PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - BMJ Publishing Group Ltd TI - Buscopan AID - 10.1136/dtb.1.10.39 DP - 1963 Sep 06 TA - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin PG - 39--40 VI - 1 IP - 10 4099 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/1/10/39.short 4100 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/1/10/39.full SO - Drug Ther Bull1963 Sep 06; 1 AB - Hyoscine butylbromide (Buscopan - Boehringer Ingelheim) is a quaternary amine which has been claimed to be effective against smooth muscle spasm in the gut, biliary tract and urogenital tract. In recent months it has again been promoted for the treatment of dysmenorrhoea.