SmartPill™ Motility Capsule
The Smartest Pill You’ll Ever Swallow
The SmartPill™ Motility Test consists of a disposable capsule that assists doctors in accurately locating abnormalities in the gastrointestinal region by collecting samples and data. As the SmartPill moves through the patients GI tract, it measures items such as pressure, pH levels, and temperature. It also provides doctors with additional information such as small and large bowel transit time, whole gut transit, pressure patterns in the antrum and duodenum, as well as gastric emptying time. With all the data collected by the SmartPill, your gastroenterologist will be able to provide a more accurate diagnosis.
Is The Smartpill™ Motility Test Right for Me?
If you are experiencing problems such as bloating, abdominal pain, vomiting, and/or nausea, the Smartpill motility test can help you get the answers and diagnosis you need.
Smartpill™ Motility Testing Procedure Preparation
Dr. Berookim will provide the patient with all of the appropriate instructions before the Smartpill™ motility test. However, patients should know that this test will track and record information for about five days. Patients will need to fast for eight hours prior to going into the office for the procedure. Patients will have to fast for about six hours after swallowing the Smartpill™ meal bar and capsule.
What Can I Expect During a Smartpill Motility Testing™ Procedure?
Patients will arrive at the office and take a Smartpill™ meal bar and then swallow the Smartpill™. Keep in mind that patients will need to fast for six hours after swallowing the capsule. Patients will be asked to wear a recorder during this five day period at all times, except while bathing or sleeping. While patients sleep, the recorder should be placed under their pillow or on a nearby nightstand. After the five days are done, the recorder must be returned to your gastroenterologist for examination. The Smartpill™ will naturally pass through the body after a few days.
Smartpill™ Motility Testing Results
When your five days have passed, you will need to schedule a time to return your recorder to our practice. We will then schedule a follow-up exam to discuss results.
What Are The Benefits of Smartpill™ Motility Testing?
The Smartpill™ Motility Test is an accurate motility diagnostic test that is non-invasive and requires no surgery. Patients do not feel any discomfort during this time and are able to go about their normal, everyday routine. Physicians are able to get patients entire transit profile through one test.
Smartpill™Motility Testing Risks
There are no risks to taking the Smartpill™. The Smartpill™ does not cause any discomfort to patients as it is swallowed or as it proceeds down a patients GI tract. The capsule is naturally passed through a bowel movement in a few days. Whatever your motility test results reveal, Dr. Berookim has the knowledge, training, and skill to diagnose the disorder and get you the treatment you need.