;
- Maalox.
When cramps occur in the stomach area, the following helps:
- no-shpa;
- besalol;
- buscopan.
If pain is caused by eating disorders, you can drink:
- gastromax;
- omeprazole;
- cimetidine
Inflammatory lesions of the pancreas or ulcers are treated using the following means:
- omez;
- control;
- epicure.
If pain is caused by overeating or indigestion, you can drink:
- pancreatin;
- Creon;
- mezim;
- festal;
- plantex.
Sometimes the stomach hurts even after taking medications. This means that the person has violated the rules of their application. Before taking any pill, you should read the instructions. Some drugs are recommended to be taken exclusively after meals, others require large amounts of liquid. If these rules are violated, the tablets will cause irritation of the mucous membrane, which will subsequently cause pain.
If such a situation does occur, you can drink a drug with an enveloping effect. These include such products as almagel, de-nol, phosphalugel. If a person has bloating or diarrhea, you can drink Linex.
