Definition:

In emergency medicine, a GI cocktail (gastrointestinal cocktail) is a generic term for a mixture of liquid antacid (often Mylanta), viscous lidocaine, and an anticholinergic (often Donnatal). It is primarily used to treat dyspepsia. It is also useful as part of the diagnostic protocol for patients complaining of chest pain, to help differentiate the causal factor of the pain as gastric versus potentially cardiac-related.

Usage:

We gave Hank a GI cocktail because he was packin' a lot of dung.

Synonyms:

gastrointestinal cocktail

Created Jul 07, 2009