The anticholinergic agent butylscopolamine, also known as scopolamine butylbromide and hyoscine butylbromide, is used as an abdominal antispasmodic. Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Germany, markets it under the trade name Buscopan, and also offers Buscopan Plus, a combination of butylscopolamine and acetaminophen. Usually in tablet form, butylscopolamine is an anticholinergic and antimuscarinic medication used to treat disorders associated with irritable bowel syndrome, including stomach cramps, abdominal cramps, renal colic, and spasmodic discomforts like esophageal spasms and bladder spasms. Aside from alleviating the pains and discomforts mentioned above, this drug also improves respiratory secretions. In spite of its name, this is not a pain medication, as it does not reduce pain directly, but aids in preventing cramps. By relaxing the muscles in the bowel or other target area, it produces a relaxing effect.
The effect is limited to the smooth muscles of the digestive system due to its inability to pass through the digestive tract or leave it, which is why it is only effective when taken orally. Rather than masking or covering over pain, it prevents painful cramps and spasms from arising in the first place, making it not an analgesic in the traditional sense. The substance utylscopolamine inhibits the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor by acting as an antagonist against muscarinic receptors. Smooth muscles are thus inhibited from spasms as a result of the substance. As an antispasmodic, it is used both orally and parenterally in pharmacotherapy as its bromide salt N-butylscopolaminium bromide. Aside from antimotility properties, butylscopolamine also slows down the process of peristalsis in the intestines and stomach. A high affinity exists for butylbromide for the receptors found on smooth muscle cells in the gastrointestinal tract known as muscarinic receptors. By blocking the action of cholinergic receptors, it relaxes and spasmolytic effect on smooth muscles. For treating abdominal pain caused by cramping, muscarinic receptors in the GI tract are blocked. In addition to binding to nicotinic receptors, hyoscine butylbromide also causes ganglion blockade.
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