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What Could Be The Reason For Presence Of Intact Medicine In Stools?

Posted on Fri, 21 Mar 2014

Question: My mother is taking minipress 2.5 mg from 2.5 years now however offlate minipress coming out and she can see it in commode?.what could be the reason.. even the coating is intact.. does that mean that the medicine is not dissolving in the system and not serving any purpose? what could be the remedies for this

Answered by Dr. Vivek Chail (3 hours later)

Brief Answer: Please find detailed answer below Detailed Answer: Hi XXXXX, Thanks for writing in to us. It is difficult to accept that a tablet which was earlier dissolving completely is presently being found in stools intact. The only remote possibility is that she is having hypermotility syndrome where there is increase in intestinal movements leaving little time for the tablet to disintegrate. However, it is requested that you please confirm the presence of entire tablet in the stools yourself or with the help of other adults. Adequate water must be taken while swallowing the tablet. Any change in company manufacturing the medicine should also be taken into account. Hope your query is answered. Do write back if you have any doubts. Regards, Dr.Vivek

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Vivek Chail (7 hours later)

Not sure if the tablet was dissolving completely before.. Tablet name is " Minipress 2.5 mg. its from pfizer. We havent changed the manufacturer etc. Are you aware of similar cases for this medicine " minipress " ? I cvould only find out on google thats the tablet is insoluble in water. Also in commode it keeps on lying and doesnt dissolve in water.. we have to flush it out with force.. please suggest..

Answered by Dr. Vivek Chail (16 hours later)

Brief Answer: Please find detailed answer below Detailed Answer: Hi Thanks for writing in with an update. I did discuss the matter with some of my doctor colleagues and none of us have come across similar incidents of patients reporting problems as in your mother. As there is acid and other food material with which the tablet gets mixed up, not dissolving in water may not be the only reason the tablet is probably showing up in the commode. I would like to request you to put a tablet in a glass of water and observe it for about half an hour and let me know about it. Every tablet has a film coating and that may be the problem. The other alternative that I can suggest is to take PRAZOPRESS-XL (manufactured by Sun Pharmaceuticals). It also contains Prazosin and is available in 2.5 mg strength. Hope your query is answered. Do write back if you have any doubts. Regards, Dr.Vivek

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar