Simeticone 100mg capsules
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Dyspepsia and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
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2 branded products available
Part of the Asilone brand family (generic: Simeticone)
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WindSetlers 100mg capsules
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Therapeutically similar medicines
Similarity based on WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification and NHS BNF section grouping. Source data: NHS dm+d via TRUD (OGL v3.0), WHO ATC/DDD Index.
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Clinical guidelines and formulary information
British National Formulary
Simeticone
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Codes for healthcare professionals and prescribing systems
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Pharmacology and chemical data from DrugBank
Key facts
Drug status
Approved
Major interactions
None known
Half-life
Not available
Mechanism
Simethicone is a surfactant that decreases the surface tension of gas bubbles in…
Food interactions
1 warning
Human targets
1 target
Data: DrugBank · CC BY-NC 4.0
Pharmacokinetics at a glance
Absorption
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Half-life
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Protein binding
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Volume of distribution
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Metabolism
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Elimination
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Clearance
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Pharmacokinetic data: DrugBank · CC BY-NC 4.0
Simethicone has been in use since the 1940s[A228303] but was granted FDA approval in 1952.[A228308]
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Simethicone is also used as part of bowel preparation for colonoscopies.
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In the case of an overdose stop the drug[A228308] and initiate symptomatic and supportive care.
How the body processes this drug — absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination
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Proteins and enzymes this drug interacts with in the body
PMID:22409427
Factor Xa activates pro-inflammatory signaling pathways in a protease-activated receptor (PAR)-dependent manner .
PMID:24041930 PMID:30568593 PMID:34831181 PMID:18202198
Up-regulates expression of protease-activated receptors (PARs) F2R, F2RL1 and F2RL2 in dermal microvascular endothelial cells .
PMID:35738824
Triggers the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as MCP-1/CCL2 and IL6, in cardiac fibroblasts and umbilical vein endothelial cells in PAR-1/F2R-dependent manner .
PMID:30568593 PMID:34831181
Triggers the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as MCP-1/CCL2, IL6, TNF-alpha/TNF, IL-1beta/IL1B, IL8/CXCL8 and IL18, in endothelial cells and atrial tissues .
PMID:24041930 PMID:35738824 PMID:9780208
Induces expression of adhesion molecules, such as ICAM1, VCAM1 and SELE, in endothelial cells and atrial tissues .
PMID:24041930 PMID:35738824 PMID:9780208
Increases expression of phosphorylated ERK1/2 in dermal microvascular endothelial cells and atrial tissues .
PMID:24041930 PMID:35738824
Triggers activation of the transcription factor NF-kappa-B in dermal microvascular endothelial cells and atrial tissues .
PMID:24041930 PMID:35738824
Activates pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic responses in dermal fibroblasts and enhances wound healing probably via PAR-2/F2RL1-dependent mechanism .
PMID:18202198
Activates barrier protective signaling responses in endothelial cells in PAR-2/F2RL1-dependent manner; the activity depends on the cleavage of PAR-2/F2RL1 by factor Xa .
PMID:22409427
Up-regulates expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (SERPINE1) in atrial tissues PMID:24041930
Chemical identifiers
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Chemical identifiers
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Linked compound data from DrugBank Open Data (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Simethicone
Matched from: Simeticone
Additional database identifiers
Drugs Product Database (DPD)
719
ChemSpider
4938661
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:3528
GenAtlas
F10
GeneCards
F10
GenBank Gene Database
K03194
GenBank Protein Database
182841
Guide to Pharmacology
2359
UniProt Accession
FA10_HUMAN
Patent information
All patents expired, 1 expired
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