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Stomach medications

What published FAA guidance says about 35 medications Crosscheck files under stomach medications: each one's answer and, where there is one, its wait. Open a medication for the FAA's own words, the source and its date.

  • Amlexonox

    Acceptable in the FAA document citedAlso called Apthasol

  • Amylase

    Acceptable in the FAA document cited

  • Amylase + lipase + protease

    Acceptable in the FAA document citedAlso called Pangestyme

  • Amylase + lipase + protease + cellulase

    Acceptable in the FAA document citedAlso called Ku-Zyme

  • Amylase + lipase + protease + cellulase + hyoscyamine

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: no wait (the FAA's MedGuide)Also called Kutrase

  • Antacids

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 24 hours after the first dose of Maalox, milk of magnesia or sucralfate (the FAA's MedGuide, whose table has no entry for Tums or Rolaids and names calcium carbonate only in its multivitamin entry, with no wait)Also called Tums, calcium carbonate, Maalox, aluminum hydroxide

  • Balsalazide disodium

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 48 hours after the first doseAlso called Colazal

  • Bismuth subsalicylate

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 24 hours after the first dose (the FAA's MedGuide)Also called Pepto-Bismol, Kaopectate

  • Diosmin + hesperidin

    Acceptable in the FAA document citedAlso called Daflon

  • H2 blockers

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 24 hours after the first dose (the FAA's MedGuide)Also called famotidine, Pepcid, cimetidine, Tagamet

  • Hyoscyamine

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 48 hours no-fly after each use

  • Lapase

    Acceptable in the FAA document cited

  • Laxatives and stool softeners

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 24 hours after the first dose of docusate (Colace) or polyethylene glycol (MiraLax), and none for methylcellulose (Citrucel) (the FAA's MedGuide, whose table has no entry for Benefiber, Metamucil or senna)Also called MiraLAX, polyethylene glycol, Benefiber, psyllium

  • Linaclotide

    Acceptable with conditionsAlso called Linzess

  • Loperamide

    Differs by what it is taken forAlso called Imodium

  • Magnesium citrate

    Do not fly while taking it · Wait: At least 5 dosage intervals after the last dose (over-the-counter guide)

  • Magnesium oxide

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 24 hours after the first doseAlso called Mag-200, Mag-Ox, Maox

  • Mercaptopurine

    Acceptable with conditionsAlso called 6-MP

  • Mesalamine

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 48 hours after the first dose (the FAA's MedGuide)Also called Asacol, Pentasa, Lialda, Apriso

  • Misoprostol

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 48 hours after the first doseAlso called Cytotec

  • Olsalazine

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 48 hours after the first doseAlso called Dipentum

  • Omeprazole + amoxicillin + rifabutin

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 48 hours after the first doseAlso called Talicia

  • Omeprazole + sodium bicarbonate

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 24 hours after the first doseAlso called Zegerid

  • Oxybutynin (Oxytrol for women)

    Do not fly while taking itAlso called Oxytrol, Oxytrol for Women

  • Pancrelipase

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 48 hours after the first doseAlso called Creon, Pancreaze, Pertzye, Ultresa

  • Phenazopyridine

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 24 hours after the first dose (the FAA's MedGuide)Also called AZO, AZO Standard, Pyridium

  • Plecanatide

    Acceptable with conditionsAlso called Trulance

  • Protease

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 48 hours after the first dose

  • Proton pump inhibitors

    Acceptable with conditionsAlso called omeprazole, Prilosec, esomeprazole, Nexium

  • Sacrosidase

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 7 days after the first doseAlso called Sucraid

  • Serum derived bovine immunoglobulin/protein isolate

    Acceptable in the FAA document citedAlso called EnteraGam

  • Simethicone

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 24 hours after the first doseAlso called Gas-X, Phazyme

  • Tenapanor

    Acceptable with conditionsAlso called Ibsrela

  • Ursodiol

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 24 hours after the first doseAlso called Actigall

  • Vonoprazan

    Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 24 hours after the first doseAlso called Voquezna

Other groups of medications

Every medication Crosscheck has an FAA answer for, by group or from A to Z, with the answer and the wait on each line. New from the FAA in October 2026: the FAA's MedGuide, explained.

Medication guidance alone does not determine whether a pilot is medically qualified to fly. The underlying condition, dosage, side effects, medication combinations, and certification history may affect FAA eligibility.

For informational purposes only. Not legal or medical advice.