Acotiamide monohydrochloride trihydrate (0.3, 1, 3 mg/kg; i.v./3, 10, 30 mg/kg; p.o.) increases the postprandial gastric motility index in a dose-dependent manner. Acotiamide monohydrochloride trihydrate (0.83 mg/kg; i.v.; once) inhibits AChE in rat stomach with IC50 of 1.79 μM.