Comparing Metoclopramide vs Ubrelvy
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| Metoclopramide | Ubrelvy (ubrogepant) |
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Prescription only
Metoclopramide may be used short-term for the treatment of gastrointestinal reflux disease that is unresponsive to other medications or to treat diabetic stasis. Side effects may include sedation... View more |
Prescription only
Ubrelvy is a prescription medicine that may be used to treat acute migraine attacks in adults and works by blocking the effects of a protein, called CGRP that is thought to play a role in migraine... View more |
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| More about Metoclopramide | More about Ubrelvy (ubrogepant) | ||||||||||||||||
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Metoclopramide has an average rating of 3.9 out of 10 from a total of 519 ratings on Drugs.com. 29% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 64% reported a negative effect. |
Ubrelvy has an average rating of 6.4 out of 10 from a total of 266 ratings on Drugs.com. 59% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 35% reported a negative effect. |
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| Side Effects Experienced by Users Side effects are reported in Drugs.com user reviews and not clinically verified. | |||||||||||||||||
View all Metoclopramide side effects |
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Lower cost generic |
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| Gimoti, Maxolon, Reglan |
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| Half Life Drug half-life is the time required for plasma concentration to reduce to half its original value. | |||||||||||||||||
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8 hours |
7 hours |
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| CSA Schedule 1 View glossary of CSA terms | |||||||||||||||||
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Not a controlled drug
Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act. |
Not a controlled drug
Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act. |
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Category B
No proven risk in humans
See the full pregnancy warnings document. |
Summary unavailable. See the full pregnancy warnings document. |
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| Drug Interactions | |||||||||||||||||
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A total of 363 drugs are known to interact with Metoclopramide:
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A total of 248 drugs are known to interact with Ubrelvy:
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| First Approval Date | |||||||||||||||||
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December 30, 1980 |
December 23, 2019 |
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1 The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) schedule information displayed applies to substances regulated under federal law. There may be variations in CSA schedules between individual states.
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