Improve Swallowing

Symptoms and Treatments

Treatment	Action	Most common side effects

GI Stimulants
Métoclopramide (Metonia®)	Stimulate intestinal muscle contractions, may improve heartburn	Abdominal cramping, diarrhea, dizziness, headache, drowsiness and tiredness (Metonia® only).

Octreotide acetate (Sandostatin®)
an injectable medication	Can be helpful in very severe cases for improving bowel motility	Diarrhea, abdominal cramping, flatulence, flu-like symptoms, anemia, constipation, headache, low heart rate, cardiac arrhythmias.